Photo of Brookhaven, a rural town

Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


Expanding Mental Health Services In Rural America

Northern Ag Network 

Expanding Mental Health Services In Rural America

By Leif Bakken

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) led a bipartisan group of senators to introduce legislation to expand telemental health services in rural areas. The Home-Based Telemental...

COVID-19 relief funds designated for hospitals

WTOK-TV Meridian

COVID-19 relief funds designated for hospitals

By WTOK Staff

WASHINGTON (WTOK) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded over $219 million in Provider Relief Funds to Mississippi hospitals. The funds are intended to help “safety net” hospitals that serve a...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $1.27 MILLION FOR UMMC & USM TO INCREASE HEALTH WORKFORCE

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $1.27 MILLION FOR UMMC & USM TO INCREASE HEALTH WORKFORCE

HHS Provides Four Grants to Build Dental & Nursing Workforce to Serve Rural & Underserved Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reported the award of more than $1.27 million to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to support the training of health workers to serve in rural and underserved communities.

UMMC and USM...

Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act

TUE, 06/09/2020

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help financially vulnerable rural hospitals keep their doors open by expanding eligibility to higher Medicare...

FCC Grant Gives Boost To Center For Telehealth’s COVID-19 Care

Choctaw Plaindealer

FCC Grant Gives Boost To Center For Telehealth’s COVID-19 Care

By Submitted

JACKSON, Miss. – The Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is using a $1 million federal grant to speed expansion of services to meet the changing needs of patients...

USDA food box program delivers 5m boxes

Feedstuffs

USDA food box program delivers 5m boxes

First round of $1 billion in Farmers to Families Food Box Program funding ends June 30, with some contracts extended starting June 15.

Bu Jacqui Fatka

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more...

Mental health to get $659K in federal funds

McComb Enterprise-Journal 

Mental health to get $659K in federal funds

June 4, 2020

Southwest Mississippi Mental Health Complex in McComb will receive $659,092 in Federal Communications Commission funds to expand telemedicine offerings during the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith...

Airport receives $30,000 grant from government CARES money

Pontotoc Progress

Airport receives $30,000 grant from government CARES money

By Regina Butler

The Pontotoc County Airport received an unexpected boon from the government recently because of the Covid-19 virus.

“There were airports that needed extra cash flow,” explained Pontotoc County Chancery...

South Delta deserves pumps

Northside Sun, Jackson

South Delta deserves pumps

By Jeff North

How many times have you heard that the best predictor of the future is the past? Maybe the classic adage “history always repeats itself” aptly describes the phenomenon that we are still experiencing. The Bible describes pestilence...