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.
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
Vicksburg Post
VIDEO: Hyde-Smith urges pump advocates to keep making their voices heard
By Staff Reports
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) Thursday urged state residents to not miss the June 15 deadline to submit public comments on a new review on the Yazoo Backwater Area...
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...
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...
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...
