{"id":8915,"date":"2017-12-10T21:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T10:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/?p=8915"},"modified":"2019-02-06T00:29:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:29:43","slug":"avma-helps-secure-funding-for-rural-veterinary-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/avma-helps-secure-funding-for-rural-veterinary-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"AVMA helps secure funding for rural veterinary grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"date\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"11:27 am\" href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/2017\/11\/22\/avma-helps-secure-funding-for-rural-veterinary-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2017-11-22T11:27:52+00:00\">November 22, 2017<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<span class=\"sep\">|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" title=\"View all posts by AVMA@Work Editor\" href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/author\/admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author noopener\">AVMA@Work Editor<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sep\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"comments-link\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a title=\"Comment on AVMA helps secure funding for rural veterinary grants\" href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/2017\/11\/22\/avma-helps-secure-funding-for-rural-veterinary-grants\/#respond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"leave-reply\">Leave a reply<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\"><a class=\"addthis_button_linkedin\">share<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"addthis_button_email\">share<\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_compact\">share<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/atwork.avma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Bovine-Medicine-Cow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15945\" src=\"https:\/\/veterinarycareers.com.au\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Bovine-Medicine-Cow.jpg\" alt=\"Veterinarian examining a dairy calf\" width=\"250\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a>The U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nifa.usda.gov\/announcement\/usda-awards-funds-support-rural-veterinary-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced 13 grants<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday to support rural veterinary services and relieve rural veterinarian shortages as part of the Veterinary Services Grant Program. These awards \u2013 which increase training opportunities and allow existing practices to expand or improve their services \u2013 play a vital role in\u00a0<strong>ensuring that ranchers and farmers have access to timely veterinary care for their animals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The AVMA worked closely with Congress to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/2017\/04\/14\/funding-announced-federal-programs-addressing-veterinary-shortages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help secure the funding<\/a>\u00a0that made these grants possible. In total, recipients will receive approximately $2.35 million in grants.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s awards will go to six rural veterinary practices and seven universities. The recipients are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., $237,233<\/li>\n<li>University of Florida, Gainesville, $225,643<\/li>\n<li>University of Hawaii, Honolulu, $169,304<\/li>\n<li>Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames, $250,000<\/li>\n<li>University of Kentucky, Lexington, $250,000<\/li>\n<li>North Carolina State University, Raleigh, $240,430<\/li>\n<li>University of Tennessee, Knoxville, $249,966<\/li>\n<li>Downs Veterinary Clinic, Downs, Kan., $124,794<\/li>\n<li>West River Veterinary Clinic, Hettinger, N.D., $125,000<\/li>\n<li>Agrarian Veterinary Services, Buckingham, Va., $118,025<\/li>\n<li>Allegheny Equine Veterinary Services, Elkins, W.Va., $123,426<\/li>\n<li>Lodi Veterinary Hospital, Lodi, Wis., $124,996<\/li>\n<li>Mondovi Veterinary Service, Mondovi, Wis., $111,919<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The awards will be used for a wide range of activities supporting rural veterinarians. For instance, the University of Tennessee will use the funding to establish a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cris.nifa.usda.gov\/cgi-bin\/starfinder\/0?path=fastlink1.txt&amp;id=anon&amp;pass=&amp;search=R=76783&amp;format=WEBFMT6NT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentoring program for rural veterinarians<\/a>\u00a0to ensure they have resources and support to be successful in their careers. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cris.nifa.usda.gov\/cgi-bin\/starfinder\/0?path=fastlink1.txt&amp;id=anon&amp;pass=&amp;search=R=76705&amp;format=WEBFMT6NT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Downs Veterinary Clinic<\/a>\u00a0in Kansas will use its award to purchase mobile equipment so that it can better meet high demand for cattle services in the area \u2013 the new equipment is expected to be especially valuable as upcoming retirements will leave the clinic short-staffed. You can read about all program recipients on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nifa.usda.gov\/announcement\/usda-awards-funds-support-rural-veterinary-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIFA\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Veterinary Services Grant Program is vital to meeting demand for food animal veterinarians across rural America. The AVMA will continue working with Congress to protect and increase funding for this program.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also fighting for additional funding for the related Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program, which helps place food animal and public health veterinarians in federally-designated shortage areas through loan repayments. Congress can effectively expand funding for this program by passing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/advocacy\/national\/congress\/pages\/vmlrpea-advocacy-campaign.aspx\">Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act<\/a>. If you\u2019re interested in increasing access to rural veterinary care, you can use our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/avmacan.avma.org\/app\/write-a-letter?3&amp;engagementId=391393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online tools to send a pre-written, editable letter to your lawmakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\"><strong>Topics:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/category\/advocacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"category tag noopener\">Advocacy<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/category\/advocacy\/federal-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"category tag noopener\">Federal Legislative Issues<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/category\/food-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"category tag noopener\">Food Animals<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/category\/workforce-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"category tag noopener\">Workforce Issues<\/a><\/footer>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/atwork.avma.org\/2017\/11\/22\/avma-helps-secure-funding-for-rural-veterinary-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVMA helps secure funding for rural veterinary grants<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 22, 2017\u00a0|\u00a0AVMA@Work Editor\u00a0|\u00a0Leave a reply share\u00a0shareshare The U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA)\u00a0announced 13 grants\u00a0Tuesday to support rural veterinary services and relieve rural veterinarian shortages as part of the Veterinary Services Grant Program. 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