The Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA) is a nonprofit organization working for the 2.5 million people who call rural Virginia their home.
Our mission is to improve the health of rural Virginians through education, advocacy, and fostering cooperative partnerships.
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Come join us at The Lincoln Theatre for an eye-opening event focused on addressing addiction and trauma in our community. This in-person gathering aims to spark conversations, share resources, and provide support for those affected by these issues. Together, we can work towards reviving hope and creating a brighter future for all. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make a difference! We will enjoy hearing from speakers who are experts in the field of adversity, addiction, and individuals with lived experience.
The Annual Rural Summit provides professional development, policy insights, best practices, and networking opportunities for leaders and practitioners. The 2024 Rural Summit features Virginia Secretary of Education, Aimee Guidera, and will explore how educational opportunity creates economic opportunity for children, families, businesses, and the community.
This year, we are offering over 20 different workshops across 3 sessions throughout the day. Subject matter experts in Early Childhood, Mental Health, Education, and Workforce will deliver these engaging workshops. Our keynote speakers this year will be El Brown, Ph.D., and Jim “The Rookie” Morris.
Jim “The Rookie” Morris made his Major League Baseball debut at the age of 35, playing pitcher for Tampa Bay for two seasons. His life story inspired the film, “The Rookie”, and is a shining example for us all to strive to be our best. His keynote outlines the difference between the dream makers and the dream killers in our lives and the effects that they had on him in his life.
Hear From El Brown, Ph.D. as she outlines the significance of nurturing potential, the value of perseverance, the power of community support, the crucial role of Head Start, and the generational influence early childhood educators achieve.
October 25-26, 2024
Breaks Interstate Park, Breaks, VA
Free for primary care/hospitalist physicians and nurse practitioners working in Southwest Virginia’s 13 counties
CME Lectures: 8 am – 12 pm each day
Fun Friday Activities include an Herbal Walk CME Game, Bonfire & Smores,
Murder Mystery, and More!
Perinatal Education for Advanced Clinical Expertise (PEACE) is a 2-day comprehensive perinatal mental health education program for maternal health specialists, midwives, and PCPs developed by leading experts in the field. Virginia Mental Health Access Program is presenting this training in partnership with Postpartum Support Virginia.
October 25-26, 2024
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Springhill Suites
301 Reserve Ave, SW, Roanoke, VA 24015
VMAP will cover lodging costs for participants.
Qualify for up to 15.25 CE/CME points!
Save the date and plan to join us October 29-30, 2024 in Wytheville, Virginia!
More details to come!
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The VAFCC’s Annual Conference is scheduled for November 17-19, 2024, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Williamsburg. The premier educational and networking meeting for Virginia’s free and charitable clinics, their safety net partners, and healthcare advocates, attendees will be able to learn, share, and connect with their peers from across the Commonwealth via diverse speakers and robust content tracks.
The Rural Health Voice Conference is an occasion to recognize that health in rural areas is not the sole responsibility of doctors and nurses. Education, economic development, transportation, the built environment, and even social opportunities play a role in the health of individuals and communities. All aspects of the community are providers or barriers to health.
For over twenty years, the Virginia Rural Health Association has served as “The Voice for Rural Health in Virginia.” Rural Health is DIFFERENT. Rural Americans face a unique combination of factors that create disparities in health care not found in urban areas. Economic factors, cultural and social differences, educational differences, lack of recognition by legislators and the isolation of living in remote rural areas all conspire to impede rural Americans in their struggle to lead a normal, healthy life.
At this event, we focus on finding solutions within our communities. We know what the problems are – how do we work together to solve them?
Bringing the people who care about rural Virginia together provides an opportunity to discuss how we can ensure the sustainability of rural Virginia through policy, access, economics, education and more.
