Arizona Center for Rural Health Spring Webinar Series | Stand out from the rest: Untangling telehealth, broadband and digital equity to give your grant a competitive edge

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A webinar series focused on providing technical assistance to rural stakeholders to disseminate research findings, policy updates, best-practices and other rural health issues to statewide rural partners and stakeholders throughout the state.

Stand out from the rest: Untangling telehealth, broadband and digital equity to give your grant a competitive edge

Program Description

This session will provide you with an understanding of:

• The USDA Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine (RUS-DLT) Grant and if your initiatives are competitive for this funding.
• BEAD funding and Digital Equity Act (DEA) funding, including where we are in the timelines for each and what actions to be taking.
• Areas to develop and focus on to be competitive in both BEAD and Digital Equity applications.

For more information contact Mariah Erhart: merhart@arizona.edu

_{This webinar is made possible through funding provided by Health Resources and Services Administration, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (U1U42527). Arizona State Office of Rural Health is funded granted through a grant from US Department of Health and Human Services. Grant number H95RH00102-25-00. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, DHHS or the U.S. Government.}

Presenter Details

Victoria Fine
Funding Strategist
Learn Design Apply, Inc.

Fine is a funding strategist at Learn Design Apply Inc. She joined LDA in 2020 and supports health care, education and government organizations in finding and pursuing funding programs that align with their initiatives. She has a background in client and project management and brings an unwavering commitment to her customers (and deadlines!) to her work at LDA.

Megan Beresford
Director of Broadband Programs
Learn Design Apply, Inc.

Beresford is the director of broadband programs at Learn Design Apply Inc. She joined the company mid-pandemic as the digital divide became glaringly evident. Since then, she and her team have helped states, public entities, Tribes and private internet service providers secure over $360 million in broadband infrastructure and digital equity funding. She brings a wealth of knowledge from years spent in Washington D.C., assisting elected state officials address pressing challenges from consumers.