# Announcement of Grant Awards Under the RUS Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program
**AGENCY:**
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
**ACTION:**
Notice of applications selected to receive grant awards.
**SUMMARY:**
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby announces the recipients that were selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2003 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.
**ADDRESSES:**
Applications are available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Marilyn J. Morgan, Branch Chief, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service. Telephone: (202) 720-0413, Fax (202) 720-1051. The list of awards may be viewed on the Internet at *http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm.*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Pursuant to 7 CFR 1703.101, RUS hereby publishes the names of the 84 organizations that have been awarded $32.5 million in grants under 7 CFR 1703, subpart D, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. The recipients are as follows:
| State/Organization | Amount |
| --- | --- |
| Alaska: | |
| Denali Borough School District | $500,000 |
| Kake City School District | 490,000 |
| Pribilof School District | 500,000 |
| Southeast Island School District | 485,732 |
| Yukon-Koyukuk School District | 500,000 |
| Arizona: | |
| Arizona Western College | 487,978 |
| Tuba City Regional Health Care | 191,500 |
| Arkansas: | |
| Arkansas School for Mathematics & Sciences | 425,820 |
| Parkers Chapel School District | 354,850 |
| California: | |
| Monterey County Office of Education | 321,555 |
| Oro Grande School District | 500,000 |
| Colorado: Haxtun/Holyoke Distance Learning Consortium | 145,914 |
| Florida: | |
| Accelerated Care | 237,975 |
| Human Services Associates, Inc. | 239,326 |
| Georgia: | |
| Darton College—Instructional Technology and Distance Learning | 62,000 |
| Southwest Georgia Regional Services Agency | 499,515 |
| Hawaii: Molokai Ohana Health Care, Inc | 283,500 |
| Idaho: | |
| Idaho State University (Media/Distance Learning Center) | 403,500 |
| Lemhi County Economic Development Corporation | 82,866 |
| Illinois: Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market | 388,700 |
| Indiana: Wilson Education Center | 500,000 |
| Iowa: Mercy Medical Center | 287,362 |
| Kansas: | |
| Unified School District #364 | 442,860 |
| Unified School District #442 | 456,239 |
| Kentucky: Pikeville College | 74,661 |
| Louisiana: Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of LaSalle, Louisiana | 262,000 |
| Maine: | |
| Eastern Maine Healthcare | 500,000 |
| Regional Medical Center at Lubec | 221,620 |
| St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation | 500,000 |
| Maryland: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Inc | 239,482 |
| Massachusetts: Hampshire Educational Collaborative | 210,101 |
| Michigan: | |
| Borgess Health Alliance, Inc. | 369,121 |
| Cybernet Medical Corporation | 496,588 |
| MidMichigan Health Services | 334,462 |
| Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District | 354,005 |
| Minnesota: | |
| Lakewood Health System | 494,115 |
| St. Joseph Medical Center | 472,239 |
| Missouri: Lafayette Regional Health Center | 89,928 |
| Mississippi: | |
| Jackson County School District | 500,000 |
| Newton County School District | 500,000 |
| South Central Mississippi Consortium for Educational Excellence and Development | 500,000 |
| Montana: Benefis Healthcare Foundation | 404,086 |
| Nebraska: Educational Service Unit #5 | 153,300 |
| New Hampshire: Timberlane Regional School District | 499,996 |
| New Mexico: University of New Mexico—Gallup | 478,555 |
| New York: Madison-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services | 500,000 |
| Moses-Ludington Hospital | 499,800 |
| St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES | 500,000 |
| North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television | 345,733 |
| Ohio: Adams County Hospital | 446,142 |
| Oklahoma: | |
| Alva Hospital Authority dba Share Medical Center | 484,296 |
| Caddo Kiowa Technology Center | 498,735 |
| Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority | 166,950 |
| Guymon Public Schools | 476,424 |
| Western Oklahoma State College | 495,200 |
| Oregon: | |
| Rogue Community College District | 237,137 |
| Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation (PHOR) | 500,000 |
| Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital | 233,548 |
| Pennsylvania: | |
| Albert Gallatin Area School District | 500,000 |
| Laurel Highlands School District | 500,000 |
| Warren County School District | 500,000 |
| South Carolina: | |
| Lee County School District | 500,000 |
| Williamsburg County School District | 500,000 |
| York Technical College | 460,303 |
| South Dakota: | |
| Avera St. Luke's Hospital | 252,875 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | 404,080 |
| Southeast Area Cooperative | 499,996 |
| Tennessee: | |
| Lincoln Memorial University | 398,094 |
| The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | 484,983 |
| Texas: | |
| Coastal Bend College | 475,000 |
| Education Service Center Region XI | 500,000 |
| Mt. Pleasant Independent School District | 441,426 |
| Newton Economic Development Corporation | 500,000 |
| Region XIV Education Service Center | 500,000 |
| Utah: Confederated Tribes of the Goshute | 235,621 |
| Vermont: | |
| Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, Inc. | 314,000 |
| Dorset Nursing Association, Inc | 254,650 |
| Virginia: Carilion Health System | 186,350 |
| Washington: | |
| Big Bend Community College | 500,000 |
| Community Choice Healthcare Network | 414,847 |
| Wellpinit School District | 250,000 |
| West Virginia: | |
| Clay County Board of Education | 500,000 |
| Nicholas County School District | 500,000 |
| Wyoming: Rehabilitation Enterprises of North Eastern Wyoming (RENEW) | 79,600 |
Dated: October 16, 2003.
Curtis M. Anderson,
Deputy Administrator for the Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.