Breakout Session 6A: Guiding the Future of Rural Behavioral Health Advocacy (Day 2)

Description:

This session introduced you to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) and provide an RCORP grantee’s experience on how NRHA helped elevate its voice and the collective voice of rural. NRHA is a national nonprofit that champions rural health issues through advocacy communications, education, and research. Arukah Institute of Healing is a RCORP grantee that has developed innovative rural programs and leveraged NRHA membership to establish a community around changing the landscape for rural behavioral health.

Presenters:

• Carrie Cochran-McClain, DrPH, Chief Policy Officer, NRHA
• Sarah Scruggs, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Arukah Institute of Healing, Inc.