Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corporation

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER (SVMC) SEEKS A HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) GRANT TO UNLOCK $2M IN AWARDED COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING / CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING (CPF/CDS). THE FUNDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A $21.7M EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION OF THE SVMC REGIONAL CANCER CENTER. THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN THE SVMC’S SERVICE AREA (482.7/100,000) IS STATISTICALLY HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER REGION IN VERMONT AND CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE U.S. AVERAGE (442.4/100,000) – 9% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. SVMC’S REGIONAL CANCER CENTER SERVED PATIENTS FROM 11 STATES IN 2019-20, IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND HAS A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE REGION’S ECONOMY OF SOUTHERN VERMONT. YET MANY PATIENTS LIVING IN SOUTHERN VERMONT, EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS LEAVE THE REGION FOR ONCOLOGY CARE BECAUSE THE CAPACITY SVMC’S CANCER CENTER IS LIMITED AND WAIT TIMES TO CARE ARE EXTENDED. THE HRSA GRANT WILL ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A 17,000 SQUARE FOOT NEW FACILITY ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING CANCER CENTER. TO CREATE SYNERGY WITH AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE NEW FACILITY 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE EXISTING CENTER WILL BE RENOVATED (APPROXIMATELY 8% OF THE EXISTING FACILITY). THE MODERNIZED FACILITY WILL INCREASE MEDICATION INFUSION (CHEMOTHERAPY) SPACES FROM 9 TO 12, INCREASE PATIENT EXAM SPACES FROM 6 TO 12, AND EMBED ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY INCLUDING TELEMEDICINE CONNECTIONS TO ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS AT DARTMOUTH HEALTH. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WILL SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED, BEST-PRACTICE ONCOLOGY CARE, ELEVATE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND FACILITATE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ONCOLOGY CARE. THE PROJECT IS POISED TO LAUNCH WITH ARCHITECTURAL SCHEMATIC DESIGNS COMPLETED, COST ESTIMATES IN-HAND, AND PERMITTING APPLICATIONS STAGED. THE PROJECT WILL REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FROM THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CARE BOARD, HOWEVER, THAT APPLICATION IS SCHEDULED TO BE SUBMITTED IN SUMMER 2023. THE ACTUAL CO NSTRUCT WILL OCCUR DURING 11 MONTHS AND THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2026. THE HRSA AWARD IS ESSENTIAL TO EXPAND AND MODERNIZE SVMC’S REGIONAL CANCER CENTER AND CREATE A FACILITY THAT DELIVERS CUTTING-EDGE TREATMENTS AND PERSONALIZED ONCOLOGY CARE.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - NON-CONSTRUCTION - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE CORP SEEKS $1,400,000 IN FEDERAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING / CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING TO LAUNCH AN INNOVATIVE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM IN RURAL BENNINGTON, VT. THIS PROGRAM WILL TRAIN COHORTS OF 4 PHYSICIANS OVER 3 YEARS (TOTAL OF 12 TRAINEES AT ANY GIVEN TIME) AND ADDRESS THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS. THE PROJECT WILL BRING 4 NEW PHYSICIANS TO THE REGION TO SERVE AS PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND FACULTY FOR THE PROGRAM. SVMC WILL INVEST $754,392 IN THE LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM (TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES OF $2,185,194) THIS PROJECT WILL EXTEND FROM OCT 1, 2024, THROUGH SEPT 30, 2027, IS SHOVEL READY. THE PROJECT COULD NOT LAUNCH WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS - SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE SEEKS $600,000 IN CDS FUNDS IN A GRANT FROM HRSA TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 12,000 SQ FT PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE AND FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM (FMRP) SITE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF A 5-STORY 88,000 SQ FT NEW BUILDING. THE FMRP SITE WILL INCLUDE 16 EXAM ROOMS, 3 PATIENT AND CAREGIVER TEACHING AND CONSULT ROOMS, PHLEBOTOMY AND XRAY SPACES, CARE TEAM COLLABORATION AND DOCUMENTATION SPACE, PATIENT WAITING ROOM, CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT SPACE, FACULTY AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR OFFICES, LEARNING LAB, DIDACTIC AND CONFERENCE SPACE, CUBICLES AND LOCKERS FOR 12 RESIDENTS, RESPITE SPACE FOR RESIDENTS AND CARE TEAM LOUNGE/DINNING SPACE. THE CONSTRUCTION AND FIT-UP OF THE 12,000 SQ FT WILL COST $9.4M, OF WHICH $600,000 WILL BE CDS FUNDS AND THE REMAINING $8.6M WILL BE OBTAINED BY SVMC FROM A BLEND OF SOURCES INCLUDING DEBT, COMMUNITY PHILANTHROPY, INVESTMENT RETURNS, AND EQUITY FROM PRIOR AND ON-GOING OPERATIONS. THE PROJECT IS SHOVEL READY AND ON-TRACK TO DELIVER THE SPACE COINCIDENT WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE FMRP IN OCTOBER 2027.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

THE CREATION OF THE SVHC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO FACILITATE A TIMELY PIPELINE OF COLLEGE GRADUATES TO WORK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTERS IN SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT.