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is a health collaborative network focused on meeting the diverse health needs of our rural community by:

	Increasing access to health care in our community through outreach programs, health education and social marketing;
	Providing a voice for our community by influencing local, state and national rural health policy development;
	Engaging our local communities and stakeholders.

Become a NEON Member!
NEON always seeks new partners and opportunities for Collaboration! We would like to invite you to join as a member to our non-profit health collaborative. If you are interested in community partnerships, are a partnership yourself, and/or are a community member within our tri-county region, we believe you would be a great asset to our organization

If you are a pre-existing NEON member, we would like to invite you to renew your membership with us. We have appreciated your previous support to our organization and would be honored to include you in our membership benefits again.

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CURRENT LIST OF BENEFITS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NEON MEMBERSHIP
As our organization grows there will be substantial additions to the membership benefits.

BENEFITS	RESPONSIBILITIES
Getting work accomplished through others (i.e. the network)	Inform others: share, support, do background research, be a resource
Synergy of efforts	Participate in grant writing by editing, literature searches, performance measures, etc.
Filling the gaps in services and health care access	Actively participate in the network functioning: show up, communicate, speak up, vote
Shared responsibility for community health	Represent concerns from each community by being a liaison from others in community to NEON
Identification of grant opportunities	Represent concerns from each community by being a liaison from others in community to NEON
Access to grant writing expertise, support and collaboration
Background research on health issues affecting network communities
Examination, assessment and enhancement of system development
Consolidated information base, a “clearinghouse”
Voice for specific needs and issues
Increased funding
Critical mass for projects, policy development, and “voice”
Peer support that can provide knowledge, networking, power in numbers, pooling resources, reduced isolation and avoidance or duplication of services or efforts
Create healthcare jobs and promote growth and development in the health care workforce
Share specialized resources across county lines
Promotes members taking a proactive, needs driven approach to health care
Improved health care outcomes for network communities
Improved access to health care for network communities