CRISS: This is Southwest Spotlight on the Public Radio Network. And with me now is Michael Chavez. Michael is with the Public Education Department. He is
Brian Smith of the USDA Rural Development talks about setting up Rural Broadband/Telemedicine.
CRISS: This is Southwest Spotlight on the KENW Public Radio Network. With me now is Brian Smith, who is with the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development. And Brian, thank you for coming and if you would tell our listeners about Telemedicine, the Telemedicine program that you have grants for.
SMITH: Sure, right now, we have a program open through the beginning of June for applications, and it s a distance learning and telemedicine program. And its program that we have that allows for the purchase of equipment to enter eligible entities to either provide educational or Telemedicine services. And you know, we kind of put emphasis on tribal programs or programs that are geared towards opioid use disorder. So, it s been a great program; it s used throughout New Mexico. And you know I think highly of the program.
Southwest Spotlight talks with Michael Shaughnessy about COVID-19 induced stress.
CRISS: This is Southwest spotlight on the KENW Public Radio Network. With me now is Doctor Michael Shaughnessy, professor of special education at Eastern New Mexico University. Doctor Chauncey that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of problems for a lot of people, and one of them is stress. It s not just being sick or in the hospital. This stress comes at home in a lot of cases. Do you have some suggestions for people in terms of how to handle stress during this very hard time for us all to be around?
CRISS: This is Southwest Spotlight on the KENW Public Radio Network. With me now is Jeffery Bustamente, CEO of beWellnm. And Jeffrey will you tell me what