The Community Education Group (CEG) announced the recipients of their Appalachian Partnership Fund, earmarked for local groups serving West Virginia's most vulnerable and rural populations. CEG chose sixteen local organizations throughout West Virginia for their efforts to address COVID-19 and the HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and Substance Use Disorder syndemic.  CEG, along with the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute and West Virginia Rural Health Association, will host a 5:30 PM reception at the Four Points by Sheraton Charleston (Capitol City Suite C) to celebrate the work to combat the syndemic of hepatitis, HIV, and substance use in West Virginia. In addition, a virtual launch for awardees unable to attend the public event will be held on March 4, with special guest Dr. Ayne Amjad, Commissioner and State Health Officer for the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health.