Rural Knowledge Center

Rural Health and Economic Prosperity: Executive Summary

Executive Summary for Unlocking Potential: Call to Action. Get quick takeaways and recommendations for action on equitable outdoor recreation development.

Collaborative Strategies FOR RURAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

Insights and recommendations to do rural development and rural health differently—moving collectively toward equitable rural development with projects grounded in place and a people-centered vision of community impact.

Funding Rural Futures: Call to Action

What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?

Barriers to Federal Investment in Rural Communities 

The West Virginia Community Development Hub

The Hub's report identifies potential strategies individual agencies could undertake to creatively address current barriers to rural access to federal resources.

Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative

International Economic Development Council (IEDC)

IEDC’s Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative is IEDC’s flagship Race, Equity, and Economic Development program.

Analyzing the opportunities for rural America in IIJA, CHIPS, and IRA

Brookings Institution

Brookings Institute authors estimate >$464 billion, or 45% of the combined appropriations in these three laws, present a significant opportunity for rural America and offer recommendations on how to maximize the benefits.

Taking Stock

Housing Assistance Council

First published in 1984, Taking Stock is HAC's decennial research publication. The 2023 edition of Taking Stock continues this legacy of presenting social, economic, and housing trends for rural places and people.

The Equity of Economic Opportunity in Rural America

The Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)

Research on rural America’s economic opportunity from CORI highlights growing disparities due to the knowledge economy’s focus on urban areas. It emphasizes the need for equitable policy and investment in rural regions to address systemic inequities and enable rural participation in the knowledge economy.

CAPTURING SHARED IMPACTS OF THE PARTNERS FOR RURAL TRANSFORMATION

Urban Institute

This report details how PRT is working individually and collectively to make progress toward and meet their shared goals.

The Rural Aperture Project: Leveraging Data to Gain New Insights Into Rural America

Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)

The Rural Aperture Project uses data to redefine rural America’s narrative, focusing on its diversity and economic realities. This resource, essential for practitioners and policymakers, offers accessible data for informed rural development strategies and storytelling.

ENSURING AN EQUITABLE JUST TRANSITION

RMI

RMI presents a comprehensive review of state legislation that supports coal communities and workers facing economic transition mapped onto our policy framework.

ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY APPROACHES FROM THE RURAL HEALTH INFORMATION HUB

Rural Health Information Hub

Toolkit explores how asset-based approaches for rural communities working to build community capacity to address different social determinants of health.