Report
Availability of Capital in Rural America: Problems and Options
This report examines impact of changing financial markets on rural capital availability.
Small Business Rural Banks: Assessing and Strengthening the Link
This research report focuses on issue of loaning credit to small enterprises.
The Investing In People Project Curriculum
Purpose of curriculum is: (1) to outline the Investing in People (IIP) projects for states and other parties interested in replicating it; and (2) to describe the resources, products and rationale that were used with the five states involved in the project.
Ten Essential Ingredients: Designing State Programs That Work In Rural Communities
Guidebook is intended to highlight innovative and successful actions, policies and programs which states can use to help individual rural communities.
Working Together for a Competitive Workforce: A Handbook for State Policy Teams
Purpose of this handbook is to describe the methodology of the Investing in People Project; describe what happened to the state teams during the project; summarize what the teams achieved; and distill lessons from other states that may wish to consider undertaking such a project.
School-to-Work: A Guide for State Policymakers
Paper focus on state-level system-building strategies related to school-to-work systems that connect traditional educational experiences to work-place learning.
Raising the Floor: The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Low-Wage Workers
Paper aims to examine the real value of minimum wage declines and its impact on the American workforce, particularly paying attention to rural workers.
Selecting the States: The Proposal Submission and Review Process
Document provides a comprehensive list of Request for Proposals (RFP) of state legislative leaders applying for an Investing in People Project (IIP) designed to formulate, refine, and implement integrated systems for workforce preparation and economic development.
Adult workers: Retraining the American Workforce
Paper focuses on the need for states to develop enhanced high-skilled job training in lieu of increasing global competition for low-wage labor.
Win Lose or Draw: Gambling with America’s Small Towns
Report analyses the impacts of gambling and lays out the implications of gambling activity for statutes and local communities.
Strategies for State-supported Microenterprise Development Systems : Practitioner’s Role
Report examines the Center for Rural Affairs Rural Enterprise Assistant Project (REAP) in its partnership with Nebraska's Office of Economic Development.
Post Institute II: State Activities
Document provides summary of state activities following involvement in the Investing in People (IIP) policy development project.