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Through Natural Disaster to Prosperity: A Call to Action
Need actionable steps in your equitable disaster preparedness or recovery work? This report highlights best practices from the field.
Understanding State Economies Through Industry Studies
Paper describes key analytical concepts that have shaped some of the most effective efforts in state economic development research and policy formulation.
Agenda: Rural Telecommunications Initiative Advisory Committee Meeting; Rural Telecommunications Initiative Request for Proposal
Initiative entails computer and information technology training to many rural community-based organizations that do not have access.
Implementing a Rural Community Development Initiative for Thriving Communities
The Thrive Rural Framework emphasizes a comprehensive approach, recognizing that rural prosperity is not solely measured by economic indicators but also by the health and wellbeing of its residents.
Building Better Fundamentals for Rural Progress
Sector-specific solutions dominate rural policy. We often hear about rural health, rural water, rural housing, broadband, agriculture. These are pieces...
Measure Up: A Call to Action — Executive Summary
This is the Executive Summary for Measure Up: A Call to Action. It highlights six principles for measuring rural development progress to...
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.
Measure Up: A Call to Action
Today, we have a generational opportunity to strengthen prosperity and equity in communities and Native nations across the rural United...
Growing Language Skills with Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
Oct. 14th, 2021, 2PM
Whether it is written or spoken, language and dialect differences are a potential barrier to providing quality 2Gen programs to immigrant families, as well as successfully connecting them to employment, housing, education and other opportunities.
Thrive Rural Development Framework
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute was a valued collaborator and research partner on the underlying research of the...
For Our Clean Energy Economy Future, It’s Time to Tap Rural Innovation
Rural communities are integral to our nation’s economy, culture, history, and the environmental services that we all depend on. Yet...
Communities Need Safe Drinking Water: A Rural Environmental Justice Case Study
This short case study has insights on what will it take for rural communities to drive their own clean water solutions and breaks down the structural challenges that keep rural communities from accessing clean water solutions.