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Ten Essential Ingredients: Designing State Programs That Work In Rural Communities
This file, "TEN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS: DESIGNING STATE PROGRAMS THAT WORK IN RURAL COMMUNITIES," is a 1995 guidebook from the Public Sector Development Foundation. It focuses on how states can enhance local capacity for community and economic development in rural areas by using ten essential ingredients for program design, delivery, and development.
Creating Rural Opportunity: CGPA’s State Policy Academy on Rural Competiveness, Final Report
This is the final report for the "Rural Economic and Community Development State Policy Academy" project, submitted by the Council of Governors' Policy Advisors (CGPA) on November 4, 1993. The project, jointly funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Aspen Institute, aimed to translate rural research into actionable policy for state governments, build state capacity for comprehensive rural development strategies, and support states in setting policy goals and implementing programs.
Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status
Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status This study, "Black Female-Headed Families in the Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan South: A Profile of Their Economic Status" by Joyce E. Allen and Pamela K. Joshi, examines the socioeconomic characteristics of black female-headed families with dependent children in the Southern United States.