Rural Project Examples: Families
Other Project Examples
Taos First Steps Program
Updated/reviewed May 2019
Updated/reviewed May 2019
- Need: Support for families that promotes early childhood development and the parent-child relationship.
- Intervention: Home visits which provide information, support, and access to early childhood resources and tools for building relationships.
- Results: Easily replicable program, even for rural areas, that result in growth in knowledge and self-sufficiency for families as they provide for and understand their child's earliest years.

Added March 2019
- Need: Pediatric behavioral health services in Delta County, Colorado.
- Intervention: Multi-organizational and community-wide effort to increase healthcare access for underserved children and to integrate behavioral health care into the area's primary care clinics.
- Results: Sustainable increases in access to pediatric behavioral health services.
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Updated/reviewed December 2018
Updated/reviewed December 2018
- Need: To strengthen the local food system by assisting farmers, supporting rural economies and promoting access to fresh food for underserved families and individuals receiving federal nutrition assistance.
- Intervention: Financial partnership and targeted programs created to strengthen food system infrastructure and connect regional food producers to a larger market.
- Results: Sales have increased for local farmers and food producers, and low-income participants have increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.