Rural Strategies That Work: Lifting up Federal Policies That Are Responsive to the Assets and Challenges of Rural America

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Memorandum to the Obama-era White House Rural Council member agencies outlining strategies for the design and delivery of programs in rural America to meet the contemporary challenges of the nation and the unique challenges faced by rural communities. Discusses how policies can address the issues of geographic isolation (including travel to healthcare), limited financial resources, low population density, and poverty.

Tom Vilsack, Shaun Donovan, Cecilia Muñoz, Jeffrey Zients

10/2016

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White House Rural Council (Obama Administration)

Access · Funding · Policy · Poverty · Transportation