New Resources Identified in the Past 30 Days:

The Family Engagement Toolkit: Guidance for Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs on Improving Outreach, Recruitment, and Retention
Presents The Family Engagement Toolkit, a set of resources focused on improving engagement with early childhood home visiting programs. Provides tools for program evaluation, goal setting, and prioritizing community and family needs. Includes suggestions specific to rural communities.
Author(s): Rebecca Kleinman, Annie Buonaspina, Emily Rosen, et al.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau: Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Initiative Data Report 2023
Reports on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative, which supports expanded programs and services to people who are not receiving regular HIV care or are unaware of their HIV status. Covers program activities, services funded, program administration, and populations served. Discusses providers, programs, and factors influencing access to care in rural areas.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau
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Local Availability of Neonatal Intensive Care at Rural Hospitals with Childbirth Services
Discusses hospital and county characteristics for 89 rural hospitals offering childbirth services in 2021 based on proximity to neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Includes comparisons of characteristics for those hospitals more than and less than 30 miles from a NICU.
Author(s): Emily C. Sheffield, Clara E. Busse, Julia D. Interrante, Sara C. Handley, Katy Backes Kozhimannil
Citation: Journal of Perinatology, 2025
Date: 11/2025
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Louisiana Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)
Provides information on Louisiana's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Louisiana's application and the state's rural health landscape.
Additional links: Project Narrative
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Missouri Rural Health Transformation Program
Provides information on Missouri's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to Arizona's application materials, information about Missouri's framework for rural health transformation, and a guide for stakeholders.
Additional links: Project Narrative, Project Summary
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Department of Social Services
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Pennsylvania Rural Health Transformation Plan Summary
Provides information on Pennsylvania's application for the Rural Health Transformation Program. Presents an overview of how Pennsylvania plans to address the five goals of the program and links to the state's project narrative.
Additional links: Project Narrative
Sponsoring organization: Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
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Rural Hospital Financial Distress: Relative Risk in 2025
Infographic with a state-level map showing the number and percent of rural hospitals in each state at highest relative financial distress risk in 2025. Features statistics showing states with multiple hospitals, one hospital, and no hospitals at highest risk. Includes information on states with highest percentage of rural hospitals at highest relative risk of financial distress.
Author(s): Tyler Malone, George Pink, Julie Perry, Mark Holmes
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organizations: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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