Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Children and youth
Title V MCH Block Grant Program - Marshall Islands State Snapshot: FY 2025 Application/FY 2023 Annual Report
Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Title V MCH Block Grant Program - Palau, State Snapshot: FY 2025 Application/FY 2023 Annual Report
Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Title V MCH Block Grant Program - Northern Mariana Islands, State Snapshot: FY 2025 Application/FY 2023 Annual Report
Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Title V MCH Block Grant Program - American Samoa State Snapshot: FY 2025 Application/FY 2023 Annual Report
Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Title V MCH Block Grant Program - Guam State Snapshot: FY 2025 Application/FY 2023 Annual Report
Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Strengthening the System II: Alaska's Comprehensive Integrated Mental Health Program Plan 2025-2029
Details Alaska's mental health integration plan. Discusses 10 focus areas that cover different aspects of mental health coverage, such as suicide prevention, substance use disorder prevention, and early childhood mental health.
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Alaska Department of Health, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
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Details Alaska's mental health integration plan. Discusses 10 focus areas that cover different aspects of mental health coverage, such as suicide prevention, substance use disorder prevention, and early childhood mental health.
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Alaska Department of Health, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
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Exploring Youths' Offers to Use E-Cigarettes in Rural Hawai'i: A Test Development and Validation Study
Examines experiences of being offered e-cigarettes among middle school youths in rural Hawaii. Provides data on frequency of experiencing various offer situations, and identifies cultural and environmental factors influencing acceptance of offers to use e-cigarettes. Discusses implications for e-cigarette prevention among rural Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) youth in rural areas.
Author(s): Scott K. Okamoto, Andrew M. Subica, Kelsie H. Okamura, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(11), 1427
Date: 10/2024
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Examines experiences of being offered e-cigarettes among middle school youths in rural Hawaii. Provides data on frequency of experiencing various offer situations, and identifies cultural and environmental factors influencing acceptance of offers to use e-cigarettes. Discusses implications for e-cigarette prevention among rural Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) youth in rural areas.
Author(s): Scott K. Okamoto, Andrew M. Subica, Kelsie H. Okamura, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(11), 1427
Date: 10/2024
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Assessing the Need to Convert Head Start Enrollment Slots to Early Head Start
Examines the process of converting Head Start funding/enrollment slots to Early Head Start services for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. Analyzes case studies from 6 Head Start programs that converted enrollment slots in 2022 and 2023 and discusses motivation to convert slots based on program and community needs, including those in rural areas.
Author(s): Carly Morrison, Kate Stepleton, Diane Schilder, Catherine Kuhns
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Administration for Children and Families, MEF Associates, Urban Institute
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Examines the process of converting Head Start funding/enrollment slots to Early Head Start services for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. Analyzes case studies from 6 Head Start programs that converted enrollment slots in 2022 and 2023 and discusses motivation to convert slots based on program and community needs, including those in rural areas.
Author(s): Carly Morrison, Kate Stepleton, Diane Schilder, Catherine Kuhns
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Administration for Children and Families, MEF Associates, Urban Institute
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Understanding Childcare Challenges in Rural America: Strategic Recommendations and an Action Framework
Provides an overview of challenges and barriers to early childcare in rural areas. Offers a roadmap for companies and organizations to identify and address childcare shortages in their communities, as well as state, local, employer, and facility-based recommendations. Features examples of emerging childcare models and initiatives implemented by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association members.
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Foundation for Rural Service, NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
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Provides an overview of challenges and barriers to early childcare in rural areas. Offers a roadmap for companies and organizations to identify and address childcare shortages in their communities, as well as state, local, employer, and facility-based recommendations. Features examples of emerging childcare models and initiatives implemented by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association members.
Date: 10/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Foundation for Rural Service, NTCA: The Rural Broadband Association
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A Case Report on a Women's Residential Substance Use Program in a Rural and Urban Setting
Explores the characteristics and outcomes of residential substance use recovery programs for parenting and pregnant women in rural and urban counties in Kentucky. Breaks down participant data by age, race, number of children, and location in a rural or urban area, among other measures.
Author(s): Deborah Winders Davis, Yana Feygin, Madeline Shipley, et al.
Citation: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 28, pages 1870–1875
Date: 10/2024
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Explores the characteristics and outcomes of residential substance use recovery programs for parenting and pregnant women in rural and urban counties in Kentucky. Breaks down participant data by age, race, number of children, and location in a rural or urban area, among other measures.
Author(s): Deborah Winders Davis, Yana Feygin, Madeline Shipley, et al.
Citation: Maternal and Child Health Journal, 28, pages 1870–1875
Date: 10/2024
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