Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Community and economic development
Wisconsin Rural Partners Events
A list of upcoming and past events, such as small community forums, development initiatives, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Rural Partners
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A list of upcoming and past events, such as small community forums, development initiatives, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Rural Partners
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State and Local Economic Development Strategies (SLEDS)
Collects, analyzes, and classifies state and territory strategic plans and economic development district (EDD) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS). Allows sorting by state or territory, plan type, agency, economic development category, and focus, including focus on rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC)
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Collects, analyzes, and classifies state and territory strategic plans and economic development district (EDD) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS). Allows sorting by state or territory, plan type, agency, economic development category, and focus, including focus on rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC)
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PARTNER Program: Promoting Active Rural Transportation ​with Need & Economic-based Resources
Provides resources dedicated to explaining and implementing the PARTNER Program, a community-led process for developing walking and bicycling routes in rural Alabama communities. Covers topics including collaboration, planning, implementation, and funding.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Extension at Auburn University
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Provides resources dedicated to explaining and implementing the PARTNER Program, a community-led process for developing walking and bicycling routes in rural Alabama communities. Covers topics including collaboration, planning, implementation, and funding.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Extension at Auburn University
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New Mexico Federal Funding Dashboard
Dashboard of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded projects in New Mexico. Categories of funding include broadband, health and human services, housing, emergency response, and more. Includes state agency profiles and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: The State of New Mexico
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Dashboard of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded projects in New Mexico. Categories of funding include broadband, health and human services, housing, emergency response, and more. Includes state agency profiles and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: The State of New Mexico
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Downtown Revitalization Playbook
Offers materials focused on supporting stakeholders in downtown redevelopment and revitalization projects in rural Appalachia. Includes case studies, an investment readiness tool, an overview of the stages of investment in downtown development, and a breakdown of investment types and strategies. Provided materials highlight funding, collaboration, and community assessment while touching broadly on topics related to rural needs and challenges.
Author(s): Ruthie Caldwell, Melissa Levy, Robert Donnan, Barbara Wyckoff
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Funders Network (AFN), Central Appalachia Network (CAN)
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Offers materials focused on supporting stakeholders in downtown redevelopment and revitalization projects in rural Appalachia. Includes case studies, an investment readiness tool, an overview of the stages of investment in downtown development, and a breakdown of investment types and strategies. Provided materials highlight funding, collaboration, and community assessment while touching broadly on topics related to rural needs and challenges.
Author(s): Ruthie Caldwell, Melissa Levy, Robert Donnan, Barbara Wyckoff
Sponsoring organizations: Appalachian Funders Network (AFN), Central Appalachia Network (CAN)
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Toward Racial Equity & Rural Prosperity: Legal & Policy Resources for Rural Communities
Resources for local and state policymakers discussing inequity in rural communities for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC). Includes resources for policymaking, water access, housing, and broadband.
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Resources for local and state policymakers discussing inequity in rural communities for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC). Includes resources for policymaking, water access, housing, and broadband.
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Capital Absorption Framework
Aims to help communities prepare for capital investment by outlining shared priorities, developing deals and projects that achieve the shared priorities, and developing platforms and relationships to get the deals and projects accomplished.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Community Investment
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Aims to help communities prepare for capital investment by outlining shared priorities, developing deals and projects that achieve the shared priorities, and developing platforms and relationships to get the deals and projects accomplished.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Community Investment
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A Guide to Funding Navigation: Training and Tools to Design and Sustain Equity-Advancing Investments
A collection of self-paced trainings and tools to help rural communities design and sustain investments that promote resilient and equitable communities. Supports users in locating funding to assist in advancing cross-sector initiatives.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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A collection of self-paced trainings and tools to help rural communities design and sustain investments that promote resilient and equitable communities. Supports users in locating funding to assist in advancing cross-sector initiatives.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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Kansas Rural Opportunity Zones
Provides a county-level map of Kansas rural opportunity zones (ROZs) which provide financial incentives to citizens who move to a ROZ. Includes information about ROZ sponsors, applications, and programs, such as student loan repayment assistance and tax credits.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office Of Rural Prosperity
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Provides a county-level map of Kansas rural opportunity zones (ROZs) which provide financial incentives to citizens who move to a ROZ. Includes information about ROZ sponsors, applications, and programs, such as student loan repayment assistance and tax credits.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office Of Rural Prosperity
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Rural Community Development (RCD) Project Highlights Map
Provides a snapshot of Rural Community Development (RCD) projects that provide clean and safe water and wastewater practices by state. Includes U.S. map that depicts the 6 regions collaborating with the RCD program.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Provides a snapshot of Rural Community Development (RCD) projects that provide clean and safe water and wastewater practices by state. Includes U.S. map that depicts the 6 regions collaborating with the RCD program.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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