Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Community and faith-based initiatives
Healthy Nonprofit Network Resource Library
A collection of resources, trainings, webinars, websites, and more for rural-focused nonprofit organizations. Covers topics such as mission, governance, resource development, marketing, finances, partnership development, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Healthy Nonprofit Network
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A collection of resources, trainings, webinars, websites, and more for rural-focused nonprofit organizations. Covers topics such as mission, governance, resource development, marketing, finances, partnership development, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Healthy Nonprofit Network
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2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant
Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri.
Additional links: 2024 Rural Planning Grants Key Learnings and Final Report
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri.
Additional links: 2024 Rural Planning Grants Key Learnings and Final Report
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Community Mental Health Information Community Partnerships Toolkit
Resources designed to help community organizations, healthcare providers, educators, and other partners address mental health information needs in their communities. Offers guides, templates, and strategies to establish partnerships, develop mental health programs, and promote mental health awareness and support. Includes a section on rural mental health information.
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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Resources designed to help community organizations, healthcare providers, educators, and other partners address mental health information needs in their communities. Offers guides, templates, and strategies to establish partnerships, develop mental health programs, and promote mental health awareness and support. Includes a section on rural mental health information.
Sponsoring organization: Network of the National Library of Medicine
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National Faith in Action on Maternal Health
Provides an overview of maternal health challenges and data in the United States, including mortality rates, mental health, substance use, intimate partner violence, needed services, and more. Provides strategies for community and faith leaders to improve maternal health, as well as a section specific to rural maternal health needs.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Center for Faith (Faith Center)
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Provides an overview of maternal health challenges and data in the United States, including mortality rates, mental health, substance use, intimate partner violence, needed services, and more. Provides strategies for community and faith leaders to improve maternal health, as well as a section specific to rural maternal health needs.
Sponsoring organization: HHS Center for Faith (Faith Center)
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Rural Roads - The RCORP Podcast
Podcast about community behavioral health services for grantees of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) hosted by RCORP-TA. Explores a variety of issues related to substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Technical Assistance
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Podcast about community behavioral health services for grantees of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) hosted by RCORP-TA. Explores a variety of issues related to substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Technical Assistance
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Overdose Prevention in Rural Communities
Provides guidance for rural communities working to prevent drug overdoses. Highlights strategies and resources to help rural communities address substance use disorder (SUD), build coalitions, collect data, and address stigma, among other measures.
Sponsoring organization: National Overdose Prevention Network
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Provides guidance for rural communities working to prevent drug overdoses. Highlights strategies and resources to help rural communities address substance use disorder (SUD), build coalitions, collect data, and address stigma, among other measures.
Sponsoring organization: National Overdose Prevention Network
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COPD National Action Plan: Community Action Tool
Platform offering information on community activities related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Activities Listings and Details page offers a continually updated list of reported activities that can be narrowed by the type of organization that administered the activity, the target audience, activity type, and geographic scope, including rural and urban communities.
Sponsoring organizations: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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Platform offering information on community activities related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Activities Listings and Details page offers a continually updated list of reported activities that can be narrowed by the type of organization that administered the activity, the target audience, activity type, and geographic scope, including rural and urban communities.
Sponsoring organizations: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
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Brandeis Opioid Resource Connector
Collection of community-based program models, data and mapping information, and other resources for communities to reduce opioid addiction and overdose. Program models cover prevention, harm recovery, recovery, and treatment, and can be filtered by setting to select rural-specific examples.
Sponsoring organization: Opioid Policy Research Collaborative
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Collection of community-based program models, data and mapping information, and other resources for communities to reduce opioid addiction and overdose. Program models cover prevention, harm recovery, recovery, and treatment, and can be filtered by setting to select rural-specific examples.
Sponsoring organization: Opioid Policy Research Collaborative
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Eaton Rapids Medical Center: Improving Teen Mental Health
Profile of the Eaton Rapids Teen Center, established in rural Michigan with the help of the local medical center and community organizations, to support students in grades 6-12 and to promote their mental health.
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Health & Hospital Association
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Profile of the Eaton Rapids Teen Center, established in rural Michigan with the help of the local medical center and community organizations, to support students in grades 6-12 and to promote their mental health.
Sponsoring organization: Michigan Health & Hospital Association
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Addiction and Substance Misuse Reports and Publications
Shares reports and data from the Surgeon General on substance misuse, addiction, overdoses, and other topics related to the use and misuse of various substances, including opioids, alcohol, marijuana, and more. Includes discussion of prevention programs and screening.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Shares reports and data from the Surgeon General on substance misuse, addiction, overdoses, and other topics related to the use and misuse of various substances, including opioids, alcohol, marijuana, and more. Includes discussion of prevention programs and screening.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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