Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Housing and homelessness
SparkMap's Community Assessment Tool
Allows user to select data indicators such as demographics, economics, housing, education, health behaviors and indicators, healthcare workforce, and more by state and county to create a community assessment report. Utilizes data from multiple geographical levels and housed with the US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Transportation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems
view details
Allows user to select data indicators such as demographics, economics, housing, education, health behaviors and indicators, healthcare workforce, and more by state and county to create a community assessment report. Utilizes data from multiple geographical levels and housed with the US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Transportation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems
view details
Kansas Rural Champions
Provides information on individuals who are part of the Kansas Rural Champions network and the rural programs they serve, such as those focused on child care, housing, community infrastructure, and community development. The mission of rural champions is to help build capacity in rural areas and address public needs.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office Of Rural Prosperity
view details
Provides information on individuals who are part of the Kansas Rural Champions network and the rural programs they serve, such as those focused on child care, housing, community infrastructure, and community development. The mission of rural champions is to help build capacity in rural areas and address public needs.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office Of Rural Prosperity
view details
Advancing Prosperity in Rural Indiana: Seven Priorities for Creating Thriving Rural Places, Businesses, and Families
Outlines the priorities for supporting rural Indiana such as providing citizens with essential goods and services, employment opportunities, broadband connection, housing, access to child care, and more. Includes data on rural versus urban population changes, median income, unemployment, immigration, poverty, mental stress, commute time, housing costs, internet access, education, and county-level percentages related to volunteering, population, job automation risk, and more.
Author(s): Carl Rist, Allan Freyer
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute
view details
Outlines the priorities for supporting rural Indiana such as providing citizens with essential goods and services, employment opportunities, broadband connection, housing, access to child care, and more. Includes data on rural versus urban population changes, median income, unemployment, immigration, poverty, mental stress, commute time, housing costs, internet access, education, and county-level percentages related to volunteering, population, job automation risk, and more.
Author(s): Carl Rist, Allan Freyer
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute
view details
ACL Housing and Services Resource Center: Tribal Housing
Provides resources and information on solutions to tribal housing issues. Includes links to help users develop knowledge about the unique housing needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, as well as tools and resources related to tribal housing partnerships.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Community Living
view details
Provides resources and information on solutions to tribal housing issues. Includes links to help users develop knowledge about the unique housing needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, as well as tools and resources related to tribal housing partnerships.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Community Living
view details
Housing Solutions Matchmaker Tool
An interactive county-level U.S. map that shows housing affordability by high, moderate, or low cost as well as by growing or shrinking population. Allows user to select county for additional information such as population changes, median income, median home value and rental costs, housing quality, and policy recommendations for strategies to address housing issues.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organizations: Aspen Institute, Brookings Metro, National Association of Counties
view details
An interactive county-level U.S. map that shows housing affordability by high, moderate, or low cost as well as by growing or shrinking population. Allows user to select county for additional information such as population changes, median income, median home value and rental costs, housing quality, and policy recommendations for strategies to address housing issues.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organizations: Aspen Institute, Brookings Metro, National Association of Counties
view details
MN Public Health Data Access Portal
An interactive data portal that contains information about public health in Minnesota. Includes data on issues such as child health, climate, diseases and conditions, environmental health, health behaviors and risk factors, health equity, and healthy homes. Allows user to select for specific topics and demographic indicators. Includes county-level and region-level charts and maps of data.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
view details
An interactive data portal that contains information about public health in Minnesota. Includes data on issues such as child health, climate, diseases and conditions, environmental health, health behaviors and risk factors, health equity, and healthy homes. Allows user to select for specific topics and demographic indicators. Includes county-level and region-level charts and maps of data.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
view details
Indiana Community Profile Dashboard
Provides county-level statistics for the state of Indiana, including resident demographics, education, health, and housing. Includes individual county profiles highlighting available amenities and associated community projects. Provides metropolitan, micropolitan, or rural county designation.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Center for Rural Engagement
view details
Provides county-level statistics for the state of Indiana, including resident demographics, education, health, and housing. Includes individual county profiles highlighting available amenities and associated community projects. Provides metropolitan, micropolitan, or rural county designation.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Center for Rural Engagement
view details
Rural Health Capital Resources Council Project
Describes the Rural Health Capital Resources Council, comprising over 30 national organizations, philanthropic organizations, regional community development finance organizations, and federal agencies. Represents finance, housing, economic development, rural health, broadband, and the many components that promote healthy communities. Includes links for Council presentations.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
view details
Describes the Rural Health Capital Resources Council, comprising over 30 national organizations, philanthropic organizations, regional community development finance organizations, and federal agencies. Represents finance, housing, economic development, rural health, broadband, and the many components that promote healthy communities. Includes links for Council presentations.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
view details
Community Resilience Estimates
Offers state and county profiles focused on community resilience, the capacity of community members to deal with and recover from a disaster and its related health, social, and economic impacts. Identifies risk factors for households and individuals, such as poverty level, unemployment, language barriers, and health status, and shares the risk factor results by county within each state and by census tract within each county. Also provides access to a supplemental data set focused on social vulnerability and equity.
Additional links: Community Resilience Estimates Equity Supplement (CRE for Equity)
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
view details
Offers state and county profiles focused on community resilience, the capacity of community members to deal with and recover from a disaster and its related health, social, and economic impacts. Identifies risk factors for households and individuals, such as poverty level, unemployment, language barriers, and health status, and shares the risk factor results by county within each state and by census tract within each county. Also provides access to a supplemental data set focused on social vulnerability and equity.
Additional links: Community Resilience Estimates Equity Supplement (CRE for Equity)
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
view details
Arizona Department of Economic Security Documents Center
Searchable website of reports, forms, policies and procedures, and pamphlets providing information about specific programs and services in the state of Arizona. Topics cover homelessness, the Commodity Senior Food Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Documents are updated frequently and include data by county.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Department of Economic Security
view details
Searchable website of reports, forms, policies and procedures, and pamphlets providing information about specific programs and services in the state of Arizona. Topics cover homelessness, the Commodity Senior Food Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Documents are updated frequently and include data by county.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Department of Economic Security
view details