Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Human services
The State of Human Services in Rural America
Provides an overview of the types of human service programs serving rural communities and the challenges they face. Suggests a research agenda for rural America.
Citation: Perspectives: On Poverty, Policy, and Place, 5(Winter), 3-6
Date: 2009
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Provides an overview of the types of human service programs serving rural communities and the challenges they face. Suggests a research agenda for rural America.
Citation: Perspectives: On Poverty, Policy, and Place, 5(Winter), 3-6
Date: 2009
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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The 2008 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes a 20 year retrospective on rural health and human services.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes a 20 year retrospective on rural health and human services.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 10-12, 2007
Minutes from the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services' 56th meeting. The meeting included background on Colorado-specific health and demographic information, and reports from the Health and Human Services Panels.
Date: 06/2007
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Minutes from the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services' 56th meeting. The meeting included background on Colorado-specific health and demographic information, and reports from the Health and Human Services Panels.
Date: 06/2007
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Rural Research Needs and Data Sources for Selected Human Services Topics
Provides an overview of rural human services. Reviews the literature on work supports for low-income families, substance abuse, and child welfare services, and describes gaps in the research. Identifies 80 data sources that could be used to conduct research on human services topics in rural areas. Provides recommendations to improve the quality and quantity of information available on rural human services.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Research Summary, Volume 1: Research Needs, Volume 2: Data Sources
Date: 08/2005
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica Policy Research
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Provides an overview of rural human services. Reviews the literature on work supports for low-income families, substance abuse, and child welfare services, and describes gaps in the research. Identifies 80 data sources that could be used to conduct research on human services topics in rural areas. Provides recommendations to improve the quality and quantity of information available on rural human services.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Research Summary, Volume 1: Research Needs, Volume 2: Data Sources
Date: 08/2005
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica Policy Research
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One Department Serving Rural America
Reports findings from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) task force focused on improving healthcare and human services in rural communities. Describes health and social services challenges facing rural America, barriers to serving rural areas, and HHS-wide goals and strategies to address these concerns.
Author(s): HHS Rural Task Force
Date: 07/2002
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports findings from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) task force focused on improving healthcare and human services in rural communities. Describes health and social services challenges facing rural America, barriers to serving rural areas, and HHS-wide goals and strategies to address these concerns.
Author(s): HHS Rural Task Force
Date: 07/2002
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Accountable Health Communities Model
Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Accountable Health Communities Model, which tested whether systematically identifying and addressing the health-related social needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through screening, referral, and community navigation services would impact healthcare costs and reduce healthcare utilization. Aimed to link beneficiaries with community services that may address their health-related social needs.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's Accountable Health Communities Model, which tested whether systematically identifying and addressing the health-related social needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through screening, referral, and community navigation services would impact healthcare costs and reduce healthcare utilization. Aimed to link beneficiaries with community services that may address their health-related social needs.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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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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Una Voz Para La Salud (Call for Health) Information and Referral Service
National bilingual health information and referral service for farmworkers. Offers assistance with locating healthcare, interpretation, support services, and more.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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National bilingual health information and referral service for farmworkers. Offers assistance with locating healthcare, interpretation, support services, and more.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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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.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Community Living
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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.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Community Living
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The EveryONE Project: Neighborhood Navigator
Allows users to search by ZIP code for resources and programs in their neighborhood to address their patients' social determinants of health. Provides information on food, housing, goods, transportation, health, care, education, employment, and more.
Additional links: Neighborhood Navigator Training Video
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
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Allows users to search by ZIP code for resources and programs in their neighborhood to address their patients' social determinants of health. Provides information on food, housing, goods, transportation, health, care, education, employment, and more.
Additional links: Neighborhood Navigator Training Video
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
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