Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Income support and assistance
Opportunity for All: Fighting Rural Child Poverty
Examines trends in poverty in rural areas, including comparison with urban areas. Provides a discussion of the impact of safety net programs that address poverty and support healthy children and their families in rural areas.
Date: 05/2015
Sponsoring organization: White House (Obama Administration)
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Examines trends in poverty in rural areas, including comparison with urban areas. Provides a discussion of the impact of safety net programs that address poverty and support healthy children and their families in rural areas.
Date: 05/2015
Sponsoring organization: White House (Obama Administration)
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Child Protective Services May Link Families to Needed Income Supports
Examines families' receipt of income support immediately following and 18 months after a child maltreatment report. Provides information on receipt of income supports for rural compared to urban areas. Also provides information on families' self-assessment of how they were doing financially, by urban and rural location. Discusses the impact of poverty on parent-child interactions.
Author(s): Wendy A. Walsh, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Date: 2015
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Examines families' receipt of income support immediately following and 18 months after a child maltreatment report. Provides information on receipt of income supports for rural compared to urban areas. Also provides information on families' self-assessment of how they were doing financially, by urban and rural location. Discusses the impact of poverty on parent-child interactions.
Author(s): Wendy A. Walsh, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Date: 2015
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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The Need to Integrate Work Programs for Low-Income Rural Residents
Examines issues and opportunities associated with integration of workforce programs in rural communities. Discusses opportunities for the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate to serve low-income rural residents.
Date: 12/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Examines issues and opportunities associated with integration of workforce programs in rural communities. Discusses opportunities for the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate to serve low-income rural residents.
Date: 12/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Premium Assistance Programs for Low Income Families: How Well Does it Work in Rural Areas?
Examines the viability of premium assistance programs that subsidize employer-sponsored or private health insurance with Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance program funding. Identifies and describes 16 state premium assistance programs that were operational in 2005.
Author(s): Pam Silberman, Laura Brogan, Charity Moore, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 01/2006
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Examines the viability of premium assistance programs that subsidize employer-sponsored or private health insurance with Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance program funding. Identifies and describes 16 state premium assistance programs that were operational in 2005.
Author(s): Pam Silberman, Laura Brogan, Charity Moore, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 01/2006
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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The 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes chapters focused on collaborations in rural communities, rural access to obstetrical services, and obesity in rural communities. Also examines rural welfare reform, including barriers faced by TANF recipients in the areas of transportation, child care, and the rural labor market. Includes recommendations to address these issues.
Date: 04/2005
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 chapters focused on collaborations in rural communities, rural access to obstetrical services, and obesity in rural communities. Also examines rural welfare reform, including barriers faced by TANF recipients in the areas of transportation, child care, and the rural labor market. Includes recommendations to address these issues.
Date: 04/2005
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Means-Tested Programs: Information on Program Access Can Be an Important Management Tool
Discusses access to and participation in low-income programs, such as welfare and public housing, by those who are eligible. Includes information on strategies used by federal, state, and local administrators to improve access.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses access to and participation in low-income programs, such as welfare and public housing, by those who are eligible. Includes information on strategies used by federal, state, and local administrators to improve access.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Welfare Reform: Rural TANF Programs Have Developed Many Strategies to Address Rural Challenges
Describes the rural caseload for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and how the caseload has changed over time. Includes data on rural-urban TANF cases for each state. Describes challenges facing rural TANF programs, including health-related challenges, and strategies used to address these challenges.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/2004
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Describes the rural caseload for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and how the caseload has changed over time. Includes data on rural-urban TANF cases for each state. Describes challenges facing rural TANF programs, including health-related challenges, and strategies used to address these challenges.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/2004
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Nevada Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) Dashboard
Provides interactive maps and metrics tracking WIC enrollment in by county and agency in Nevada. Includes data on total participants, food redemption, and no show appointments.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Provides interactive maps and metrics tracking WIC enrollment in by county and agency in Nevada. Includes data on total participants, food redemption, and no show appointments.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Populations at Risk
Tool offering downloadable socioeconomic reports covering age, race and ethnicity, educational attainment, language proficiency, poverty, assistance programs, employment, and housing. Includes ability to compare locations by census tract, city, county, state, tribal, metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan areas.
Sponsoring organization: Headwaters Economics
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Tool offering downloadable socioeconomic reports covering age, race and ethnicity, educational attainment, language proficiency, poverty, assistance programs, employment, and housing. Includes ability to compare locations by census tract, city, county, state, tribal, metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan areas.
Sponsoring organization: Headwaters Economics
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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Eligibility and Participation
Presents an interactive map to explore Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program eligibility and participation at the state and county levels in 8 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Provides statistics on age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, employment status, health insurance status, and more.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Presents an interactive map to explore Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program eligibility and participation at the state and county levels in 8 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Provides statistics on age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, employment status, health insurance status, and more.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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