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Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration

Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services
Provides information, instructions, and lessons learned from rural communities that have implemented coordinated transportation services. Includes details on who needs to be involved in coordinated transportation, how it operates, and its benefits.
Author(s): Jon E. Burkhardt, Charles A. Nelson, Gail Murray, David Koffman
Date: 08/2004
Sponsoring organization: Transportation Research Board
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Starting a Kin Caregiver Support Service: Learning Community Insights Overview
Toolkit offering information, resources, literature, and case studies for starting a kin caregiver support service, including how to meet community needs, evaluate service outcomes, and work with community partners. Includes rural-specific information and case studies throughout.
Sponsoring organizations: Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center, USAging
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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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General Neurology ECHO
Provides virtual monthly collaborative sessions for healthcare providers on the recognition, referral, and management of neurological conditions, featuring a variety of neurology experts. Includes discussion of best practices, case-based learning, and real-time consultation. Registration is required.
Sponsoring organizations: National MS Society, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Center for Telehealth and Emerging Technologies
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AAP ECHO Autism: Primary Care
Information on a series of free learning opportunities using the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model. Includes opportunities for rural pediatric care clinicians to expand their knowledge on autism screening, diagnosis, and longitudinal care. Registration is required.
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics, ECHO Autism Communities
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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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Telehealth Broadband Project
Provides information and data on rural broadband access and its impact on healthcare. Profiles rural community partnerships in four states - Alaska, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia - designed to better understand connectivity issues.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center
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Supporting Rural Health Leadership and Management Topic Guide
Resources and strategies to help rural healthcare facilities and organizations develop and support the leaders and managers needed now and in the future to meet residents' health and healthcare needs.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Mobility Management Certificate Program
Free training offering participants the skills and knowledge to identify community transportation barriers and resources at the community, state, and national levels. At the completion of the course, participants will have developed their own national, state, and local mobility management resources toolkit. Course content covers mobility management basics, community health needs assessments, inclusivity, and the mobility ecosystem.
Sponsoring organization: Community Asset Builders, LLC
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CDC: Tribal Affairs
Provides an overview of CDC partnerships and programs supporting tribal public health. Features tribal health data, publications, funding, documentation, and other resources facilitated by the CDC Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances (OTASA).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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