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Alaska Tsunami Map App
Offers resources for some Alaskan coastal communities with potential to experience tsunamis. Includes locations of community services, elevation information, evacuation routes, historical tsunami information, and more.
Sponsoring organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center
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READY Community Foundations Training Program Curriculum
Training materials designed to help community foundations strengthen operations, programming, and fundraising to better fulfill their missions and bolster local economies. Originally created for the 2024 READY Community Foundations cohort. Features units on fundraising, grantmaking, and community impact.
Sponsoring organization: Appalachian Regional Commission
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READY Nonprofits Training Program Curriculum
Self-guided study materials, designed to help Appalachian Regional Commission applicant and grantee stakeholder groups strengthen operations, programming, and fundraising to better fulfill their missions and bolster local economies. Features units on programs and operations, strategic planning, board development, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Appalachian Regional Commission
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Measuring Community Capacity Building: A Workbook-in-Progress for Rural Communities
Workbook providing guidance for local organizations to improve goal-setting, decision-making, and implementation of community and economic development programs and other civic activities. Updated over time as new information becomes available.
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute
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Rural Mobile Healthcare Toolkit
Resources and best practices to help rural communities develop mobile healthcare programs. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Texas A&M Rural Texas Strong Hub
Provides information about the Rural Texas Strong (RTS) Program, the state's Rural Health Transformation Program, for Texas A&M System members. Will include a public database that displays Texas A&M expertise and interest in RTS initiatives, as well as a listing of Texas A&M System member RTS collaborations with rural stakeholders. Can offer feedback on RTS conceptual proposals and facilitate initial meetings with rural health organizations.
Sponsoring organization: Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute
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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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Rural Healthy Aging: Policy and Infrastructure Opportunities for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)
Offers recommendations for integrating aging-related policies into existing Rural Health Transformation Program plans. Includes recommendations around planning, access to care, caregiving, technology, aging in place, and integrated care models. Includes resources for implementation and information on funding.
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Association, Stratis Health
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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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Rural Public Health Training Plan
Training courses for public health professionals working in rural communities. Modules include: 1) Introduction to Rural Public Health; 2) Partnering with Rural Communities for Public Health Communications; 3) Risk Management; 4) Practical Approaches to Rural Public Health Policy; 5) Practical Data Skills for Rural Public Health; and 6) Environmental Public Health in Rural.
Sponsoring organization: CDC Office of Rural Health
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