A September 2015 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services focused on the needs of rural children and families living in poverty.
Read MoreRural Impact, a new public-private collaboration led by the White House Rural Council, will use a multi-generational approach for investing in rural low-income families and communities, with the goal of improving the lives of rural children, including those at risk of child abuse and neglect.
Read MoreEducation, health, employment, and human services have important roles in supporting the well-being of rural children and families.
Read MoreThe United States spends more on medical care and less on social services than other developed countries, yet social services can be just as important to health outcomes.
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Sister Anne Brooks, D.O., has provided care for the desperately poor at the Tutwiler Clinic for the last 30 years.
Read MoreRural areas generally receive fewer charitable donations than urban, but the TLL Temple Foundation in Texas proves that rural giving is easier and more efficient when it is housed there.
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The director of the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center discusses health inequities, rural obesity and what gives her work passion.
Read MoreA comparative perspective on poverty has never revealed an encouraging storyline for U.S. policies designed to address this issue.
Read MoreThe Gini index, which reveals economic disparities, shows that the United States is now on par with Mexico and China.
Read MoreBefore it’s over, the recession could end up widening income disparities in the U.S., particularly in rural areas.
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