Wisconsin Resources
Collaborations Between Local Public Health and Healthcare: A Case Study Series Highlighting Rural Success Stories
Presents case studies highlighting successful collaborations between rural-serving local health departments and local healthcare organizations, focusing on purposes, structures, challenges, and lessons learned. Features programs in Oregon, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Author(s): Stephanie M. Mathis, Kayla M. Alvis, Benjamin Pelton, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organizations: East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health and Research, The Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health
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Presents case studies highlighting successful collaborations between rural-serving local health departments and local healthcare organizations, focusing on purposes, structures, challenges, and lessons learned. Features programs in Oregon, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Author(s): Stephanie M. Mathis, Kayla M. Alvis, Benjamin Pelton, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organizations: East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health and Research, The Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health
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Wisconsin 2025 LPN Survey
Provides an overview of the licensed practical nurse (LPN) workforce in Wisconsin, identifies trends, and recommends strategies for improving the capacity and quality of Wisconsin's LPN workforce. Features statistics including demographics, geographic distribution, educational preparation, median income, and rural or urban location.
Additional links: Workforce Survey At a Glance
Author(s): Kristin Merss, Barbara Bowers, Jeffrey Henriques, Desiree Bishop, Laura Vergenz
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organizations: School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Nursing
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Provides an overview of the licensed practical nurse (LPN) workforce in Wisconsin, identifies trends, and recommends strategies for improving the capacity and quality of Wisconsin's LPN workforce. Features statistics including demographics, geographic distribution, educational preparation, median income, and rural or urban location.
Additional links: Workforce Survey At a Glance
Author(s): Kristin Merss, Barbara Bowers, Jeffrey Henriques, Desiree Bishop, Laura Vergenz
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organizations: School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Nursing
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Putting the Roadmap to a Comprehensive State Graduate Medical Education Strategy into Practice: State Perspectives
Explores ways in which Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are planning and implementing aspects of their state graduate medical education strategies. Offers insights for other states investigating ways to sustain a rural healthcare workforce and considering a "grow-your-own" approach to expanded residency training.
Author(s): Lori Rodefeld, Raquel Davis, Erin P. Fraher, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Explores ways in which Missouri, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are planning and implementing aspects of their state graduate medical education strategies. Offers insights for other states investigating ways to sustain a rural healthcare workforce and considering a "grow-your-own" approach to expanded residency training.
Author(s): Lori Rodefeld, Raquel Davis, Erin P. Fraher, et al.
Date: 07/2026
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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How Primary Care Associations Can Serve as Champions of Multisector Collaboration
Describes the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association's Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) pilot including the partners, focus on housing instability and public benefits denials, findings after Years 1 and 2, lessons learned, and future plans. 2 of 3 community health centers in the pilot serve rural and migrant and seasonal agricultural worker populations. Requires an email to download for free.
Date: 05/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
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Describes the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association's Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) pilot including the partners, focus on housing instability and public benefits denials, findings after Years 1 and 2, lessons learned, and future plans. 2 of 3 community health centers in the pilot serve rural and migrant and seasonal agricultural worker populations. Requires an email to download for free.
Date: 05/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
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Self-Harm and Suicide Among Wisconsin Rural Men
An information sheet focused on the impact of self-harm and suicide on men in rural Wisconsin. Provides statistics, warning signs, and community resources and interventions.
Date: 05/2026
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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An information sheet focused on the impact of self-harm and suicide on men in rural Wisconsin. Provides statistics, warning signs, and community resources and interventions.
Date: 05/2026
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Collaborating for Transportation Access in Rural Communities
Features the nonprofit Feonix – Mobility Rising and its work to support Waupaca County Catch a Ride in Wisconsin and the Transportation Rx program in South Texas. Shares how these programs work to improve transportation in their communities so people can more easily access healthcare, employment, and other needs.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features the nonprofit Feonix – Mobility Rising and its work to support Waupaca County Catch a Ride in Wisconsin and the Transportation Rx program in South Texas. Shares how these programs work to improve transportation in their communities so people can more easily access healthcare, employment, and other needs.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Wisconsin
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Additional links: Wisconsin Rural Health Facility Table
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Additional links: Wisconsin Rural Health Facility Table
Date: 04/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Health Transformation Program: State Focus on Community Health Workers
Describes examples of state initiatives regarding community health workers (CHWs) outlined in Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) applications from Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Includes results of a scan of CHW proposals for each state with a publicly available RHTP application.
Author(s): Megan D'Alessandro, Sandra Wilkniss
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
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Describes examples of state initiatives regarding community health workers (CHWs) outlined in Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) applications from Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Includes results of a scan of CHW proposals for each state with a publicly available RHTP application.
Author(s): Megan D'Alessandro, Sandra Wilkniss
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
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2023-2024 Wisconsin Nursing Education and Nurse Faculty Survey Report
Contains responses from nursing school administrators on the characteristics of each program, student and faculty demographics, and elements including faculty education levels, salaries, vacancy rates, interprofessional education, and simulation. Includes statistics on nurses in rural areas.
Author(s): Gail Hanson Brenner, Linda K. Young, Mohammad Alasagheirin, Jan Adams, Stacey Stephens
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organizations: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire School of Nursing, Wisconsin Center for Nursing
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Contains responses from nursing school administrators on the characteristics of each program, student and faculty demographics, and elements including faculty education levels, salaries, vacancy rates, interprofessional education, and simulation. Includes statistics on nurses in rural areas.
Author(s): Gail Hanson Brenner, Linda K. Young, Mohammad Alasagheirin, Jan Adams, Stacey Stephens
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organizations: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire School of Nursing, Wisconsin Center for Nursing
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In Rural Communities, Where Child Care Is Often Scarce, Healthcare Organizations Are Finding Creative Ways to Help
Features rural healthcare organizations in Indiana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin that have partnered with childcare providers, schools, and other organizations to support affordable child care in their communities.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features rural healthcare organizations in Indiana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin that have partnered with childcare providers, schools, and other organizations to support affordable child care in their communities.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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