Human Services to Support Rural Health – Resources
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Accountable Care Communities in Rural: Laying the Groundwork in Humboldt County, California
Describes how Accountable Care Communities (ACCs) employ a unified approach to improving the health of a population and reducing costs, by emphasizing preventive health and wellness efforts, as well as promoting collaboration among community-based organizations, social services, and the local health care system. Examines the ways in which the ACC model may help rural communities face challenges associated with poorer health outcomes, transportation difficulties, and shortages of healthcare providers.
Author(s): Paula Weigel, Chance Finegan, Jocelyn Richgels, et al.
Date: 03/2015
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Describes how Accountable Care Communities (ACCs) employ a unified approach to improving the health of a population and reducing costs, by emphasizing preventive health and wellness efforts, as well as promoting collaboration among community-based organizations, social services, and the local health care system. Examines the ways in which the ACC model may help rural communities face challenges associated with poorer health outcomes, transportation difficulties, and shortages of healthcare providers.
Author(s): Paula Weigel, Chance Finegan, Jocelyn Richgels, et al.
Date: 03/2015
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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RHIhub's Human Services Support Guide for Rural Healthcare: Everything Connects
Features the RHIhub topic guide Human Services to Support Rural Health.
Author(s): Kathleen Belanger
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2015
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features the RHIhub topic guide Human Services to Support Rural Health.
Author(s): Kathleen Belanger
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2015
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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20 Years of Rural Voices
Highlights and revisits articles from the last two decades of the Rural Voices journal. Covers topics including self-help housing, low-income housing, tax credits, housing trust funds, the Fair Housing Act, and the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Author(s): Bennie G. Thompson, Leslie Newman, Kim Herman, et al.
Citation: Rural Voices, 20(3), 1-36
Date: 2015
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Highlights and revisits articles from the last two decades of the Rural Voices journal. Covers topics including self-help housing, low-income housing, tax credits, housing trust funds, the Fair Housing Act, and the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Author(s): Bennie G. Thompson, Leslie Newman, Kim Herman, et al.
Citation: Rural Voices, 20(3), 1-36
Date: 2015
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Rethinking Rural Human Service Delivery in Challenging Times: The Case for Service Integration
Explains the need for a regionally integrated rural human services system in order to address challenges many rural social services agencies face in delivering human services.
Author(s): Mario Gutierrez, Kathleen Belanger, Vaughn Clark, et al.
Date: 02/2010
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Human Services Panel
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Explains the need for a regionally integrated rural human services system in order to address challenges many rural social services agencies face in delivering human services.
Author(s): Mario Gutierrez, Kathleen Belanger, Vaughn Clark, et al.
Date: 02/2010
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Human Services Panel
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ACL Housing and Services Resource Center: Tribal Housing
Provides resources and information on solutions to tribal housing issues. Includes links to help users develop knowledge about the unique housing needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, as well as tools and resources related to tribal housing partnerships.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Community Living
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Provides resources and information on solutions to tribal housing issues. Includes links to help users develop knowledge about the unique housing needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, as well as tools and resources related to tribal housing partnerships.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Community Living
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The EveryONE Project: Neighborhood Navigator
Allows users to search by ZIP code for resources and programs in their neighborhood to address their patients' social determinants of health. Provides information on food, housing, goods, transportation, health, care, education, employment, and more.
Additional links: Neighborhood Navigator Training Video
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
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Allows users to search by ZIP code for resources and programs in their neighborhood to address their patients' social determinants of health. Provides information on food, housing, goods, transportation, health, care, education, employment, and more.
Additional links: Neighborhood Navigator Training Video
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
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Weatherization Assistance Program
Provides an overview of the federally-funded program that provides grants to states, territories, and some tribes to improve the energy efficiency of low-income families' homes. Includes information on how to apply for weatherization assistance.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Energy
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Provides an overview of the federally-funded program that provides grants to states, territories, and some tribes to improve the energy efficiency of low-income families' homes. Includes information on how to apply for weatherization assistance.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Energy
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PubMed Search: Rural Human Services
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on topics related to rural human services.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on topics related to rural human services.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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CDBG Program Contacts
Directory of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program state contacts.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Directory of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program state contacts.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
Connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information, resource libraries, and tools to help protect children and strengthen families. Includes information specific to serving families and children in rural communities and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.
Additional links: Resources for Tribal Professionals, Rural Child Welfare Practice
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information, resource libraries, and tools to help protect children and strengthen families. Includes information specific to serving families and children in rural communities and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.
Additional links: Resources for Tribal Professionals, Rural Child Welfare Practice
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Last Updated: 6/3/2025