Success Stories Available from Rural Assistance Center

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The Rural Assistance Center (RAC), a national resource for rural health and human services information, is compiling rural success stories on its web site, allowing easy access to model projects and best practices for rural communities. 

Are you looking for innovative ways to improve services and address challenges in your community?  Would you like to share the details of a successful project with other communities?  The Rural Assistance Center can help.  For rural communities and future grant applicants, these success stories may serve as examples for ways to organize, fund and deliver rural health and human services.

The success stories database is located at http://www.raconline.org/success/.

Summaries of successful rural projects on the web site are searchable by topic, state, or source.  The web site also contains links to other resources featuring success stories including journals, publications, bibliographies and tools such as other web sites and databases.

We would like to hear from you!  You can send us your success story online at: http://www.raconline.org/success/success_suggestion.php

About RAC
The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) serves as a rural health and human services information portal which helps rural communities access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services. RAC is a collaboration of the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health and the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI). It is funded through HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy.

Since its launch in December 2002, RAC’s web site has received over 1 million visits.  In addition, RAC has responded to over 4,500 customized assistance requests from people in all 50 states and many foreign countries.

RAC's other web-based services, available at www.raconline.org, include an online clearinghouse of news, documents, maps, and success stories; a calendar of events; a directory of rural contacts and organizations; and a searchable database of funding opportunities. Also available on the web site are Information Guides, which provide in-depth information focusing on rural aspects of an issue or topic. RAC’s electronic updates on rural health and human services keep subscribers abreast of new happenings and resources available. RAC also provides free customized assistance on topics related to rural health or human services.

For more information regarding success stories, contact Holly Gabriel, RAC Information Specialist, 701-777-0772 or holly@raconline.org.