Rural welfare and rural income support resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/welfare/ Grants to develop and support interventions in cases where an eligible entity is in a crisis situation. -- Administration for Children and Families http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1903 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:30:37 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1903 Overview of the Rural Families Speak project, a multi-state study examining rural low-income families. Provides a summary of the findings from three topical areas: labor force, health, and social support. -- Rural Families Speak Project http://fsos.cehd.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/NRICGP%20Final%20Report.pdf Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:27:24 CST http://fsos.cehd.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/NRICGP%20Final%20Report.pdf Describes how rural low-income families filed for and received the Earned Income TaxCredit (EITC) used the money. -- Rural Families Speak Project http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/NEAFCS_Mammen.pdf Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:49:46 CST http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/NEAFCS_Mammen.pdf Directory of individual development account (IDA) programs. Search for IDA programs by state, type of program, target population, and other options. -- CFED http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=374&id=599 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:46:36 CST http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=374&id=599 Promotes asset-building and economic opportunity strategies, primarily in low-income and distressed communities, that bring together community practice, public policy, and private markets in new and effective ways. http://www.cfed.org/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:42:44 CST http://www.cfed.org/ Examines whether poor people are more likely to choose to live in rural areas. -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol4n2.pdf#page=3 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:50:26 CST http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol4n2.pdf#page=3 Editorial discussing recent changes in public attitudes about helping the poor and the potential for new legislation to address poverty. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/spring07.html#rethink Mon, 14 May 2007 13:30:51 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/spring07.html#rethink Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of poverty, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers. -- Rural Health Research Gateway http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000086/ Wed, 02 May 2007 13:23:40 CST http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/topics/100000086/ Identifies a range of coping strategies amongpoor rural families in a northern California economythat has seen male logging jobs decline. -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol4n1.pdf#page=7 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol4n1.pdf#page=7 Documents the lives of 12 low-income workingmothers in the rural Midwest. Discusses the impact that inflexible and low-paid workplaces can have on rural families. -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol4n1.pdf#page=4 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 CST http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol4n1.pdf#page=4 This report summarizes and highlights some of the public policy issues that have been addressedby the state groups in the first five years of the Working Poor Families Project (WPFP). The WPFP has provided data, technical assistance and financial support in more than 20 states including Arkansas, North Carolina and Mississippi. These state efforts strengthened policies involving community colleges and adult education systems,skills training programs, economic development investments, and income and work supports. -- Annie E. Casey Foundation http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/wpfp_paper8_8_final.pdf Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/wpfp_paper8_8_final.pdf Explores research on existing wealth building policies and programs in rural America andidentifies approaches that are working well in some regions that might provide models for otherregions. -- Center for Social Development http://www.cfra.org/pdf/Volume3_RuralWealthBuilding.pdf Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.cfra.org/pdf/Volume3_RuralWealthBuilding.pdf Provides information to state policymakers, human service agency staff, policy analysts, and others about strategies that can help states as they consider their policy options for thenext phase of welfare reform. -- Center for Law and Social Policy http://www.clasp.org/publications/tanfguide.pdf Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.clasp.org/publications/tanfguide.pdf Discusses new provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) and the impact these provisions will have on states' welfare programs. -- National Governors Association Center for Best Practices http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.9123e83a1f6786440ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1adaf5ec064bb010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.9123e83a1f6786440ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=1adaf5ec064bb010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Examines how informal and formal social networks affect the likelihood that low-income single mothers in rural areas will work or rely on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). -- RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol3n4.pdf#page=5 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.rprconline.org/Perspectives/Perspectivesvol3n4.pdf#page=5 Highlights transitional jobs that provide temporary employment and a program funded by TANF, as a strategy to help low-skill workers transition to gainful private-sector employment.Transitional jobs work as a promising strategy to help TANF recipients with barriers succeed in the labor market while simultaneously helping states engage more participants in work activities. -- Center for Law and Social Policy http://www.clasp.org/publications/transitional_jobs_06.pdf Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.clasp.org/publications/transitional_jobs_06.pdf Provides peer-to-peer technical assistance to public agencies and private organizations implementing the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program. Part of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. http://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST http://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/ Reports on the Future Steps, a program promoting self-sufficiency among low-income people in rural, Southern Illinois. Examines the program's impact on the employment, earnings, welfare dependence, and well-being. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/pathstowork.pdf Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/pdfs/pathstowork.pdf Discusses policy implications from the findings of the Rural Families Speak project, which looks at low-income, rural families and the impact of welfare reform. -- Rural Families Speak Project http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/May_PolicyBrief.pdf Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 CST http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/May_PolicyBrief.pdf Discusses the research findings to-date of the Rural Families Speak project's, which looks at low-income, rural families and the impact of welfare reform. -- Rural Families Speak Project http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/May_ResearchBrief.pdf Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 CST http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/May_ResearchBrief.pdf Describes social networks and resource sharing among rural, low-income families and how this can impact food security, mental health and other aspects of their lives. -- Rural Families Speak Project http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/April_SocialSupport_ResearchBrief.pdf Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 CST http://fsos.che.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/April_SocialSupport_ResearchBrief.pdf Examines how rural families in Pennsylvania combine formal employment, participation in assistance programs, and participation in the informal economy to make ends meet. -- Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development http://www.nercrd.psu.edu/Regional_Poverty_Wksp/reg.povPaperSlack.pdf Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.nercrd.psu.edu/Regional_Poverty_Wksp/reg.povPaperSlack.pdf Discusses the impact that welfare reform had on health insurance coverage for rural and urban areas. Includes information on employment status and health insurance coverage. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/PB2005-6.pdf Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/PB2005-6.pdf Provides findings from a national survey of credit card debt among low-and middle-income households. Twenty-five percent of respondents live in rural areas. -- Demos http://www.demos.org/pubs/PSN_low.pdf Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.demos.org/pubs/PSN_low.pdf Study of low-income rural Appalachian Ohio families finds that time limits on cash welfare benefits have coincided with gains in employment and a distressing rise in their levels of hunger and homelessness. -- Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/Articles/2005/WelfareLimitsMeanIncreasedHardshipforRuralOhioFamilies.aspx Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.prb.org/Articles/2005/WelfareLimitsMeanIncreasedHardshipforRuralOhioFamilies.aspx Preliminary report of a study on how families in 13 rural North Carolina communities moved into and out of poverty over the time period 1995-2005. -- MDC http://www.mdcinc.org/docs/poverty.pdf Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.mdcinc.org/docs/poverty.pdf Discusses the benefits and costs of car ownership for low-income families. -- Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2005/1128childrenfamilies_waller.aspx Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2005/1128childrenfamilies_waller.aspx Discusses strategies intended to increase incomes for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) including training, post-secondary education, self-employment, and financial asset building. -- Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06108.pdf Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06108.pdf Highlights research results from a comprehensive portrait of working families living in poverty, both nationally and in the rural south, using data from the Annual Demographic Files of the Current Population Survey. -- Southern Rural Development Center http://srdc.msstate.edu/focusareas/health/fa/fa_11_mills.pdf Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://srdc.msstate.edu/focusareas/health/fa/fa_11_mills.pdf Links to state social services agencies and state agencies handling welfare reform. -- Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/stlinks.htm Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:00:00 CST http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/stlinks.htm