Rural community development resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/communities/ Rural Cellular Association (RCA) article reports that in its National Broadband Plan delivered to Congress yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was very specific on at least one item and recommended outlined expedited action on data roaming, an action that would go a long way toward advancing broadband coverage in rural America. http://www.rca-usa.org/associations/6491/files/RCA-pr-031610.pdf Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:07:42 CST http://www.rca-usa.org/associations/6491/files/RCA-pr-031610.pdf Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has selected the Community Transportation Association of America to receive grant funding that will be used to help bring transportation improvements to rural areas in seven states. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13296 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:20:26 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13296 The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced the availability of approximately $125 million in funds for Community-Based Job Training Grants, to be able to create opportunities for working Americans to train for high-demand occupations with the help of community colleges and community-based organizations. http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100327.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:57:37 CST http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100327.htm New York Times article reports that the Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nations media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the countrys dominant communication network. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/business/media/13fcc.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:53:45 CST http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/business/media/13fcc.html Globe Gazette, (IA) editorial by Niel Ritche, Executive Director of the League of Rural Voters, tells why the U.S. Census is important to rural America. http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2010/03/11/opinion/editorials/doc4b9859e5883f8748902234.txt#vmix_media_id=11518789 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:59:24 CST http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2010/03/11/opinion/editorials/doc4b9859e5883f8748902234.txt#vmix_media_id=11518789 The Employment and Training Administration is soliciting applications for Community-Based Job Training Grants to support workforce training for high-growth/high-demand industries through the national system of community, technical, and Tribal colleges. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-5609.htm Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:41:27 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-5609.htm Funding to promote economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders, including American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. -- Administration for Native Americans http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2344 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:56:34 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2344 RedOrbit article tells how the Federal Communications Commission wants to utilize government programs that could help make high-speed Internet accessible for all Americans. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1832777/fcc_plans_to_give_highspeed_internet_to_all_americans/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:03:15 CST http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1832777/fcc_plans_to_give_highspeed_internet_to_all_americans/ Daily Yonder article discusses the possibility that rural broadband build-out could facilitate not only the infrastructure needed to bring telework positions to rural communities, but also provide the means for rural residents to enroll in distance learning courses that will help them to become more competitive in the national and global marketplace. http://www.dailyyonder.com/broadband-can-close-education-loop/2010/03/03/2620 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:26:47 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/broadband-can-close-education-loop/2010/03/03/2620 The Rural Utilities Service announces they are extending the application window for applications under the second round of the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) until March 29, 2010 at 5 p.m. ET. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4780.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:49:18 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4780.htm Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 22 broadband infrastructure projects to give rural residents in 18 states or territories access to improved economic and educational opportunities. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13230 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:19:03 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13230 Comments are being requested by the FCC on a proposed rule that would make permanent change to enable schools that receive funding from the E-rate program (more formally, the schools and libraries universal service support program) to allow members of the general public to use the schools' Internet access during non-operating hours. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4688.htm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:30:18 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4688.htm Daily Yonder article reports that one of the goals of Federal Communication Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is to extend 100 megabit per second service to 100 million homes by 2020, a plan that would spend $9 billion to bring broadband to rural areas faster. http://www.dailyyonder.com/new-fcc-broadband-plan-adds-9-billion-rural/2010/03/02/2618 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:55:46 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/new-fcc-broadband-plan-adds-9-billion-rural/2010/03/02/2618 The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces funding of approximately $5 million in competitive grant funds for fiscal year (FY) 2010 to increase domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4056.htm Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:37:45 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-4056.htm Daily Yonder article reports that Google has announced a new competition for super-fast fiber networks. Craig Settles explains what rural communities should consider before going after the megabits. http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-communities-and-google-grants/2010/02/19/2598 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:59:52 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-communities-and-google-grants/2010/02/19/2598 Daily Yonder article tells how Bill O'Hare at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire has put out a report on which counties in rural America may be overlooked in the upcoming Census. http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-counties-danger-undercounting/2010/02/24/2607 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:55:49 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-counties-danger-undercounting/2010/02/24/2607 Computerworld article reports that a survey by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shows that cost and lack of digital skills are the main reasons a third of Americans do not get high-speed Internet connections at home. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9160738/FCC_says_93M_in_U.S._lack_broadband_digital_divide_grows Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:18:19 CST http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9160738/FCC_says_93M_in_U.S._lack_broadband_digital_divide_grows The Obama Administration today released details of an over $400 million Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which will bring grocery stores and other healthy food retailers to underserved urban and rural communities across America. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13131 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:41:21 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13131 In this document the U.S. Department of Agriculture has highlighted the successes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on rural America. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13112 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:49:51 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=13112 Daily Yonder article discusses how even in the best of times, rural life in a global economy isnt all that easy, but curiously and contrary to the general wisdom some indicators from the current deep recession, such as unemployment rates, suggest that many rural areas in the United States arent doing too badly compared with some urbanized areas. http://www.dailyyonder.com/tim-collins-winter/2010/02/17/2594 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:05:45 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/tim-collins-winter/2010/02/17/2594 U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Tuesday laid out some details, including an ambitious "100 Squared" initiative, that will be part of the agency's National Broadband Plan that it will send to Congress in March. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/189471/fcc_plans_for_100m_bps_to_100_million_households.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:01:33 CST http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/189471/fcc_plans_for_100m_bps_to_100_million_households.html Pulls information from the FY 2011 budget proposals sent by the President to Congress on February 1, 2010 that focuses on rural America. Areas of rural interest included in the budget are: economic growth and job creation, broadband access, renewable energy, community development, healthful food options, clean water, and conservation of natural resources. -- Rural Policy Research Institute http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Dabson_FY11Budget.pdf Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:08:00 CST http://www.rupri.org/Forms/Dabson_FY11Budget.pdf Grants to support the deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas to enhance broadband capacity at public computer centers, and to encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service. -- U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2192 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:29:14 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2192 Funding to extend loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. -- USDA Rural Utilities Service http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2196 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:26:41 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2196 Funding to create a sustainable community action project, program or organization that you want to grow. -- Do Something http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2296 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:30:16 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2296 Support the efforts of member State Rural Development Councils (SRDCs), which are uniquely positioned: to expand economic and social opportunities for Americas rural communities and their residents; to promote equal treatment of rural America by government agencies and the private sector; to provide a collective voice for rural America. http://www.partnersforruralamerica.org/ Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:01:56 CST http://www.partnersforruralamerica.org/ -- Heartland Center for Leadership Development http://www.heartlandcenter.info/webinar_reg/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:38:33 CST http://www.heartlandcenter.info/webinar_reg/ -- Heartland Center for Leadership Development http://www.heartlandcenter.info/webinar_reg/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:35:37 CST http://www.heartlandcenter.info/webinar_reg/ Designed for community leaders and citizens to learn how to lead in improving and sustaining their rural communities. -- Aspen Institute http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/community%20strategies%20group/MEASURING_COMMUNITY_CAPACTIY_BUILDING.PDF Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:31:26 CST http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/community%20strategies%20group/MEASURING_COMMUNITY_CAPACTIY_BUILDING.PDF Describes the concept and structure of "community wind" as well as the process involved in starting a wind energy program. Case studies explored include those in rural Minnesota and South Dakota. -- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: Primary Care and Rural Health http://www.mnproject.org/pdf/TMP_Advancing-Community-Wind_Dec09.pdf Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:01:24 CST http://www.mnproject.org/pdf/TMP_Advancing-Community-Wind_Dec09.pdf