Rural community development resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/communities/ Grants for collaborative efforts to implement community-based service-learning projects during the summer months. -- Corporation for National and Community Service: For Faith-Based and Other Community Organizations http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2274 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:48:39 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2274 Daily Yonder article discusses how broadband will benefit rural communities, but it has downsides, too. Rural communities should plan now to make this new technology serve their interests. http://www.dailyyonder.com/dealing-broadbands-rural-downside/2009/11/18/2460 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:48:11 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/dealing-broadbands-rural-downside/2009/11/18/2460 The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces the availability of funding for the HOPE VI Main Street program to provide grants to small communities to assist in the rejuvenation of an historic or traditional central business district or "Main Street" area by replacing unused commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27680.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:50:04 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27680.htm Daily Yonder article reports that over the past two weeks, as health care legislation passed by a hair through the U.S. Congress, other policy changes have steadily unfolded that will improve the fortunes of rural community broadband. http://www.dailyyonder.com/rewiring-old-fund-rural-broadband/2009/11/17/2455 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:19:19 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/rewiring-old-fund-rural-broadband/2009/11/17/2455 Des Moines Register, (IA) article via Center for Rural Affairs tells how the small town of Manilla, Iowa, offers free land and suspends property taxes for five years for those who build a home in their developments, a throwback to how plains states were homesteaded in the 1800s. http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/11/15/free-land-key-small-towns-growth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:48:12 CST http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/11/15/free-land-key-small-towns-growth In this notice HUD announces that they will cease accepting applications as of November 18, 2009, for the Recovery Act--Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing program. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27416.htm Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:34:22 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27416.htm Daily Yonder article tells of the city owned Summersville Regional Medical Center in West Virginia that provides great care and it is among the lowest cost hospitals in the U.S. http://www.dailyyonder.com/speak-your-piece-rural-medical-miracle/2009/11/11/2444 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:21:26 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/speak-your-piece-rural-medical-miracle/2009/11/11/2444 In this notice Rural Development announces the new annual renewal fee for loans made under the Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program and the Rural Energy for America (Section 9007; formerly Section 9006 Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program) Guaranteed Loan Program. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27143.htm Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:06:47 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-27143.htm Offers resources and information to help support the development of individuals and communities through research, plus legal and consulting services. -- Insight: Center for Community and Economic Development http://www.insightcced.org/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:26:14 CST http://www.insightcced.org/ Daily Yonder article tells how green energy is not only powering Denmarks homes and appliances, it is powering Denmarks rural economy. http://www.dailyyonder.com/green-energy-agenda-favors-rural-denmark/2009/11/05/2410 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:41:47 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/green-energy-agenda-favors-rural-denmark/2009/11/05/2410 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the USDA will hold a series of small business conferences to launch the Food Commodity Contracting Opportunities for Rural America initiative, designed to enable rural economic growth by increasing small business contracting participation in rural areas of the country. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12479 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:05:51 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12479 Daily Yonder article tells the story of how the federal government helped bring electricity to rural America and how it teaches an important lesson to those who are now deciding how to spend $7 billion on extending broadband to the countryside. http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-broadband-lets-talk-about-cost/2009/11/03/2429 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:16:25 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-broadband-lets-talk-about-cost/2009/11/03/2429 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Lower Premiums, Stronger Businesses: How Health Insurance Reform Will Bring Down Costs for Small Businesses, that outlines the many ways health insurance reform will lower health care costs for small businesses. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12457 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:18:58 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12457 Billings Gazette article via the Center for Rural Affairs tells how during the last three years area residents have come up with a plan to transform the Melstone store, in a rural California town, and turn it into a cooperative to keep it operating after the current owner retires. http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/10/28/melstone-drug-hardware-store-hopes-survive-help-community Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:15:27 CST http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor/2009/10/28/melstone-drug-hardware-store-hopes-survive-help-community An executive summary of detailed surveys completed by high school and middle school youth in 39 rural communities in Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas highlighting how broadly communities are missing out on their very best asset - youth. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship http://www.ruraleship.org/content/cr_11/2_000309.pdf Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:45:41 CST http://www.ruraleship.org/content/cr_11/2_000309.pdf Collects news articles about innovative rural development efforts, challenges faced by rural communities, and rural policy developments. -- Center for Rural Affairs http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:38:30 CST http://www.cfra.org/ruralmonitor Iowa Independent article tells how the steady decline in rural health care access can take a toll on patients health, but it can also impact the economic well-being of rural communities. http://iowaindependent.com/21196/rural-health-providers-improve-health-of-economy-not-just-patients Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:25:50 CST http://iowaindependent.com/21196/rural-health-providers-improve-health-of-economy-not-just-patients Daily Yonder article tells how women have been starting businesses like crazy in the small Minnesota town of Halstad. http://www.dailyyonder.com/pink-ladies-revive-halstad/2009/10/26/2417 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:48:42 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/pink-ladies-revive-halstad/2009/10/26/2417 Daily Yonder article reviews a book that asks, if staying in a rural community mean young people must sacrifice economic and educational opportunity? A new study looks at an old dilemma. http://www.dailyyonder.com/stay-or-go-quandary-rural-youth/2009/10/26/2415 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:09:42 CST http://www.dailyyonder.com/stay-or-go-quandary-rural-youth/2009/10/26/2415 Housing Assistance Council article reports that House-Senate conferees agreed on a final compromise version of H.R. 2997, including funding for rural housing programs in the fiscal year that began October 1. http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=273:fy10-appropusda&catid=45:announcements Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:06:11 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=273:fy10-appropusda&catid=45:announcements The technical corrections to the NOFA are available on the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov/hopevi and http:// www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/nofa09/grphopevirevi.cfm, and on the Grants.gov Web site at http://www.grants.gov, CFDA Number 14.866. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25219.htm Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:01:18 CST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25219.htm Grants to help young people implement or expand a community action project, program, or organization. -- Do Something http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2069 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:22:05 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2069 Success stories about rural entrepreneurs and communities. Features stories of everyday people making a difference in their rural communities. Organized by state and topic. http://www.renewingthecountryside.org/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:34:06 CST http://www.renewingthecountryside.org/ Describes grant and loan programs available through USDA Rural Development as part of the ARRA. Programs support community facilities, broadband initiatives, business and industry, and 502 home loans. Includes information on application procedures, eligibility requirements, and how to contact your State Rural Development Office. -- USDA Rural Development http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/arra/recovery-program.htm Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:02:07 CST http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/arra/recovery-program.htm A reference document that contains key resources - grants, foundation and low interest loans - that may assist with your community's projects. Emphasis is on Nebraska but also includes information for other locations. -- Center for Rural Affairs http://www.cfra.org/files/Community-Development-Resource-Guide.pdf Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:44:17 CST http://www.cfra.org/files/Community-Development-Resource-Guide.pdf Discusses how collaborative efforts can help mitigate the significant challenges rural communities face when providing health and human services with fewer and different kinds of resources than their urban counterparts. -- American Public Human Services Association http://www.aphsa.org/Publications/Doc/PP/1009PART3.pdf Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:36:58 CST http://www.aphsa.org/Publications/Doc/PP/1009PART3.pdf Discusses how poverty impacts health. Identifies key rural economic development areas and how they may strengthen the health and wellness of rural communities. -- American Public Human Services Association http://www.aphsa.org/Publications/Doc/PP/1009PART2.pdf Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:18:21 CST http://www.aphsa.org/Publications/Doc/PP/1009PART2.pdf An introduction to the American Community Survey for those who use rural social, economic, and housing data. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSRuralAreaHandbook.pdf Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:35:04 CST http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSRuralAreaHandbook.pdf Funding to expand the adoption of e-commerce strategies by communities, small/micro businesses, and entrepreneurs across the country. -- Southern Rural Development Center http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2245 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:31:59 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2245 An analysis of the migration shift of baby boomers that indicates a propensity to migrate to nonmetro counties as people reach their fifties and sixties and projects a shift in migration among boomers toward moreisolated settings, especially those with high natural and urban amenities and lower housingcosts. -- USDA Economic Research Service http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR79/ERR79_ReportSummary.pdf Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:16:37 CST http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR79/ERR79_ReportSummary.pdf