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            Alabama resources via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Rural health and human services resources for Alabama, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center
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		<copyright>Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center</copyright>
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        http://www.raconline.org/states/
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  <title>Event: Thriving Rural Schools in Challenging Circumstances</title>
  <description>Tuskegee AL May 16, 2008  -- Rural School and Community Trust  </description>
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  http://www.ruraledu.org/atf/cf/%7Bf4be47e7-fa27-47a8-b662-8de8a6fc0577%7D/REWG_BROCHURE(2).PDF 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:01:56 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ruraledu.org/atf/cf/%7Bf4be47e7-fa27-47a8-b662-8de8a6fc0577%7D/REWG_BROCHURE(2).PDF 
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  <title>Publication: Around the Country: Alabama Doctor Prevails Through Fire and Rain</title>
  <description>Highlights Dr. Regina Benjamin, who has kept the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala., running despite devastation from two hurricanes and a fire.  -- Rural Assistance Center  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/fall07.php#alabama 
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	                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:13:28 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/fall07.php#alabama 
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  <title>Organization: Southern Rural Health Care- Alabama</title>
  <description>A nonprofit organization providing health care services in almost all areas of Alabama.   </description>
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  http://www.southernrural.com/index.html 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:34:11 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.southernrural.com/index.html 
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  <title>Map: Alabama Rural Definition Maps</title>
  <description>Set of maps showing the geographic coverage provided by 9 different rural definitions for the state.  -- USDA Economic Research Service  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/AL.pdf 
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	                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/AL.pdf 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site: Alabama Health Centers Data</title>
  <description>Provides access to information on Federally Qualified Health Centers for the state. Includes a map of FQHC locations, as well as information on the populations served by health centers, services provided, staff, patient visits, costs of care, and use of electronic health information.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.nachc.com/research/al.asp 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.nachc.com/research/al.asp 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site: Alabama State Medicaid Profile</title>
  <description>Provides data on Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for the state.  -- North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/medicaidprofiles/StateProfile_Alabama.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:40:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/medicaidprofiles/StateProfile_Alabama.pdf 
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  <title>Organization: Community Resource Group</title>
  <description>Works in rural areas to expand the opportunities for families to build assets, improve their lives, and strengthen their communities.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.crg.org/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:36:39 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.crg.org/ 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site: State Profiles- Alabama:  Health Information Technology (HIT)</title>
  <description>Profiles the states health information technology (HIT) issues.  Contains sections on demographics, HIT legislation, telemedicine, Health Information Exchanges (HIE) &amp; Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO), grant funded HIT projects, and HIT survey information.  -- Rural Health Resource Center  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/al/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:40:40 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ruralcenter.org/hit_profiles/al/ 
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  <title>Publication: Rural Dental Practice: A Tale of Four States</title>
  <description>Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction, in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri.   -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center  </description>
  <link>
  http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_WP107_Andrilla.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 09:18:39 CST</pubDate>
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  http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/uploads/RHRC_WP107_Andrilla.pdf 
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  <title>Organization: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs</title>
  <description>Divisions include: Communications and Information; Office of Water Resources; Energy, Weatherization and Technology; Financial Services; Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety; Office of Workforce Development; and Surplus Property.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.adeca.alabama.gov/Divisions/default.aspx 
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	                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:47:21 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.adeca.alabama.gov/Divisions/default.aspx 
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