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            Ohio resources via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Rural health and human services resources for Ohio, 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: 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Regional Meeting</title>
  <description>Akron OH June 23, 2008   </description>
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  http://www.dot.state.oh.us/21ctptf/ 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:30:17 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>Event: 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Regional Meeting</title>
  <description>Cleveland OH June 17, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.dot.state.oh.us/21ctptf/ 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:28:45 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>Event: 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Regional Meeting</title>
  <description>Columbus OH June 12, 2008   </description>
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  http://www.dot.state.oh.us/21ctptf/ 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:27:08 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>Event: 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Regional Meeting</title>
  <description>St. Clairsville OH June 11, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.dot.state.oh.us/21ctptf/ 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:25:10 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>Event: 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Regional Meeting</title>
  <description>Toledo OH June 10, 2008   </description>
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  http://www.dot.state.oh.us/21ctptf/ 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:23:22 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>Event: 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Regional Meeting</title>
  <description>Athens OH June 4, 2008   </description>
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  Walter Hall - OU Campus 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:21:25 CST</pubDate>
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  Walter Hall - OU Campus 
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  <title>Event: 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Regional Meeting</title>
  <description>Dayton OH May 21, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.dot.state.oh.us/21ctptf/ 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:15:09 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.dot.state.oh.us/21ctptf/ 
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  <title>News: The Ohio 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force Announces Regional Meetings</title>
  <description>The Ohio 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force is bringing all  Ohioans to the table to explore the broad spectrum of transportation issues facing the state through a series of regional meetings.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.healthpolicyreview.org/daily_review/2008/05/the-ohio-21st-1.html 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:14:15 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.healthpolicyreview.org/daily_review/2008/05/the-ohio-21st-1.html 
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  <title>News: New Studies of Bush Administration $770 Million SNF Medicare Cut Find Seniors' Care Jeopardized, Local Jobs Lost, National and State Economies Threatened</title>
  <description>PRNewswire article via Bio-Medicine reports that in releasing a new Lewin Group analysis of the Bush administration's $770 million cut to Medicare-financed nursing home care, national and state long term care leaders warned the regulatory-driven cuts not only jeopardize seniors' access to quality nursing home care -- particularly in rural areas -- but also present a clear and present danger to the U.S. economy and the state and local caregiver jobs base.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/New-Studies-of-Bush-Administration--24770-Million-SNF-Medicare-Cut-Find-Seniors-Care-Jeopardized--Local-Jobs-Lost--National-and-State-Economies-Threat-19216-1/ 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:42:20 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>News: Ohio Voters Prefer Raising Tobacco Tax to Raiding Tobacco Endowment to Fund Stimulus</title>
  <description>Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reports that as the Ohio Legislature acts to raid the tobacco prevention fund in the state, a new survey released today shows that nearly two-thirds of Ohio voters support a 75-cent increase in the state cigarette tax, with even greater support for increasing the tax on other tobacco products, to help fund the proposed economic stimulus package and fully fund Ohio's tobacco prevention efforts.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?productid=28991&amp;typeid=160 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:11:22 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?productid=28991&amp;typeid=160 
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  <title>News: USDA Announces $5.8 Million in Economic Development Funding</title>
  <description>The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the selection of 10 organizations in nine states for $5.8 million in loans to spur economic development.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/.d/0/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2008%2F04%2F0111.xml&amp;PC_7_2_5JM_parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&amp;PC_7_2_5JM_navid=NEWS_RE 
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	                <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:56:33 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>Event: RHIOhio: Building Partnerships for Change</title>
  <description>Athens Ohio October 13, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/RHIOhio 
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	                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:59:52 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/RHIOhio 
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  <title>Funding opportunity: BJs Charitable Foundation</title>
  <description>Funding for safety, security and well-being of children and families, education and health programs, community service opportunities, and  hunger and disaster relief.  -- BJs Charitable Foundation  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1874 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:37:05 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1874 
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  <title>Event: Preventing Family Violence: Zanesville/Muskingum County</title>
  <description>Zanesville OH May 23, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=fe1864eb-1a68-417b-a507-a79badc3deda 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:57:08 CST</pubDate>
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  http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=fe1864eb-1a68-417b-a507-a79badc3deda 
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  <title>Event: Preventing Family Violence: Cincinnati</title>
  <description>Cincinnati OH May 16, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=36374654-5638-4a96-8b97-466b81bac413 
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	                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:55:15 CST</pubDate>
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  http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Invitation.aspx?e=36374654-5638-4a96-8b97-466b81bac413 
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  <title>Event: Grant Writing Workshop for Appalachian Ohio</title>
  <description>Piketon OH May 29, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.firstohio.com/goa/releases.aspx?item=71 
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	                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:24:09 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.firstohio.com/goa/releases.aspx?item=71 
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  <title>Event: Grant Writing Workshop for Appalachian Ohio</title>
  <description>Burr Oaks State Park OH May 27, 2008   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.firstohio.com/goa/releases.aspx?item=71 
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	                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:19:47 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.firstohio.com/goa/releases.aspx?item=71 
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  <title>Funding opportunity: Laura Jane Musser Fund: Rural Initiative Program</title>
  <description>Fund hopes to fund projects where citizens work together towards improving their rural communities.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1730 
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	                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:54:40 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1730 
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  <title>Map: Ohio 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/OH.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruraldefinitions/OH.pdf 
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  <title>Funding opportunity: Andersons Fund Supporting Organization Grants</title>
  <description>Grants to Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan organizations with programs in the areas of education, social services, physical and mental health, neighborhood and urban affairs, natural resources and the arts.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1684 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:40:41 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1684 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site: Ohio Health Care Provider Report and Information Extract</title>
  <description>Lists Ohio health care providers, including Rural Health Clinics, along with addresses and contact information.  Lists can be sorted by county and name.  -- Ohio Department of Health  </description>
  <link>
  http://pubapps.odh.ohio.gov/EID/reports/EID_Report_Criteria.aspx 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:54:38 CST</pubDate>
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  http://pubapps.odh.ohio.gov/EID/reports/EID_Report_Criteria.aspx 
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  <title>Publication: A Report on Body Mass Index of Ohio's Third Graders, 2004-2005</title>
  <description>Provides information on overweight and risk for overweight among Ohio's third graders, including estimates by county.  -- Ohio Department of Health  </description>
  <link>
  http://assets.columbus.gov/Health/FINAL%20Healthy%20Ohioan%20BMI%20report.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:50:39 CST</pubDate>
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  http://assets.columbus.gov/Health/FINAL%20Healthy%20Ohioan%20BMI%20report.pdf 
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  <title>Organization: Healthy Ohio</title>
  <description>Partnership encouraging Ohioans to participate in personal fitness and wellness activities.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.healthyohioans.org/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:46:48 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.healthyohioans.org/ 
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  <title>Organization: Interprofessional Partners for Appalachian Children</title>
  <description>Network of professionals, consumers, and community agencies working collaboratively to improve the physical and mental health of children and families in southeast Ohio.    </description>
  <link>
  http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ipac/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:43:05 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ipac/ 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site:  Ohio 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/oh.asp 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.nachc.com/research/oh.asp 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site:  Ohio 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_Ohio.pdf 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:40:00 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/medicaidprofiles/StateProfile_Ohio.pdf 
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  <title>Publication: IPAC: Integrated Health Services for Appalachian Children</title>
  <description>Discusses IPAC (Interprofessional Partners for Appalachian Children), which focuses on the assessment and comprehensive treatment of behavioral and developmental needs of children ages six and under in 19 university and community health care organizations in Ohio.   -- Rural Assistance Center  </description>
  <link>
  http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer07.php#ipac 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:49:04 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer07.php#ipac 
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  <title>Tool/Web Site: State Profiles- Ohio:  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/oh/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:02:55 CST</pubDate>
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  <title>Organization: Ohio Housing Finance Agency</title>
  <description>Offers affordable housing opportunities for Ohioans from rental assistance to homeownership. Provides access to financial resources for the development and management of affordable, safe and sanitary housing.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.ohiohome.org/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:49:55 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.ohiohome.org/ 
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  <title>Organization: Ohio Department of Development</title>
  <description>Promotes economic opportunities to improve the profits and prosperity of Ohio's citizens.   </description>
  <link>
  http://www.odod.state.oh.us/ 
  </link>
	                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:48:14 CST</pubDate>
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  http://www.odod.state.oh.us/ 
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