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Journals

Rural Monitor
Newsletter containing information regarding a variety of successful programs throughout rural America including news, research, and funding. Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center

Tools

Energizing Entrepreneurs: E Stories
Web site
Features stories about successful entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial communities, organizations and/or initiatives.
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

Future of Small Towns Idea Generator
Web site
Online forum to suggest and discuss ideas for dealing with the challenges facing small towns. Ideas are arranged by topic, including telecommunications, economic development, transportation, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Public Radio

Health Care Workforce
Web site
Provides news, education, events, and examples of workforce success stories titled Ideas in Action.
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association

Health Disparities Projects and Interventions Database
Database
Public health projects and interventions submitted by the public health community. Search by topic, keyword, race/ethnicity, age group, and state. See the category "Reducing geographic challenges" for rural-specific projects. Includes detailed project descriptions and project contacts.
Sponsoring organization: American Public Health Association

Health IT Implementation Stories
Web site
Stories and lessons learned from AHRQ-funded health information technology (HIT) projects. Includes rural projects.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Home Town Competitiveness: Success Stories
Web site
Contains success stories regarding rural community development.

Managing Information with Rural America (MIRA)
Web site
Describes projects funded between 1997 and 2001 by the MIRA program to help rural communities choose appropriate uses of technology to address issues such as economic development, education, health, and leadership.
Sponsoring organization: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

NACCHO's Model Practices Database
Database
Lists effective and innovative public health practices, searchable by state and topic.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of County and City Health Officials

National Health Service Corps Success Stories
Web site
Stories from communities nationwide that have been served by the National Health Service Corps.
Sponsoring organization: National Health Service Corps

Renewing the Countryside
Web site
Success stories about rural entrepreneurs and communities. Features stories of everyday people making a difference in their rural communities. Organized by state and topic.

Rural Community Assistance Corporation: Success Stories
Web site
Features success stories regarding community infrastructure including a completed water, wastewater or housing project. Describes what problems the community faced, how the project came together, and funding options.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Community Assistance Corporation

Rural Health Outreach Grantee Directory, 2006
Web site
Provides project descriptions and contact information for rural health outreach grantees funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy

Rural Healthy People 2010: Models for Practice
Database
Lists rural health model programs, browseable by focus area, state, and program name.
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center

South Dakota Health Occupations for Today and Tomorrow (HOTT)
Web site
Focused on health career information for students at all grade levels. Provides information on health care careers, K-12 lesson plans, and other resources. A project of the South Dakota Departments of Education, Health, and Labor and the South Dakota Board of Regents.

Success Stories Database
Database
Provides a variety of rural health success stories.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center

Technology Opportunities Program: Support for Innovations in Health Care
Web site
Provides information on grant projects available, offers a searchable database of all grants, has links to the websites of nearly 300 TOP (Technology Opportunities Program) grantees, and connects to a resource center for current TOP grantees. Programs focus on telehealth and telemedicine initiatives.
Sponsoring organization: Technology Opportunities Program

USDA Rural Development Success Stories
Web site
State-by-state list of successful projects supported by the USDA Rural Development.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Publications

Building Healthier Schools: Local Collaborations to Promote Nutrition and Physical Activity
Compilation of innovative approaches to collaboration and creative health-promoting activities that resulted from local health department school partnerships.
Date: 02 / 2007

Entrepreneurship Education: Learning By Doing
Describes six successful youth entrepreneurship programs and the national resources available to help a community cultivate entrepreneurs.

Fresh Promises: Highlighting Promising Strategies of the Rural Great Plains and Beyond
Author(s): Jon M. Bailey, Kim Preston
Describes successful rural development efforts by individuals, communities, and organizations. Includes programs from around the country addressing agriculture, the environment, small business and other topics.
Date: 10 / 2004

History of the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program
Describes the history of the Outreach Grant Program, which has had a significant impact on the health and welfare of many rural communities.
Date: 2004

Network Sourcebook, Vol. 1, 1997-2000
Detailed descriptions of 27 network development grant projects funded during the 1997-2000 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 05 / 2001

Nonprofit Sustainability: Doing More With Less
Author(s): Stephanie L. Geller, Lester M. Salamon, Sharon Wise, Kim Schaffer, Marlene Anglin, Tanisha Smith, Robin Kees, Tuan Ngo, Kim C. Datwyler, Dana Pancrazi
This issue of Rural Voices focuses on nonprofit sustainability. Illustrates what organizations can do and are doing to survive the economic recession to include developing partnerships and encouraging volunteerism that can help sustain housing and other human services programs.
Journal citation: Volume 14 Issue 3
Date: 10 / 2009

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 4, 1994-1997
Detailed descriptions of 81 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 1994-1997 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 09 / 1998

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 6, 1996-1999
Detailed descriptions of 25 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 1996-1999 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 04 / 2000

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 5, 1995-1998
Detailed descriptions of 25 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 1995-1998 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 01 / 2000

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 7, 1997-2000
Detailed descriptions of 45 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 1997-2000 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 03 / 2001

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 8, 1998-2001
Detailed descriptions of 13 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 1998-2001 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 03 / 2002

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 9, 1999-2002
Detailed descriptions of 38 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 1999-2002 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 04 / 2003

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 10, 2000-2003
Detailed descriptions of 63 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 2000-2003 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 07 / 2004

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 11, 2001-2004
Detailed descriptions of 18 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 2001-2004 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 07 / 2005

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 12, 2002-2005
Detailed descriptions of 28 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 2001-2004 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 06 / 2006

Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 13, 2005-2008
Detailed descriptions of 29 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 2005-2008 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project.
Date: 11 / 2008

Rural Fundraising: Success Stories for CASA/GAL Programs
Author(s): Kim Klein
Describes basic principles of rural fundraising and successful fundraising strategies. Contains examples of successful strategies.
Date: 2006

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