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Hot Topic Guide: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed into law on February 17th, 2009, contains more than $787 billion in spending and tax cuts through programs expected to aid in immediate economic recovery, with many programs expected to contribute to long-term economic growth. Recipients of ARRA funding are required to provide periodic reports to the Federal government. This guide focuses on ARRA news, events, documents, funding opportunities, and tools related to rural America.
HHS to Create a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders
Oct 22, 2009 -- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced plans to establish the nation’s first national resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide services and supports for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals.
Congressional Negotiators Agree on 2010 USDA Funding
Oct 22, 2009 -- 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.
Administration Announces Initiative for State and Local Housing Finance Agencies
Oct 21, 2009 -- As part of its comprehensive plan to stabilize the U.S. housing market, the Obama Administration today announced a new initiative for state and local housing finance agencies (HFAs) that will help support low mortgage rates and expand resources for low and middle income borrowers to purchase or rent homes that are affordable over the long term.
Foreclosures in Rural America? Who Knows!!
Oct 16, 2009 -- Daily Yonder article reports that laws are being written (or not) to deal with the housing foreclosure crisis, but nobody really knows how many homes in rural America are affected.
HUD Takes Action to Expand Jobs and Training Opportunities for Low-Income Residents
Oct 15, 2009 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today launched a new campaign to increase hiring of low-income individuals and public housing residents by state and local governments that receive HUD funds.
Speak Your Piece: Rural Economies Must Change or Die
Oct 14, 2009 -- Daily Yonder editorial by Karl Stauber discusses how rural America has been the battleground between the Old Economy, the New Economy, and No Economy, and many rural people face a choice between moving out or becoming part of the growing rural ghetto.
Groundwater Pollution in Rural Nuke Testing Areas
Oct 12, 2009 -- Associated Press article via KDKA, (PA) reports that rural communities that hosted the first nuclear missiles 50 years ago are now having to deal with a much longer-lasting legacy than the Cold War -- groundwater pollution.
Wind Rich Great Plains Could Provide Energy and Jobs for Nation
Oct 7, 2009 -- According to a recent Center for Rural Affairs report (http://files.cfra.org/pdf/Renewable-Energy-and-Economic-Potential.pdf), expanding the nation's renewable electricity to 20% of total generation has the potential to create over 3,500 operations and maintenance jobs on Nebraska wind farms.
Pamela Hyde, Nominee to be Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Oct 5, 2009 -- Last week President Obama announced his intent to nominate Pamela Hyde to be Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Report: High Poverty Risk for Southern Rural Kids
Oct 2, 2009 -- Associated Press article via Shelby Star, (AL) tells how a child living on a remote Southern farm may be at a higher risk of poverty than counterparts in the city, as schools struggle to develop new opportunities and factories shut down what few jobs are available, according to a new report from the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute.
2009 and 2010 Stand Down Grant Award
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding for events that assist homeless veterans.
Community Development Transportation Lending Services (CTAA)
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Provides loan funding to support transit services in rural areas.
Family Planning Services Grants
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to provide family planning services.
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Unutilized, underutilized, excess, or surplus federal properties for use to assist homeless persons.
Helping Outreach Programs to Expand Grant Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding to grassroots, nonprofit, community-and faith-based victim organizations and coalitions to improve outreach and services to victims of crime.
HUD State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding for revitalizing neighborhoods, expanding housing, improving community facilities and services, acquiring property such as land and buildings, and improvements to property.
Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Loans and loan guarantees for the construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities and equipment for broadband service in eligible rural communities.
Rural Development Leadership Network
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
The Rural Development Leadership Network assists community leaders to strengthen their practical skills, knowledge and credentials while remaining involved in their community development work.
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Loans and grants are to assist in economically developing rural areas.
Rural Housing Demonstration Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants intended to increase the availability of affordable Rural Housing for low-income families through innovative designs and systems.
Rural Transit Assistance Programs (RTAP)
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding for training, technical assistance, and other support services for rural transit operators.
Tribal Transit Technical Assistance Program - Short Term Technical Assistance
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Assistance for tribal communities to enhance economic growth and development by improving transportation services.
USDA Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Helps create jobs and stimulates rural economies by providing financial backing for rural businesses.
USDA Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services in rural areas.
HUD Shelter Plus Care (Continuum of Care Program)
Application deadline: Nov 9, 2009
Provides rental assistance to homeless persons with disabilities.
Supportive Housing Program (Continuum of Care Program)
Application deadline: Nov 9, 2009
The Supportive Housing Program is designed to develop supportive housing and services that will allow homeless persons to live as independently as possible.
2010 Welcome Back Awards
Application deadline: Nov 10, 2009
Awards to fight the stigma associated with depression and promote the understanding that depression is treatable.
Do Something Grants to Fight Teen Dating Abuse
Application deadline: Nov 15, 2009
Funding for projects started by young people that are fighting teen dating abuse.
Statewide Consumer Network Grant
Application deadline: Nov 25, 2009
Funding to enhance statewide consumer run organizations to promote service system capacity and infrastructure development.
Brownfields Job Training Grants
Application deadline: Dec 1, 2009
Funding to deliver environmental job training.
Family Unification Program (FUP)
Application deadline: Dec 3, 2009
Vouchers to public housing authorities which provides rental assistance to families whose lack of adequate housing is a primary cause of parents being separated or near-separated from their children.
Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP) - Local, and Regional
Application deadline: Dec 3, 2009
Grants to encourage and promote the creation or expansion of services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting when the biological parents are unable to do so.
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program
Application deadline: Dec 8, 2009
Grants to develop integrated home and community-based services and supports for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families by encouraging the development and expansion of effective and enduring systems of care.
Disaster Resilience for Rural Communities
Application deadline: Jan 20, 2010
Funding to initiate new research to understand the factors and conditions which result in resiliency in communities and families.
AmeriCorp Indian Tribes Planning Grants
Application deadline: Jan 26, 2010
Grants directly to Tribes and Tribal organizations to assist them in developing an AmeriCorps program.
AmeriCorps State and National Grants
Application deadline: Jan 26, 2010
Funding is available to support multi-state programs addressing critical community needs through service of professionals, paraprofessionals, and pre-professionals in communities with shortages of these professionals.
Foundation for Rural Education and Development Scholarships
Application deadline: Feb 8, 2010
Scholarships to rural America's best and brightest students.
Nature Hills Nursery Green America Awards
Application deadline: Apr 1, 2010
Grants to community groups who are committed to improving their local environment by planting trees, bushes and shrubs to make their communities a better place to live.
Burden of Poverty in Rural America
Discusses how poverty impacts health. Identifies key rural economic development areas and how they may strengthen the health and wellness of rural communities.
Organization: American Public Human Services Association
Date: 10 / 2009
Climate Change and Rural Communities in the US
Discusses how rural communities in the US have an important stake in the climate change debate.
Organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
Date: 08 / 2009
Collaboration Is Key For Rural Challenges
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.
Organization: American Public Human Services Association
Date: 10 / 2009
Crunch Continues: Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy in the Midst of a Recession
Dissects annual 50-state survey, which finds that the number of people on Medicaid and state spending on the program are climbing sharply as a result of the recession, straining state budgets and pressuring officials to curb costs despite increased financial help from the federal government through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 09 / 2009
Improving Medicaid Managed Care for Youth with Serious Behavioral Health Needs: A Quality Improvement Toolkit
Details promising practices tested by nine participating health plans from the Center for Health Care Strategies: Collaborative on Improving Managed Care Quality for Youth with Serious Behavioral Health Needs.
Organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Date: 09 / 2009
Nonprofit Sustainability: Doing More With Less
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.
Organization: Housing Assistance Council
Date: 10 / 2009
Journal: Rural Voices Volume: 14 Issue: 3
North Carolina’s ABCD Program: Using Community Care Networks to Improve the Delivery of Childhood Developmental Screening and Referral to Early Intervention Services
An overview of the key elements of North Carolina’s Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) screening program that identifies at risk young children in rural as well as urban areas needing early intervention services.
Organization: Commonwealth Fund
Date: 08 / 2009
Regional Young Child Poverty in 2008: Rural Midwest Sees Increased Poverty, While Urban Northeast Rates Decrease
Reports that America's recession affected poverty rates for children under six years old unevenly, with rates in the rural Midwest rising significantly while rates in Northeastern central cities fell slightly.
Organization: Carsey Institute
Date: 2009
Teen Pregnancy and Teen Birth Rate
Fact sheet describing the results of Minnesota’s statewide needs assessment on teen pregnancy and teen birth rates - part of Minnesota’s Title V Block Grant requirements.
Organization: Minnesota Department of Health
Date: 09 / 2009
What is the Housing Foreclosure Situation in Rural America?
Describes the scope and severity of the foreclosure problem in rural areas through compiled and analyzed private and public sources of information on housing distress. This report highlights of the findings from the investigation.
Organization: Housing Assistance Council
Date: 10 / 2009
Where are States Today? Medicaid and State-Funded Coverage Eligibility Levels for Low-Income Adults
A brief overview of low-income adults' current eligibility for Medicaid and other state-funded coverage programs and a discussion of how this coverage may be impacted by health reform.
Organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 10 / 2009
Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Designed to assist in responding to a broad range of constituent questions and concerns about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), P.L. 111-5. Includes links to the full text of the act, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, White House fact sheets, and federal, state, and municipal government web sites.
Organization: Congressional Research Service
Community Development Resource Guide
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.
Organization: Center for Rural Affairs
Community Issues Management
An interactive tool that includes a publicly accessible component for dynamic mapping and reporting with locally contributed data.
Organization: Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems
HealthierUS School Challenge
Provides tool kit and application procedures to recognize schools which are creating healthier environments through their promotion of good nutrition and physical activity. Four levels of superior performance are awarded: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Gold of Distinction.
Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Development: Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
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.
Organization: USDA Rural Development
Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC)
Developed by Congress and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and deliver relevant all-hazards training in support of rural homeland security requirements. Offers training and certification programs, plus related news and resources for rural emergency responders.
Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ticket to Work Program: Recruitment and Outreach
Provides most people receiving Social Security benefits (beneficiaries) more choices for receiving employment services.
Organization: Social Security Administration
| Nov 3 - 4, 2009 | Promoting Wellness: An Integrated Approach to Homeless Service Delivery |
| Nov 3 - 6, 2009 | Faces of a Healthy Future: National Conference to End Health Disparities II |
| Nov 5, 2009 | CMS 'Town Hall Meeting' on 935 Appeals Process |
| Nov 9 - 10, 2009 | Kansas MarketPlace: Opening Doors to Success |
| Nov 12 - 14, 2009 | Council of State Governments 2009 Annual Conference |
| Nov 12 - 14, 2009 | Wisconsin AgriSafe Training - Agricultural Medicine: The Core Course |
| Nov 18 - 21, 2009 | National MultiCultural Institute's 2009 Fall Conference |
| Dec 1 - 3, 2009 | Helping Small Towns Succeed |
| Dec 9 - 11, 2009 | 2009 Minority and Multicultural Health Conference |
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