Product Archives

Federal Policy

A Snapshot of the Presidents Budget FY 2010: What's In It For Rural America - PDF

An overiew of the Presidents FY2010 Budget and the implications for Rural America, by RUPRI President and CEO Brian Dabson
May 12, 2009 

The Presidents Budget FY 2010: What's In It For Rural America? - PDF

Analysis of the FY2010 Budget Proposal
by RUPRI President Brian Dabson
March 3, 2009

Why Rural Matters III - PDF

The Rural Impacts of the Administration FY08 Budget Proposal
From the National Rural Network
March 2007

Maps

Minority Majority Counties, 2000 - PDF

Counties in which nonhispanic whites accounted for less than half of total population, 2000.

Minority Majority Counties, 2008 - PDF

Counties in which nonhispanic whites accounted for less than half of total population, 2008.

Map: Counties in which 20% or more of the Population is Age 65 or Older - PDF

Counties with 20% or more of population age 65 of higher, by CBSA status.
May 20, 2009

Map: Counties with Median Age of 50 or Older - PDF

Counties with a median age of 50 or higher, by CBSA status.
May 20, 2009

Map: Per Capita Income in Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2007 - PDF

Per capita income in nonmetropolitan counties relative to the U.S. per capita income in 2007.
May 13, 2009

Map: Percent Change in Per Capita Income in Nonmetropolitan Counties 2006-2007 - PDF

Percent change in income in nonmetropolitan counties 2006 to 2007 (adjusted for inflation).
May 13, 2009

Perspectives Newsletter

Perspectives Newsletter Volume 5, Winter 2008-09 - PDF

• The State of Human Services in Rural America
• Access to Social Services in Rural America
• Rural Communities: Good for Studying Neighborhood Effects and Social Mobility

Volume 4, Number 3: August 2007 - PDF

• Entrepreneurship, Social and Political Capital, and Rural Poverty
• Changes in Concentrated Poverty in Metro and Nonmetro Areas
• Child Care Subsidy Use in Rural and Urban Oregon
• New Views on Causes of Rural Poverty

Volume 4, Number 2: June 2007 - PDF

• Rural Residence: Cause or Effect of Poverty?
• States' Role in Alleviating Rural Poverty
• Rural Community Transformation: A Social Justice Approach

Volume 4, Number 1: January 2007 - PDF

• Rural Families Choose Home-Based Child Care
• Leaving and Losing Jobs: The Plight of Rural Low-Income Mothers
• Coping with Poverty: Economic Survival and Moral Capital in America

Volume 3, Number 4: Winter 2006 - PDF

• Inequality in Rural Mobile Home Parks: Life on the Wrong Side of the Tracks
• Effects of Social Networks among Rural Single Mothers on Welfare and Employment
• The Differing Effects of the Economy and Social Policies on Poverty in Nonmetro and Metro Areas
• Theories of Poverty and Antipoverty Programs in Community Development

Volume 3, Number 3: Fall 2005 - PDF

• Using the Tax Code as Social Policy in Rural America
• Economic Benefits to Mexicans Emigrating beyond U.S. Gateway Communities
• The Effectiveness of Job Growth in Lowering Poverty in Persistent Poverty Counties
• New Report Outlines Available Data for Rural Research

Volume 3, Number 2: Summer 2005 - PDF

• Rural Poverty in the Northeast: Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies
• Obstacles to Employment among Poor Rural Women
• The Push and Pulls behind Residential Mobility of Low-Income Families in Upstate New York
• Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy in the Rural Northeast

Volumbe 3, Number 1: Spring 2005 - PDF

• Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice: The Western Rural Poverty Conference
• Poverty in the Rural West
• Responding to the Complex Causes of Poverty in the Northwest
• Welfare-to-Work Strategies in Rural Areas

Volume 2, Number 4: Winter 2005 - PDF

• The Effect of Job Growth, Social Capital, and Surrounding Conditions on Neighborhood Poverty
• The Effects of Welfare Reform on Employment and Poverty in Rural and Urban Counties
• Revisiting the Rural Disadvantage in Poverty
• Innovative Programs for Rural TANF Clients

Volume 2, Number 3: Fall 2004 - PDF

• The Dfining Characteristics of Regional Poverty
• 2004-2005 RUPRI RPRC Undergraduate Leadership Program in Rural Poverty Research and Policy
• Families Facing Material Hardship by Region and Urban-Rural Locales
• The Changing Face of the Rural Poor
• A Community-Based Research Framework

Volume 2, Number 2: Summer 2004 - PDF

• Employer-Provided Training in Low-Wage Jobs
• 2004-2005 RUPRI RPRC Dissertation Fellowship Awardees
• The Impact of the 1990s Economic Boom on LEss-Educated Workers in Rural and Urban America
• 2003-2004 RUPRI RPRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardees
• The Work-Welfare Calculation in Rural and Urban Households
• Solving Food Insecurity in Rural Iowa

Volume 2, Number 1: Spring 2004 - PDF

• How Poverty and Policy are Shaped by Place
• What we Know about the Causes of Rural Poverty
• Drawing Lessons from Urban Poverty Research
• Influencing Policy

Volume 1, Number 4: Winder 2004 - PDF

• Tribal TANF: A Case Study of the Klamath Tribes of Oregon
• Welfare Policy on American Indian Reservations: Two Approaches, Two Outcomes among the Lakota of South Dakota
• Economic Conditions Improve but Hardship Still Prevalent among the Navajo, Apache, and Pima Maricopa American Indians in Arizona
• Lessons Learned from Implementing Tribal TANF Programs
• Core-Based Statistical Areas: A New Approach to Organizing Data Across the Urban-Rural Continuum
• 2003-2004 RPRC Undergraduate Leadership Program Awards

Volume 1, Number 3: Fall 2003 - PDF

• Cost-Of-Living Diverences and Poverty Thresholds
• Adjusting Poverty Thresholds for Cost of Living Differences
• Estimating Metro-Nonmetro Cost of Living Differentials Using Food Insecurity as a Measure
• Is the Cost of Living Lower in Rural Pennsylvania?

Volume 1, Number 2: August 2003 - PDF

• Beyond Poverty Rates: Why Depth and Severity of Poverty Matter When Comparing Rural and Urban Poverty
• 2003-2004 RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Dissertation Fellowships
• Addressing Person and Place to Alleviate Rural Poverty
• Welfare Reform in California's Agricultural Counties

Volume 1, Number 1: May 2003 - PDF

• Still Left Behind, but Gaining Ground: Rural Poverty in America
• Persistent Poverty in Rural America
• Measuring Rurality
• Employment Obstacles in Rural America
  

Policy Briefs and White Papers

Climate Change and Rural Communities in the U.S. - PDF

Draft briefing paper by RUPRI Research Assistant Jennifer Keller Jensen
August 2009

Economic Impacts of Direct Farm Payments and Business and Industry Loan Guarantees - PDF

RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief #3
Thomas G. Johnson, Dennis Robinson, and Kathleen Miller
October 15, 2007

Why Rural Development Investments are Critical to the Future of America's Farm Families - PDF

Seven Considerations for Committee Review
Presented by RUPRI to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
October 3, 2007

What Does Finland Have that We Don't? - PDF

RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief #2.
Wayne Myers, MD, 2006-07 RUPRI Policy Fellow

Critical Review of the IC2 Institute Report - PDF

The Certified Capital Companies Economic Development Innovation: Missouri's Experience To Date
Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Equity Capital Task Force
March 2000

Poverty and Welfare Reform

Access to Social Services in Rural America: The Geography of the Safety Net in the Rural West - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #08-01, June 2008
Scott W. Allard and Jessica Cigna

Assessing Community Capacity in Rural America: Some Lessons from Two Rural Observatories - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #07-02, August 2007
Alex Marre and Bruce Weber

Participation and Employment Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Users in Rural and Urban Oregon - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #07-01, February 2007
Elizabeth E. Davis, Deana Grobe, and Roberta B. Weber

Gender, Race, and Employer-Provided Job Training in Low Wage Jobs - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-01, February 2006
Gary P. Green

A Community Based Framework for Understanding Problems and Exploring Alternatives - PDF

Connecting Underemployment, Poverty and Access to Health Care in the Mississippi Delta
RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-02, February 2006
John J. Green and Albert B. Nylander

We're Like the Wrong Side of the Tracks: Upscale Suburban Development, Social Inequality, and Rural Mobile Home Park Residence - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-03, February 2006
Katherin A. MacTavish

Work and Welfare Strategies Among Single Mothers in Rural New England: The ROle of Social Networks and Social Support - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-04, February 2006
Sally Ward and Heather Turner

Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-05, February 2006
Ted K. Bradshaw

Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy: An Examination of Family Livelihood Strategies in Rural Pennsylvania - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-06, February 2006
Tim Slack

The Role of Social Capital in Poverty Alleviation in Native American Reservation Communities - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #06-07, February 2006
Kathleen Pickering, David Mushinski, and John C. Allen

The Tax Code as Social Policy in Rural America - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-08, December 2005
Alan Berube

The Impact of the 1990s Economic Boom on Less-Educated Workers in Rural America - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-05, June 2005
Liz Davis and Stacie Bosley

Are the Effects of the Macroeconomy and Social Policies on Poverty Different in Rural America? - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-06, June 2005
Craig Gunderson

Beyond Gateway Cities: Economic Restructuring and Poverty Among Mexican Immigrant Families and Children - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-07, June 2005
Martha L. Crowley, Daniel T. Lichter, and Zhenchao Qian

Men Without Sawmills: Masculinity, Rural Poverty, and Family Stability - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-03, May 2005
Jennifer Sherman

Why is U.S. Poverty HIgher in Nonmetropolitan than Metropolitan Areas? Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-04, May 2005
Monica Fisher

Trickling Down: Does Local Job Growth Reduce Poverty? - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-01, March 2005
Mindy Crandall and Bruce Weber

Persistent Pockets of Extreme American Poverty: People or Place Based? - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #05-02, January 2005
Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman

Urban and Rural Differences in Utilization of State Earned Income Tax Credit Programs: Minnesota's Experience - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-08, December 2004
Donald P. Hirasuna and Thomas F. Stinson

Local Social and Economic Conditions, Spatial Concentrations of Poverty, and Poverty Dynamics - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-04, August 2004
Mindy S. Crandall and Bruce A. Weber

Poverty over Time and Location: An Examination of Metro-Nonmetro Differences - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-05, August 2004
John M. Ulimwengu and David S. Kraybill

Policy Intervention and Poverty in Rural America - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-06, August 2004
Hema Swaminathan and Jill L. Findeis

The Cumulative Effect of Rural and Regional Residence Upon the Health of Older Adults - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-07, August 2004
Jessica S. Ziembroski and Erica L. Hauck

On the Empirical Finding of a Higher Risk of Poverty in Rural Areas: Is Rural Residence Endogenous to Poverty? - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-09, August 2004
Monica Fisher

Poverty and Place: A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-03, June 2004
Bruce Weber and Leif Jensen

Conference Synthesis: Place Matters: Addressing Rural Poverty - PDF

Synthesis of the RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Conference: Place Matters: Addressing Rural Poverty
April 2004

Poverty, Policy and Place: How Poverty and Policies to Alleviate Poverty Are Shaped by Local Characteristics - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-02, March 2004
Rebecca M. Blank

Does Economic Vulnerability Depend on Place of Residence? Asset Poverty Across the Rural-Urban Continuum - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #04-01, March 2004
Monica G. Fisher and Bruce A. Weber

Persistent Poverty Across the Rural-Urban Continuum - PDF

RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper #03-01, July 2003
Kathy Miller and Bruce Weber

Rural Poverty and Rural-Urban Income Gaps: A Troubling Snapshot of the - PDF

RUPRI Data Report
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director and Thomas Rowley, RUPRI Fellow
July 2002

Welfare Reform in Rural America: A Review of Current Research - PDF

Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Welfare Reform Research Panel
February 2, 2001

Rural America and Welfare Reform: An Overview Assessment - PDF

Policy Breif from the RUPRI Rural Welfare Policy Panel
February 10, 1999

Rural Definitions

Rural Definitions - PDF

Overview of rural definitions and their implications, by Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director.
March 2009

Targeting Rural Populations based on Urbanized Area Geographies - PDF

RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief #1
Kathleen K. Miller, RUPRI Program Director and Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President

Urban/Rural Areas and CBSAs - PDF

Internal Working Paper
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
August 2006

Micropolitan Areas Overview - PDF

Internal Working Paper
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
July 2006

Rural Economy

Rural America in Deep Downturn - PDF

A RUPRI Rural Economic Update from the RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness, March 27, 2009.

The Importance of a Healthy Rural Economy - PDF

Data Brief by RUPRI Program Director Kathleen Miller
February, 2009

New Strategies for Texas Economies - PDF

Presented by Mark Drabenstott, Director of the RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness to the Texas Rural Innovators Forum in Austin, TX.
September 2007

Rural Entrepreneurship

Energizing Entrepreneurs in the Tri-State Region: Taking Action in Your Community - PDF

Presentation by RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship Managing Director Deborah Markley to the Tri-State Summit, Fairfield, Iowa.
October 12, 2009

Regionalism, Assets, and Entrepreneurship: The Future of Rural Economies - PDF

Chapter by Brian Dabson in  Looking Forward, the 10th anniversary publication for the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.
April, 2009

Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development - PDF

Presentation by RUPRI President Brian Dabson to the Australian Regional Economies Conference
Terrigal, NSW, May 11-13, 2008

Why Entrepreneurship? A Vision and Policy Pointers for Maine - PDF

Presentation to the Enterprise Development Works! Policy Forum, Augusta, Maine, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
June 2006

Competitiveness, Entrpreneurship and Governance in Rural America - PDF

Presentation to the Mississippi Entrepreneurial Alliance Conference, Oxford, MS, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
May 2006

Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation in Greater Minnesota - PDF

Presentation to the RED Group Conference, Minneapolis, MN, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
April 2006

Rural Health Panel Documents

Rural Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act As Amended - PDF

Updated report: Rural Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act As Amended
Tim McBride, RUPRI Rural Health Panel
December 22, 2009

Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Covered Persons - PDF

Analysis by Tim McBride from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
December 16, 2009

Assuring Health Coverage for Rural People Through Health Reform: Full Report - PDF

Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
October 30, 2009

Assuring Health Coverage for Rural People Through Health Reform: Summary - PDF

One page summary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
October 30, 2009

Rural Commentary July 13 2009 - PDF

The RUPRI Health Panel provides a rural commentary on the House Tri-Committtee Health Reform Discussion Draft.

A Rural Perspective/Commentary regarding Financing Health Care Reform from the Senate Finance Committee - PDF

Full Report: Commentary from the RUPRI Health Panel regarding "Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Proposed Health System Savings and Revenue Options" from the Senate Finance Committee (May 2009).
June 15, 2009

Executive Summary: A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Financing Health Care Reform - PDF

Executive Summary: Commentary from the RUPRI Health Panel regarding "Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Proposed Health System Savings and Revenue Options" from the Senate Finance Committee (May 2009).
June 15, 2009

Narrative Table: A Rural Perspective/Commentary regarding Financing Health Care Reform - PDF

Narrative Table: Commentary from the RUPRI Health Panel regarding "Financing Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Proposed Health System Savings and Revenue Options" from the Senate Finance Committee (May 2009).
June 15, 2009

A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Expanding Health Care Coverage from the Senate Finance Committee - PDF

Full Report: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans" from the Senate Finance Committee (May 2009)
June 9, 2009

Executive Summary: A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Expanding Health Care Coverage - PDF

Executive Summary: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans" from the Senate Finance Committee (May 2009)
June 9, 2009

Narrative Table: A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Expanding Health Care Coverage - PDF

Narrative Table: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans" from the Senate Finance Committee (May 2009)
June 9, 2009

A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Transforming the Health Care Delivery System from the Senate Finance Committee - PDF

Full Report: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs" from the Senate Finance Committee (April 2009)
May 26, 2009

Executive Summary: A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Transforming the Health Care Delivery System - PDF

Executive Summary: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs" from the Senate Finance Committee (April 2009)
May 26, 2009

Narrative Table: A Rural Perspective/Commentary Regarding Transforming the Health Care Delivery System - PDF

Narrative Table: Commentary from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding "Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs" from the Senate Finance Committee (April 2009)
May 26, 2009

Health Care Reform 2009: Rural Considerations - PDF

The RUPRI Rural Health Panel, as part of their ongoing efforts to highlight the rural considerations in health care reform, held a briefing with the Senate Rural Health Caucus on Thursday, April 30.  The Panel laid out considerations for:

• Access to Affordable Insurance
• System Capacity
• High-Value Health Care System
• Health Status Disparities
• System Quality

 

CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals - Full Report - PDF

CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals.  Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel.
January 2009

CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals - Summary - PDF

CMS Value Based Purchasing Program and Critical Access Hospitals, Summary Recommendations.  From the RUPRI Rural Health Panel.
January 2009

RUPRI Health Panel Response to CMS' Report to Congress: Plan to Implement a Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program - PDF

New document from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
October 2008

Summary of RUPRI Rural Health Panel Value Based Purchasing Recommendations - PDF

Summary of recommendations from the RUPRI Health Panel in response to CMS Report to Congress: Plan to Implement a Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
October 2008

Implementing a new USDA Rural Development Program Targeting Small Rural Hospitals and their Communities - PDF

New Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel funded through a cooperative agreement with USDA Rural Development.
March 2008

Medicare Advantage Plans in Rural America - PDF

Issue Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
October 2007

Bridging Rural Health Research and Policy: Dissemination Strategies - PDF

Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
August 2007

Choosing Rural Definitions: Implications for Health Policy - PDF

RUPRI Rural Health Panel Issue Brief #2
Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller, Rebecca T. Slifkin, and Mary K. Wakefield
March 2007

Medicaid and Its Importance to Rural Health - PDF

Issue brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
May 2006

The Institue of Medicine Rural Health Report: Next Steps in Legislation and Programs - PDF

Policy Paper from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
February 2006

Impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act on Rural Health Systems and Beneficiaries - PDF

Policy Paper from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
February 2005

An Assessment of Proposals for a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit: The Rural Perspective - PDF

Policy Paper from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
January 2003

Comments on the June 2001 Report of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Medicare in Rural America - PDF

Report by the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
September 2001

Redesigning Medicare: Considerations for Rural Beneficiaries and Health Systems - PDF

Special Monograph from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
May 2001

Update on Medicare+ Choice: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare+ Choice Plans througth October 2000 - PDF

Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
March 2001

Rural Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - PDF

RUPRI Rural Health Panel Policy Document P2001-3
January 15, 2001

Redesigning the Medicare Program: An Opportunity to Improve Rural Health Care Systems? - PDF

Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
August 2000

Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Principles, Criteria, and Assessment - PDF

A Joint Policy Paper of the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
August 2000

Area Wage Index of the Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System: Perspecitves, Policies, and Choices - PDF

Policy Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
Guest Author Anthony Wellever
August 2000

Improving Prescription Drug Coverage for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Key Rural Considerations and Objectives for Legislative Proposals - PDF

A Joint Policy Paper of the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
June 2000

Report on Enrollment: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries in Medicare+Choice Plans - PDF

Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
June 2000

Calculating and Using the Area Wage Index of the Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System - PDF

Policy Brief from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
Guest Author Anthony Wellever
June 2000

Rural Assessment of Leading Proposals to Redesign the Medicare Program - PDF

Report from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
May 2000

Rural Indicators and Trends

2008 Presidential Election Results for Nonmetropolitan Counties: Electoral Shifts and Trends - PDF

Kathleen K. Miller, Program Director and Charles W. Fluharty, Vice President for Policy Programs
November 24, 2008

Data Brief: Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Population - PDF

Data brief by Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
August, 2008

Data Brief: County Per Capita Income, 2006 - PDF

Data Brief by Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director
May 22, 2008

Nonmetro America: Conditions & Trends - PDF

Report prepared for the National Governors Association
May 13, 2008
Kathleen Miller, RUPRI Program Director

Rural America: Conditions and Trends - PDF

Presentation by Marcie McLaughlin, RUPRI Director of Constituent Relations, to the National Governors Association.
May 13, 2008

What Reporters Should Know About Rural Residents - PDF

Presented by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus, to the 2008 Rural Health Journalism Workshop, May 2, 2008, Columbia, MO.

Challenges Facing Rural Areas - PDF

Presented by RUPRI Program Director Kathleen Miller at the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network Workshop:
Effective Service Delivery for TANF Clients in Rural Areas
Salt Lake City, UT
May 23, 2007

Rural Philanthropy

Philanthropy and Rural Policy: Reframing the Way Forward - PDF

A background briefing report to the National Rural Funders Collaborative (NRFC) in preparation for a consultative dialogue with the U.S. foundation community interested in national rural policy issues.
February 2007

Rural Policy Perspectives

A National Imperative: Why Must We Invest in Rural America? - PDF

Opening address by RUPRI President Brian Dabson to the Rural Partners Forum 2009: Funding Our Future: Growing the Resources We Need to Create the Communities We Want.
November 5, 2009

The Ultimate Reality Test: The New Rural Paradigm and the Global Recession - PDF

Presentation by RUPRI Vice President for Policy Programs Charles W. Fluharty to the OECD 7th Annual Rural Development Conference, Quebec, Canada
October 25, 2009

Visions of the Rural Milieu: United States - PDF

Paper by Brian Dabson, RUPRI President and CEO
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
International Workshop of Experts, July 8-9, 2008, Costa Rica
Contribution of Agriculture and the Rural Milieu to Sustainable Development and Food Security in the New International Context.

Rural Policy - The Long View and What You Can Do About It - PDF

Presentation by RUPRI President Brian Dabson to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity 1st Annual Rural Summit.
Anaheim, CA, May 20, 2008

Where Does the North Country Symposium Go From Here? - PDF

A Global and National Perspective on Rural Policy and Practice.
Charles Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus
Presented to the 6^th Annual North Country Symposium.
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, April 9, 2008

Rural-Urban Interdependence: Why Metropolitan and Rural America Need Each Other - PDF

Paper prepared for The Blueprint for American Prosperity, Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.
Brian Dabson, RUPRI President and CEO
November 2007

Rural Policy as Though Rural People and Places Mattered: A Bridging Model Across the Rural Policy / Practice Chasm - PDF

Presentation by RUPRI President Charles W. Fluharty to the Texas Rural Innovators Forum
Bastrop, TX
March 20, 2007

Rural Regional Innovation

The Impact of the Crisis on Regional Actors and on the Governance of Regional Policy - PDF

Keynote speech by Charles W. Fluharty to the OECD Symposium on Regional Policy: Innovation and Green Growth: The Regional Dimension.
December 2, 2009
OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France.

Current U.S. Rural Policy Framework: Toward a Regional Rural Innovation Strategy - PDF

Speech to the International Seminar on Rural Development and the Agroalimentary Sector: Future Strategies
Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
March 25, 2006
Queretaro, Mexico

Speech

Keynote Speech to the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation - PDF

Keynote Speech by RUPRI President and CEO Brian Dabson to
The Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation 40th Anniversary Celebration.
Somerset, Kentucky
August 5, 2008

Rethinking the Role of Higher Education in Rural Development - PDF

Presented by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus
Mid Michigan Community College
October 26, 2007

Reframing the Relationship Between Rural and Ag Policy: A Farm Bill Update - PDF

Presented by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President Emeritus
Central Michigan University
October 25, 2007

Leading the Rural Renaissance: Accepting the R.D. Challenge! - PDF

Presented by RUPRI President Charles W. Fluharty to the Iowa State USDA Rural Development Meeting
Des Moines, Iowa
April 3, 2007

Rural Development Opportunities in the Next Farm Bill: Aligning Rural Initiatives and Ag Policies in a Regional Rural Innovation System - PDF

Presentation by RUPRI President Charles W. Fluharty at the NADO 2007 Washington Policy Conference
Washington, D.C.
March 13, 2007

Crafting a Way Forward: The Rural/URban Dynamic in Regional Competitiveness - PDF

Presentation to the OECD/Scottish Executive Conference: Investment Priorities for Rural Development by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President.
October 2006

An Opportunity in the New Farm Bill - PDF

Can Rural Initiatives and Farm Programs Be Aligned?  Presentation to the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, 2006 NCSL Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
August 2006

Getting to There from Here: Rural and Regional Developmment - PDF

Presentation to the National Association of Regional Councils 40th Annual Conference: Regional Readiness Responding to Change, by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
June 2006

A New Rural Vision: Policy as though Rural Communities and People Mattered - PDF

Presentation to Cultivating Hope, Harvesting Action: The 6th Regional Conference on Rural Poverty and Social Change, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President.
June 2006

No Hiding Place - PDF

Presenation to the ECOP Leadership Advisory Council by Brian Dabson, RUPRI Executive Vice President.
May 2006

State Profiles

Alabama State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Alabama
February 13, 2009

Florida State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Florida
February 13, 2009

Maryland State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Maryland
February 13, 2009

New Jersey State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for New Jersey
February 13, 2009

Rhode Island State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Rhode Island
February 13, 2009

Demographic Profile - Nonmetro U.S. - PDF

Demographic and Economic Profile of the Nonmetro U.S.
Prepared for the Ag Chairs Summit
January 2009

Virginia State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Virginia
February 9, 2009

Wyoming State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Wyoming
February 9, 2009

Vermont State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Vermont
February 9, 2009

Colorado State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Colorado
February 9, 2009

Connecticut State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Connecticut
February 9, 2009

Delaware State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Delaware
February 9, 2009

Arizona State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Arizona
February 3, 2009

Arkansas State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Arkansas
February 3, 2009

Hawaii State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Hawaii
February 3, 2009

Tennessee State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Tennessee
February 3, 2009

New Hampshire State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for New Hampshire
February 3, 2009

South Carolina State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for South Carolina
February 3, 2009

New York State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for New York
January 26, 2009

Utah State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Utah
January 26, 2009

Washington State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Washington
January 26, 2009

West Virginia State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for West Virginia
January 26, 2009

Alaska State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Alaska
January 26, 2009

California State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for California
January 12, 2009

Georgia State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Georgia
January 12, 2009

Kansas State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Kansas
January 12, 2009

Louisiana State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Louisiana
January 12, 2009

Minnesota State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Minnesota
January 12, 2009

Illinois State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Illinois
January 12, 2009

Michigan State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Michigan
January 12, 2009

Oklahoma State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Oklahoma
January 12, 2009

North Dakota State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for North Dakota
December 31, 2008

Pennsylvania State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Pennsylvania
December 31, 2008

South Dakota State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for South Dakota
December 31, 2008

Wisconsin State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Wisconsin
December 31, 2008

Idaho State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Idaho
November 11, 2008

Kentucky State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Kentucky
November 11, 2008

Massachusetts State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Massachusetts
November 11, 2008

New Mexico State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for New Mexico
November 11, 2008

North Carolina State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for North Carolina
November 11, 2008

Mississippi State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Mississippi
October 24, 2008

Montana State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Montana
October 24, 2008

Nebraska State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Nebraska
October 24, 2008

Nevada State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Nevada
October 24, 2008

Oregon State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Oregon
October 24, 2008

Ohio State Profile Update - PDF

Updated state profile for Ohio
October 24, 2008

Texas State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Texas
October 10, 2008

Missouri State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Missouri
October 10, 2008

Indiana State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Indiana
October 10, 2008

Iowa State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Iowa
October 10, 2008

Maine State Profile Update - PDF

Updated State Profile for Maine
October 10, 2008

Maryland - PDF

Maryland Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006

New Jersey - PDF

New Jersey Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006

Rhode Island - PDF

Rhode Island Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006

Vermont - PDF

Vermont Demographic and Economic Profile, updated November 2006

New Hampshire - PDF

New Hampshire Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006

Oklahoma - PDF

Oklahoma Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006

South Carolina - PDF

South Carolina Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006

Virginia - PDF

Virginia Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006

Wyoming - PDF

Wyoming Demographic and Economic Profile, updated October 2006

Michigan - PDF

Michigan Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006

Tennessee - PDF

Tennessee Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006

Kansas - PDF

Kansas Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

Louisiana - PDF

Louisiana Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

Minnesota - PDF

Minnesota Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

New York - PDF

New York Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

Utah - PDF

Utah Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

Washington - PDF

Washington Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

Kentucky - PDF

Kentucky Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

Massachusetts - PDF

Massachusetts Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

New Mexico - PDF

New Mexico Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

North Carolina - PDF

North Carolina Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

North Dakota - PDF

North Dakota Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

Ohio - PDF

Ohio Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

Pennsylvania - PDF

Pennsylvania Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

South Dakota - PDF

South Dakota Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

West Virginia - PDF

West Virginia Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

Wisconsin - PDF

Wisconsin Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

Iowa - PDF

Iowa Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Maine - PDF

Maine Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Mississippi - PDF

Mississippi Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Montana - PDF

Montana Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Nebraska - PDF

Nebraska Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Nevada - PDF

Nevada Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Oregon - PDF

Oregon Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Missouri - PDF

Missouri Demographic and Economic Profile, updated April 2006

Texas - PDF

Texas Demographic and Economic Profile, updated April 2006

Alabama - PDF

Alabama Demographic and Economic Profile, updated January 2007

Alaska - PDF

Alaska Demographic and Economic Profile, updated August 2006

Arizona - PDF

Arizona Demographic and Economic Profile, updated August 2006

Arkansas - PDF

Arkansas Demographic and Economic Profile, updated August 2006

California - PDF

California Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

Colorado - PDF

Colorado Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006

Connecticut - PDF

Connecticut Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006

Delaware - PDF

Delaware Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006

Indiana - PDF

Indiana Demographic and Economic Profile, updated May 2006

Illinois - PDF

Illinois Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006

Idaho - PDF

Idaho Demographic and Economic Profile, updated June 2006

Hawaii - PDF

Hawaii Demographic and Economic Profile, updated September 2006

Georgia - PDF

Georgia Demographic and Economic Profile, updated July 2006

Florida - PDF

Florida Demographic and Economic Profile, updated December 2006

State/Local Policy and Governance

Overview of the Coalition of State Policy Centers - PDF

Bobby Gierisch, Director of RUPRI State Policy Programs
August 2006

Rural Governance Report - PDF

Eight Priniciples for Effective Rural Governance...And How Communities Put Them into Practice
Report by the RUPRI Rural Governance Initiative
July 2006

Rural Centers in the South - PDF

Profiles of Rural Centers in the South.  Prepared by Bobby Gierisch, Director of RUPRI State Policy Programs for the Southern Legislative Conference
July 2006

The Minnesota Model for Rural Development - PDF

Bobby Gierisch, RUPRI Director for State Policy Programs
July 2006

State Rural Initiatives - Where the Money Comes From - PDF

Prepared by Bobby Gierisch, Director of RUPRI State Policy Programs for the Fourth Annual Agriculture Chairs Summit.
January 2006

Effective Rural Governance: What is it: Does it Matter - PDF

Briefing Paper by Nancy Stark, Director of the RUPRI Rural Governance Initiative
June 2005

Telecommunications

Comments on the National Broadband Plan, Benton Foundation et al - PDF

Comments on the FCC National Broadband Plan, by the Benton Foundation, Center for Rural Strategies, Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Rural Policy Research Institute
June 10, 2009

Comments on the National Broadband Plan, Rural Internet and Broadband Policy Group - PDF

Comments on the FCC National Broadband Plan, by the Rural Internet and Broadband Policy Group
June 10, 2009

RUPRI Comments on Broadband Initiatives in the ARRA - PDF

RUPRI Comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on Broadband Initiatives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Rural Broadband - PDF

A RUPRI Policy Brief by Brian Dabson and Jennifer Keller
December 10, 2008

Rural America In the Digital Age: Policy Brief - PDF

Policy Brief from the RUPRI Telecommunications Panel
August 13, 2003

Rural America in the Digital Age: Report - PDF

A Preliminary Assessment of the State of the Information / Telecommunications Infrastructure in Ten Counties of North Dakota and Pennsylvania
Jorge Reina Schement and Marsha Ann Tate
August 13, 2003

Defining the Challenge of Broadband Deployment in Rural Areas - PDF

Report by Stephen D. McDowell and Shree Venkatachalam
RUPRI Rural Telecommunications Panel
January 2003

Rural Implications of H.R. 1542: The Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 - PDF

Policy Brief by Sharon Strover, Chair of the RUPRI Telecommunications Panel
July 11, 2001

Testimony

Mark Drabenstott Testimony Before House Ag Committee - PDF

Written Statement for the Record by Dr. Mark Drabenstott, Director of the RUPRI Center for Regional Competitiveness.
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
June 11, 2009

House Rural Development Hearing March 31, 2009 - PDF

Written statement for the record.
Dr. Deborah M. Markley, Managing Director and Director of Research, RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committe on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
March 31, 2009

RCCA Testimony in House RD Hearing March 31, 2009 - PDF

Written statement for the record.
Dr. Randy Smith, President of the Rural Community College Alliance
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committe on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture
March 31, 2009

Testimony Before the House Agriculture Committe - PDF

Written Statement for the Record: Testimony by RUPRI Director of Policy Programs Charles W. Fluharty
before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture
July 23, 2008

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture - PDF

Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President
Written statement for the record
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Committe on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture
March 21, 2007

Senate Ag Committee Testimony - PDF

Writtent statement for the record by Charles W. Fluharty - testimony before the Senate Ag Committee regarding the Rural Development Title of the new Farm Bill.
February 13, 2007

Testimony before the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives - PDF

Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
Written Statement for the Record.
March 30, 2006.

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management - PDF

Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI Director
Written Statement for the Record
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
U.S. House of Representatives
March 17, 2005

Other

stimulus - PDF

Stimulus overview

Craig Thomas R-Hope Act - PDF

Craig Thomas R-Hope Act