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RUPRI Rural Futures Lab
Rural Data Issues
Rural Definitions
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Rural Health Panel Documents
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Rural Indicators and Trends
Rural Philanthropy
Rural Policy Perspectives
Rural Regional Innovation
Rural Telecommunications & Broadband
Rural Transportation
State/Local Policy and Governance
Other
Climate Change and the Environment
- Climate Change and Rural Communities in the U.S. - PDF
- Draft briefing paper by RUPRI Research Assistant Jennifer Keller Jensen
August 2009
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Congressional Testimony
- Charles Fluharty Written Testimony, Senate Ag Committee, Feb 15, 2012 - PDF
- Written Statement for the Record, Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President and CEO, Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
February 15, 2012
- Charles Fluharty, Oral Comments, Testimony before the Senate Ag Committe, Feb 15, 2012 - PDF
- Oral comments presented by Charles W. Fluharty, RUPRI President and CEO, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
February 15, 2012
- Subsequent Member Response from the February 15 House Ag Committee Hearing - PDF
- RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty presented House Ag Committee Testimony on February 15 to the RD Subcommittee, regarding rural definitions in Farm Bill programming. Subsequently, he was asked by Ranking Member Costa to submit a formal question response regarding the possibility of RD/CDBG integration, to advance regional rural collaboration, across federal agencies
- House Agriculture Committee Testimony Regarding Rural Definitions - PDF
- Written Statement for the Record by RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty before the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture: Public Hearing to review the various definitions of rural applied under programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
February 15, 2011
- 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
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External Documents
- White House Rural Council Executive Order - PDF
- Executive Order from President Barak Obama Establishing a White House Rural Council
June 9, 2011
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Federal Policy
- The President's Budget FY 2011: What's in it for Rural America? - PDF
- Summary of the FY2011 Budget, and the implications for rural America, by RUPRI President and CEO Brian Dabson
February 9, 2010
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Why Rural Matters III - PDF
- The Rural Impacts of the Administration FY08 Budget Proposal
From the National Rural Network
March 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
- What Does Finland Have that We Don't? - PDF
- RUPRI Farm Bill Policy Brief #2.
Wayne Myers, MD, 2006-07 RUPRI Policy Fellow
- 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
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International Comparative Rural Policy
- Comparative Rural Policy Book - PDF
- Comparative Rural Policy Book, Table of Contents
- ICRPS 2004-2011 Survey Report - PDF
International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) 2004-2011 Summer Institute Participants Survey Report
March 2012
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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
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- Still Left Behind, but Gaining Ground: Rural Poverty in America
- Persistent Poverty in Rural America
- Measuring Rurality
- Employment Obstacles in Rural America
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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
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RUPRI News Releases
- Dr. Matthew Fannin Assumes New RUPRI Leadership Role - PDF
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RUPRI Enhances Analytic
Capacity and Announces National Analytic Initiative
- Transportation Options Crucial to Rural and Small Town Economic Development and Quality of Life - PDF
- Media advisory of a briefing and study released on April 7, 2011 by RUPRI
- Briefing Announcement: Rethinking Federal Investments in Rural Transportation - PDF
- Announcement of Rural Policy Briefing: Rethinking Federal Investments in Rural Transportation: Rural Considerations Regarding Re-authorization of the Surface Transportation Act.
April 7, 2011
- Marcie McLaughlin Accepts New Rural Leadership Role - PDF
- Marcie McLaughlin Accepts New Rural Leadership Role, leaving RUPRI after six years of service to become CEO of the Midwest Assistance Program
- Senior RUPRI Leader Named Secretary General of Global Organization - PDF
- News Release, April 5, 2010
- RUPRI Announces Senior Leadership Changes - PDF
- News Release, April 5, 2010.
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RUPRI Overview Documents
- RUPRI Initiatives, Programs, and 2011 Priorities - PDF
- Presented by RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty to the ESCOP Social Sciences Subcommittee, Washington DC
February 11, 2011
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RUPRI Rural Futures Lab
- Perspectives on Regional Collaboration - PDF
- Second foundation paper for the RUPRI Rural Futures Lab, November 2010
- Local and Regional Food Systems for Rural Futures - PDF
- First foundation paper for the RUPRI Rural Futures Lab, November 2010
- RUPRI Rural Futures Lab Overview - PDF
- Two-page overview of the RUPRI Rural Futures Lab
September, 2010
- Case Study: Ogallala Commons - PDF
- Case study from the RUPRI Rural Futures Lab
September, 2010.
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Rural Data Issues
- The American Community Survey and Rural Data Analysis - PDF
- Article written by RUPRI Program Director Kathy Miller, for the August 2012 newsletter of the Association of Public Data Users.
- Overview of the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey - PDF
- Presented by Kathy Miller at the Community Issues Management Collaborative Meeting in Detoit, MI.
October 14, 2010
- The American Community Survey: What it Means for County Data - PDF
- Data brief by RUPRI Program Director Kathy Miller
May 2010
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Rural Definitions
- Why Definitions Matter: Rural Definitions and State Poverty Rankings - PDF
- Data brief by RUPRI Program Director Kathy Miller
May 2010
- 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
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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
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Rural Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship: The Future of Montana's Rural Communities - PDF
- Presentation by Brian Dabson to the Montana Economic Development Summit, Butte, Montana.
September 13, 2010
- Entrepreneurship: The Future of Texas Rural Communities - PDF
- Presentation by RUPRI Vice President and COO Brian Dabson at the Texas Rural Challenge Conference, San Marcos, TX May 25, 2010
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Rural Health Panel Documents
- Research to Policy and Practice: Sustaining Rural Health Services - PDF
- Presented by Keith Mueller to the IAHL Rountable Discussion, Des Moines, IA
February 2013
- Transferring Risk - The Road to Health Care Value - PDF
- Presentation by Clint MacKinney to the 26th Annual Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, Phoenix, AZ
February 2013
- Transforming Health Care in Rural America: Turning Change into Improvement for Rural Residents - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller to the Rural Health Leadership Conference, Phoenix, AZ
February 2013
- ACOs and so much more: Health Reform Comes to Rural America - PDF
- Presentation by RUPRI Health Panel Chair Keith Mueller to the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Administrator Meeting, Helena, MT
January 23-24, 2013
- Delivering Value: Primary Care's Opportunity for Greatness - but only if.... - PDF
- William Coleman Lecture given by A. Clinton MacKinney of the RUPRI Rural Health Panel and University of Iowa. UAB School of Medicine, Huntsville Regional Medical Campus.
January 15, 2013.
- The Current and Future Role and Impact of Medicaid in Rural Health - PDF
- From the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
September 2012
- The Impact of Health Care Reform on Rural Communities - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller to the 2012 Avera Rural Health Conference, Sioux Falls, SD.
October 4, 2012
- Rural Perspectives on Reform - from Volume to Value - PDF
- Presented by Clint MacKinney at the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association (ASHNHA) Conference, Anchorage, AK
September, 2012
- Understanding the Use of Accountable Care Organizations in Rural Health Care Settings - PDF
- Presented by Dr. Keith Mueller at the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Conference
August 29, 2012, Chicago, IL
- The Future of Rural Health - PDF
- Presented by Dr. Keith Mueller to the U.S. Senate Rural Health Caucus
July 31, 2012
- Anticipating the Rural Impact of Medicare Value Based Purchasing - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Health Panel. Prinicpal authors A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, and Nicholas P. Lillios.
April 2012
- Accountable Care Organizations: A Viable Model for CAH Participation? - PDF
- Presented by Keith Mueller to the Northwest Regional Critical Access Hospital Conference
March 13, 2012
- The Future of Rural Health: Implications for Public Policy - PDF
- Presented by RUPRI Rural Health Panel Chair Keith Muller to the Rural Health Caucus, U.S. Senate
November 30, 2011
- Comments Regarding CMS-9989-P Proposed Rule - PDF
- CMS-9989-P, Proposed Rule: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans. Comment letter from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
October 31, 2011
- The High Performance Rural Health Care System of the Future - PDF
- The RUPRI Rural health panel has written a description of a future rural system that would be built on foundations of affordability, accessibility, community focus, high quality, and patient centeredness, The paper develops the Panel’s vision of rural health care that is affordable and accessible for rural residents through a sustainable health system that delivers high quality, high value services.
- Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, July 2011 - PDF
- Comments from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel regarding CMS-2328-P Proposed Rule: Medicaid Program, methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services.
July 5, 2011
- Navigation Health Insurance Exchanges and Tapping into the Temporary High Risk Pool Program - PDF
- Presented by Keith Mueller to the 2011 Combined ORHP Annual Grantee Meeting, Bethesda, MD.
June 27, 2011
- Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - PDF
- Comments from the RUPRI Rural Health Panel RE: CMS-1345-P, Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations
June 2011
- Comments from the Rural Health Panel to the Federal Trade Commission - PDF
- Comments Regarding Proposed Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program; FTC Matter NO: V100017
- Advancing Rural Health Care Delivery in a Reform Framework - PDF
- Presented by Keith Mueller at the National Rural Health Association 34th Annual Rural Health Conference, Austin, TX
May 3-6, 2011
- Winds of Change Affecting Rural Providers and Communities, Part II - PDF
- Presented by Dr. Keith Mueller to the Iowa Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Meeting, Des Moines, IA
April 27, 2011
- Accountable Care Organizations and Critical Access Hospitals - PDF
- Presented by Keith Mueller to the Kentucky Hospital Association Conference on Critical Access Hospitals
April 19, 2011
- The Impact of Health Reform on Rural Communities - PDF
- Presented by Keith Mueller to the Illinois Rural Health Association
April 13, 2011
- Place-based Policies and Public health: the Road to Healthy Rural People and Places - PDF
- Joint Policy Paper from the RUPRI Health and Human Services Panels
March 2011
- Comments on the Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Value Based Purchasing Program - PDF
- RUPRI Rural Health Panel
March 4, 2011
- Health Insurance Exchanges: Implementation in Rural Places - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
February 23, 2011
- The March to Accountable Care ORganizations: How Will Rural Fare? - PDF
- Presentation by A. Clinton MacKinney at the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, Phoenix, AZ
January 31, 2011
- The Triumvirate: Board, Administration, and Physicians - PDF
- Presentation by A. Clinton MacKinney at the Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, Phoenix, AZ
January 31, 2011
- Comments Regarding Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Saving Program - PDF
- Comments responding to Request for Information Regarding Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Saving Program, by the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
December 2010
- Securing High Quality Health Care in Rural America: The Impetus for Change in the Affordable Care Act - PDF
- Policy Brief by the RUPRI Rural Health Panel. Lead authors A. Clinton MacKinney and Jennifer P. Lundblad. December, 2010.
- Rural Implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 - PDF
- Presentation by RUPRI Rural Health Panel Member Andrew Coburn to the New England Rural Health Roundtable,
October 28, 2010
- Comments Regarding Exchange Related Provisions of the ACA - PDF
- Comments in Reply to Request for Comments Regarding Exchange Related Provision of the ACA, by the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
October 2010
- Top Ten Takeaways from the Affordable Care Act - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller for National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Webinar Series on Payment Reform and Care Coordination
September 23, 2010
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Impacts on Rural People, Places, and Providers: A First Look - PDF
- From the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
September 16, 2010
- National Health Care Reform: What is Next - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller to the Nebraska Rural Health Association
September 16, 2010
- The Brave New World of Health Systems Organization and Payment - PDF
- Will Rural Providers Be Left Behind?
Presentation by Keith Mueller to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
September 15, 2010
- A Primer on Basic Issues to Resolve - PDF
- Designating Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Populations / Medically Underserved Areas
By the RUPRI Rural Health Panel
August 11, 2010.
- What is Next: Prognosis for Rural Health During Implementation of Health Reform - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller at a pre-conference of the National Rural Health Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, May 18, 2010
- Medicare as an Asset for Rural Community Health - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller at the Annual Meeting of the National Rural Health Association, Savannah, GA
May 20, 2010
- Health Reform: One Rural Community at a Time - PDF
- Presentation by Keith Mueller at the Annual Meeting of the National Rural Health Association, Savannah, GA
May 20, 2010
- 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
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Rural Human Services
- Humboldt County, California - PDF
- A Promising Model for Rural Human Services Integration and Transformation
February 2012
- The Geography of Need: Identifying Human Service Needs in Rural America - PDF
- Brief by Colleen Heflin and Kathleen Miller
June 2011
- Place-based Policies and Public Health: The Road to Healthy Rural People and Places - PDF
- Joint Policy Paper from the RUPRI Health and Human Services Panels
March 2011
- Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visitation Programs - PDF
- Presentation by Jocelyn Richgels to the National Advisory committee on Rural Health and Human Services
February 23, 2011
- Stimulating Local Innovation for Rural Health and Human Services Integration - PDF
- A Critical Review of the ORHP Outreach Grantees
RUPRI Rural Human Services Panel
March 2010
- Rethinking Rural Human Service Delivery in Challenging Times: The Case for Service Integration - PDF
- First Policy Brief of the RUPRI Rural Human Services Panel
February 2010
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Rural Indicators and Trends
- 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
- 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
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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
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Rural Policy Perspectives
- Progress and Challenges in Place-Based Rural Policies - PDF
- Presented by RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty to the Geographical Sciences Committee, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
February 10, 2011
- Re-Calibrating a Place Primacy in Public Policy: Rural Communities, Rural Regions, and The Rural Urban Continuum - PDF
- Keynote by RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty to the Indiana Rural Summit, Indianapolis, IN
November 2010
- Re-Calibrating a Place-Primacy in Public Policy - PDF
- Rural Communities, Rural Regions, and the Rural-Urban Continuum. Presented by Chuck Fluharty to the Montana Economic Developers Association, Billings, MT.
October 26, 2010
- Re-Calibrating a Place-Primacy in Public Policy - PDF
- Rural Communities, Rural Regions, and the Rural-Urban Continuum. Keynote address to the Maryland Rural Health Association by RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty.
October 21, 2010.
- The Role of Community in the Great Rural Renaissance: Addressing the Difficult Questions - PDF
- Terry B. Reilly Memorial Lecture Keynote Address by RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty to the National Rural Health Association Annual Conference in Savannah, GA
May 20, 2010.
- Poverty, Place and Public Policy: Re-thinking the Rural/Urban Dialectic - PDF
- Keynote address by Charles Fluharty to the "Called to Serve Conference on Domestic Povert" The Episcopal Church
Newark, NJ, April 29, 2010
- Reframining the Narrative and Policy Implications for a US Place-Based Policy - PDF
- Rural Implications of the Obama Administration Sustainable Communities Partnership. Presented by Charles Fluharty to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Washington Briefing.
March 2, 2010
- Bringing Place-Based Tools to Policy Development in the Federal Government - PDF
- Connecting Knowledge, Analysis, and Decision Making. Presented by Charles Fluharty at the Policy Research Initiative of the Canadian Government Workshop, Ottawa.
February 22, 2010
- 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 6th 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
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Rural Regional Innovation
- Orientation on Economic Regionalism - PDF
- Presentation by Brian Dabson at the Council on Foundations Rural Philanthropy Conference,
July 25-27, 2011
- Rural Development, Regional Innovation, and Our New Fiscal Realities: A Rural Re-Set - PDF
- Keynote address by RUPRI President Chuck Fluharty to the Eastern Maine Development Corporation
March 11, 2011
- Rural Development, Regional Innovation, and the New Farm Bill: The New Realities - PDF
- Presented by RUPRI President and CEO Chuck Fluharty to the National Association of Counties (NACO) 2011 Legislative Conference.
March 8, 2011
- Best Practices in Local and Regional Economic Development - PDF
- Keynote address by Tom Johnson to the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Annual Conference, On the Bright Side: Rural Canada Works.
October 15, 2010
- Crafting a Rural Regional Innovation Strategy for Southwest Kansas - PDF
- Keynote presentation to the Southwest Kansas Economic Summit, Garden City, KS
October 7, 2010
- Regional Innovation Policy: Approaches Which Ensure a Commitment to the Rural-Urban Continuum - PDF
- by RUPRI President Charles Fluharty and RUPRI Program Director Kathleen Miller, presented to the Economic Development in Underserved Communities: Where Research and Practice Meet Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, September 10, 2010.
- Driving the Great Rural Renaissance: Regional Rural Innovation - PDF
- Keynote address by Charles Fluharty to the Thumb Education and Community Day XIX
Detroit, MI, April 23, 2010
- Generating Rural Innovation and Regional Partnership - PDF
- Keynote address by RUPRI Vice President Brian Dabson at the Northeast Rural Summit, Burlington, VT
April 12, 2010
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Rural Telecommunications & Broadband
- Broadband for Agriculture and Environment - PDF
- Presented by Tom Johnson to the Missouri Broadband Summit, Jefferson City, Missouri.
October 26, 2010
- 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
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Rural Transportation
- Rethinking Federal Investments in Rural Transportation - PDF
- Rural Considerations Regarding Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act
Brian Dabson, Thomas G. Johnson, and Charles W. Fluharty
April 7, 2011
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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
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Other
- stimulus - PDF
- Stimulus overview
- Craig Thomas R-Hope Act - PDF
- Craig Thomas R-Hope Act
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