| RIC provides access to resources for Community Development in each of the subject areas listed below. |
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 | Arts and Humanities
Rural American Heritage is a part of any community. Find resources and information on American hertiage and folklife through local programs, musuems and online publications. |
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 | Business
Includes how-to-start a business, business plans, statistical data, and where to look for funding with state and local contacts. |
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 | Economic and Rural Development
Provides links to agencies and organizations, planning guides, case studies, funding programs, contacts, statistical data, and publications. |
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 | Education
General rural education organizations and rural school planning information, best practices for rural educational institutions, rural funding programs and higher education funding resources, education statistical data sites, state and local contacts and full-text publications. |
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 | Health
This source not only provides links to general rural health resources, but also informational topic pages on specific rural health issues such as, agricultural safety, rural clinics and centers, and telemedicine information. |
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 | Historic Preservation
Links to organizations, state, federal and local resources to assist in historic preservation programs. |
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 | Housing
Provides links to information on funding programs for buying a house and for housing repairs. Also included are guides for housing developers, housing organizations that assist rural areas, and case studies on creating affordable housing. |
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 | Labor Employment and Job Growth
Utilizes links to employment resources, labor statistical data, and job growth planning items as well as additional online publications and funding programs for this topic. |
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 | Law Enforcement and Crime
Police and first responder informational resources that include planning documents, case studies, statistical data, funding programs and online publications. |
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 | Legislation and Regulations
Provides links to major rural legislation and regulations and utilizes data resources such as the U.S. Government Printing office programs GPO Access and U.S. Code, National Conference of State Legislatures and the Library of Congress’ Thomas database. |
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 | Native Americans
Contains links to Native American organizations, planning tools, case studies, funding programs, federal, state and local contacts, statistical data and online publications. |
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 | Senior Citizens
Provides information for senior citizens and rural areas dealing with aging communities through organizations and government programs which include funding resources, planning information, resource directories and online publications. |
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 | Social Issues, Services and Welfare
This informational resource provides links to human services programs, rural sociology information, homeless resources, and additional information. |
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 | State and Local Resources
These resource links provide planning tools, best practices database, general funding programs, statistical resources, online publications and more. |
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 | Telecommunications
Provides links to community resources for telecommunications including planning resources, case studies, funding programs, contact directories, organizations and federal agencies working in this area, and online publications. |
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 | Tourism
Provides links to tourism organizations and federal agencies, planning information, best practices, funding programs, state tourism offices, data, and online publication on rural tourism. |
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 | Transportation
Web resource links that offer information on general transportation issues and organizations, funding programs, planning tools, case studies, data and maps, state transportation departments, and online documents on rural transportation topics. |
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Last Modified: Sep 26, 2008 |
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