National Rural Development Partnership

Rural Issue Directories

• Rural Information Center (RIC)
• Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance-searchable database of federal programs.
• Fedstats -statistics from 70 different Federal agencies.
• Govstats
• Farmland Information Center

Government Resources

• Grants.Gov-a searchable database of federal grants.
• Notices of Funding Availability
• FirstGov State and Local Gateway
• FirstGov Nonprofit Gateway
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USDA-Rural Development
• USDA-RD-Office of Community Development
• Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Program (EZ/EC)
• USDA-Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
• USDA-Economic Research Service
• USDA-Economic Research Service's Briefing Rooms
• USDA-National Resource Conservation Service
• USDA-Farm Service Agency
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• DOT/USDA Rural Agricultural Transportation: Data & Info Resources
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• HHS Office of Rural Health Policy
• U.S. Department of Labor
• DOL's Welfare-to-Work Homepage
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• Economic Development Administration (EDA)
• U. S. Census Bureau.
• U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Department of Interior
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• EPA Brownfields Home Page
• EPA Community-Based Environmental Protection
• Small Business Administration
• U.S. Business Advisor
• Fannie Mae
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
• Americorps

Agricultural Issues

• USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service
• USDA's Economic Research Service
• USDA's Agricultural Research Service
• 2002 Farm Bill

Rural Telecommunications

• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
• The Economic TeleDevelopment Forum
• The Benton Foundation's Communications Policy Project, promoting public interest values and noncommercial services for the National Information Infrastructure through research, policy analysis, print, video, and online publishing, as well as outreach to nonprofits and foundations.
• Rural Telecommunication Congress
• Glossary of Telecommunications Terms

Rural Health

• HHS Office of Rural Health Policy
• National Rural Health Association
• National Drinking Water Clearinghouse.
• Telemedicine/Rural Medicine Resources
• Rural Recruitment and Retention Network
• Office of Rural Health at Oregon Health Sciences University.
• Rural Center for the Study and Promotion of HIV/STD Prevention
• Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development at So IL University
• Rural Assistance Center

Rural Education

• No Child Left Behind
• Dept. of Education-Rural Education Task Force
• Rural School & Community Trust
• National Rural Education Association
• Rural Clearinghouse for Lifelong Education and Development
• Resources for Rural Education and Small Schools
• Organizations Concerned About Rural Education

Rural Economic Development

• Rural LISC
• American Community Network , a comprehensive economic development site seeking to provide information on every community in the United States.
• National Business Incubation Association
• The Aspen Institute
• The Center for Community Economic Development in Madison, WI
• Ohio University's Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development
• Demographics Subject Locator
• American Farmland Trust
• Center for Rural Studies, University of Vermont

Smart Growth

• American Farmland Trust
• American Planning Association
• EPA Smart Growth Page
• Local Government Commission
• National Association of Local Government Environment Professionals (NALGEP)
• National Resources Defense Council
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Scenic America
• Smart Growth Online
• Trust for Public Land
• Colorado Sprawl Action Center
• Maryland Department of Planning
• Vermont Forum on Sprawl

Welfare Information

• Welfare Information Network (WIN)
• Rural Human Services
• Rural Welfare Reform Strategies Project
• American Public Human Services Association
• Rural Community Assistance Corporation

Workforce Development

• The Workforce Investment Act
• Employment and Training Administration
• Labor Market Information Training Institute (LMI-net)
• America's Job Bank
• America's Career InfoNet
• Workforce ATM

Transportation Resources

• U.S. Department of Transportation
• Rural and Agricultural Transportation Data and Information Resources
• Transportation Toolbox for Rural and Small Communities
• Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21)
• Federal Highway Administration
• Federal Transit Administration
• Essentail Air Service Program
• Community Transportation Association of America
• National Transit Resource Center
• Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)
• American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials
• American Planning Association
• NADO Regional Transportation Online Center
• Planning Guidelines for Coordinated State and Local Specialized Transportation Services

National Organizations with Rural Resources

• National Governors' Association (NGA)
• National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)
• National Association of Counties
• International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
• National Association of Towns and Townships
• National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
• National Association of Resource Conservation & Development Councils (NARCDC)
• National Rural Water Association (NRWA)
• Housing Assistance Council (HAC)
• Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)
• Council of State Community Development Agencies (COSCDA)
• W.K. Kellogg Collection of Rural Community Development Resources.
• (Rural) Community Transportation Association of America
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
• The regional rural development centers, coordinating rural development research and education throughout the country:
  • Utah: Western Rural Development Center
  • Iowa: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
  • Mississippi: Southern Rural Development Center
  • Pennsylvania: North East Regional Center for Rural Development
• Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP)
• Community Development Society International, an organization with a "global perspective on community development."

Other Rural Resources

• Codetalk (Native American Resources)
• In Motion Magazine's column on rural America , published in conjunction with the Missouri Rural Crisis Center.
• Church and Rural Science Information Exchange
• Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program
• University of Montana's Rural Institute
• Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN)
• Southern Rural Development Center
• Inheritage: Preservation and Presentation
• Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
• Missouri Women's Council
• WaterWebster-Portal site with information on water and wastewater issues.