Funding Rural Futures: Call to Action
What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
Report
Case Study
Communities Need Safe Drinking Water: A Rural Environmental Justice Case Study
This short case study has insights on what will it take for rural communities to drive their own clean water solutions and breaks down the structural challenges that keep rural communities from accessing clean water solutions.
Event
Funders Shift Thinking to Meet Community Needs
Apr. 11th, 2024, 2PM
Fair treatment and meaningful involvement require agencies and funders to shift gears and meet communities where they are. What does it take to make this shift so that communities are treated fairly and meaningfully involved in the funding process?
Blog
Do New FEMA Rule Changes Align with Equity Principles?
FEMA announced big changes to federal disaster assistance programs. Do these changes create more equitable outcomes for communities after natural disasters?
Report
Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative
International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
IEDC’s Equitable Economic Development Playbook Initiative is IEDC’s flagship Race, Equity, and Economic Development program.
Blog
Broadband Resources
A collection of broadband resources for funding, advocacy, and community program opportunities for rural community leaders.
Tool
Thriving Communities Technical Assistance
Housing and Urban Development
The Thriving Communities Technical Assistance (TCTA) program, funded in FY 2022 with $5 million, is designed to support coordination and integration of transportation and housing in infrastructure planning and implementation.
Tool
The Kids are Online
Aspen Digital - The Kids Are Online
A repository of stories about diverse communities across America that are uniting to close the digital divide for young people. Created by Aspen Digital.
Case Study
Building Funder Capacity to Work with Communities: A Rural Environmental Justice Case Study
This short case study has insights and tips on how funders are shifting gears to learn communities’ processes and practices, enabling more equitable partnerships and impactful projects that meet community needs.
Tool
Economic Recovery Corps
IEDC
Explore the 65 catalytic projects that ERC Fellows will be advancing over the next 2.5 years alongside local host organizations and communities across the United States, U.S. Territories, and Tribal Nations.
Blog
Designing Scalable Co-Funding Solutions for Broadband and Digital Equity
Resources and learnings for rural communities to participate in the new federal funding available for high-speed broadband internet.
Blog
In It For Rural Resources: A ROADS Event Recap
Resources and learnings from webinar on new federal opportunities for funding and technical assistance for rural America.
Blog
Strategies to Address Rural Flooding
Insights from practitioners in rural places experiencing repeated disasters on what it will take to for rural communities to drive their own solutions.