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Annual Disability Statistics Collection

Center for Research on Disability

The Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Annual Report on People With Disabilities, the Build Your Own Statistics tool, and infographics gather disability statistics published by many federal agencies into one place. They’re helpful for lawmakers and others who are working on laws or policies about disabilities, and for those writing grants for programs for people with disabilities.

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Youth and Young Adult Wellbeing

Forum for Community Solutions

The Youth and Young Adult Wellbeing Measure Project Report provides insight and data from the youth and young adult researchers and displays each cultural design team’s research process to identify key areas of well-being within their culture and traditions. It also identifies common themes of well-being across the three cultural contexts. This report highlights the origin and milestones of the first stage of this project, and more importantly, it promotes and encourages the field of youth-centered programming to center young leaders as experts in their lived experience.

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Stepping Up: Health Equity in Rural Hospitals Podcast Series

National Rural Health Resource Center

"This podcast series brings together a variety of voices to elaborate on the steps rural hospitals can take to implement sustainable health equity programs and efforts. "

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Equitable Community Development Transforming neighborhoods to improve health and wellbeing.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Equitable community development focuses on the role of community development in facilitating neighborhood change to enable residents to thrive, highlighting the persistent racial disparities in community conditions and health across the United States and emphasizes the potential for change through collaborative efforts. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to ensure that community development investments prioritize local residents' needs and prevent unintended consequences like displacement.

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RURAL LEADERSHIP, RURAL HEALTH: WHAT WE’RE LEARNING

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Investing in rural leadership is key to resolving complex health issues and advancing health equity.

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PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

ChangeLab Solutions

The unique diversity and strengths of each rural community means that policy solutions need to be tailored to the lived experiences of people in those diverse communities. Explore ChangeLab Solutions work on rural policy and health equity.

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RURAL HEALTH POLICY

Rural Health Information Hub

Tools and resources on rural health policy from the Rural Health Information Hub.

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RWJF CULTURE OF HEALTH BLOG

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

It’s time to think differently about investing in rural America and the way we approach health and equity across its diverse communities. New research and resources show the critical connection between health, rural community and economic development.

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RURAL PLAYBOOK

Build Healthy Places

Playbook of rural hospitals pioneering creative partnerships with community development that pave the way for further investments in their communities.

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Resources to Advance Rural Prosperity & Racial Equity

ChangeLab Solutions

Resilience and ingenuity are hallmarks of rural communities, stemming from their unique cultural and social histories. Given the diversity and varied strengths in rural places, policy solutions need to be tailored to the conditions and lived experiences of people in those communities.

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Sustaining Momentum in Rural Development

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Anita Brown-Graham describes the key components of lasting development in rural communities. She shared these insights in her keynote at the...

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African American man practicing with power band on exercise class in nature.
Pathways to Health Equity: Rural Wellbeing and Regional Assets

How the health equity and economic development fields intersect and can collaborate to bring prosperity to rural communities.