Policy & Data
Do New FEMA Rules Align with Equity?
FEMA announced big changes to federal disaster assistance programs. Do these changes create more equitable outcomes for communities after natural disasters?
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.
In It For Rural Resources: ROADS Event Recap
Resources and learnings from webinar on new federal opportunities for funding and technical assistance for rural America.
Analyzing the opportunities for rural America in IIJA, CHIPS, and IRA
Brookings Institution
Brookings Institute authors estimate >$464 billion, or 45% of the combined appropriations in these three laws, present a significant opportunity for rural America and offer recommendations on how to maximize the benefits.
Video: Solutions Slam at Radically Rural
Radically Rural
Solutions Slam & Reimagining Rural: Connecting the Dots with a Rural Framework. Featuring Aspen CSG.
CAPTURING SHARED IMPACTS OF THE PARTNERS FOR RURAL TRANSFORMATION
Urban Institute
This report details how PRT is working individually and collectively to make progress toward and meet their shared goals.
Will EDA’s Recompete Pilot Program reach rural America?
Brookings Institution
Brookings Institute authors offer recommendations on how rural areas can maximize the opportunity to compete for Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program funding.
THE RURAL APERTURE PROJECT: LEVERAGING DATA TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS INTO RURAL AMERICA
Center On Rural Innovation
Insights on how we can promote accurate rural narratives and increase local media to build trust and new relationships across geography.
THE RURAL APERTURE PROJECT: LEVERAGING DATA TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS INTO RURAL AMERICA
Center on Rural Innovation
The Rural Aperture Project from the Center on Rural Innovation is intended to provide all those advancing rural prosperity — from practitioners to journalists, researchers, philanthropists, and government officials — with accessible data, graphics, and narratives to inform how they can better tell stories, conduct research, distribute resources, make investments, or develop policy that is backed by up-to-date data. All data visualizations will be available for download and public use, which they highly encourage.
Rural Policy Resources
A collection of resources provided by the Brookings Institution emerging from their rural research.
Federal Farm Bill: Big Impacts in Rural Communities
Rural Development Initiatives (RDI)
Despite its name, the Farm Bill impacts far more than just farmers and ranchers. It’s a complex package of federal legislation signed into law every five years that has sweeping effects. Rural Development Initiatives explains what’s in the Farm Bill and what it could mean for rural communities if the Farm Bill is not extended.
ENSURING AN EQUITABLE JUST TRANSITION
RMI
RMI presents a comprehensive review of state legislation that supports coal communities and workers facing economic transition mapped onto our policy framework.