Rural Families
You are in the Rural Families section of the Casey Foundation Knowledge Center, which offers resources that are either published or funded by the Casey Foundation. Resources include data on families living in rural areas and strategies to promote their economic success.
Helping Rural Families Build Economic Success: Earn It, Keep It, Grow It
2009
This discussion paper for small foundations highlights the Casey Foundation’s Earn it, Keep it, Grow it framework and provides suggestions for the ways other funders can invest in rural families. Also included are questions for discussion and a list of additional questions.
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The Forgotten Fifth: Child Poverty in Rural America
2009
This report, a product of the Carsey Institute, highlights statistics of child poverty in America’s rural areas. It details how rural child poverty compares to poverty among urban children and the elderly.
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Diversifying the Economy to Create Jobs and Help Families Prosper in South Dakota
2008
Facing the common rural challenges of outmigration and a dying agricultural-based economy, the residents of Howard, South Dakota and the surrounding county looked to the economic engines of the future to create employment opportunities and increase income. From developing wind energy-related businesses to organic beef production, Miner County has re-energized its citizens, revitalized its economy, and recaptured some former community members.
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Expanding College and Job-Skills Opportunities in Western Maine
2008
In Franklin County, Maine, a group of local leaders has brought community college classes and jobs skills training to their area, giving residents new opportunities to qualify for good jobs and higher expectations for their futures. It is also providing employers—and prospective employers—with a new supply of well-educated workers.
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Using Local Creativity and Entrepreneurship to Build Family-Supporting Jobs in North Carolina
2008
This story addresses “Earn It” strategies that residents of the Appalachian region of western North Carolina are using to redevelop their economy by building on their age-old tradition of crafts and using it as a springboard to also expand their agricultural and tourism industries. An Asheville nonprofit, Handmade in America, is providing support, inspiration and know-how to help the region build on its strengths.
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