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Rural Partners Network Promotes Prosperity for Rural Communities

July 18, 2022 Deborah Brumfield, USDA Rural Development Georgia Public Information Officer

USDA Rural Development’s Rural Partners Network (RPN) is transforming how the federal government partners with rural communities to foster economic growth. With an alliance of federal agencies and civic partners, RPN helps create jobs, build infrastructure, and improve communities throughout rural...

Equity Rural

When We Lean Into Clean Energy, Rural America Thrives

April 18, 2022 USDA Rural Development Staff

When rural communities lean into clean energy, the path to economic prosperity is clear. Cleaner power options like solar and electric provide new market opportunities for producers and small businesses. They reduce energy costs for consumers and supports good-paying jobs in rural America.

Rural

Locals Take the Initiative to Save and Improve Their Hospital

September 23, 2021 Shelby Johnsen, Public Affairs Specialist for USDA Rural Development

Aging infrastructure and technology were taking their toll on the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, now known as Hot Springs Health, in Thermopolis, Wyoming. However, with local demand and tourists on their way to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, patient levels were increasing...

Rural

Expanding Affordable Healthcare in Rural South Carolina

September 16, 2021 Stephanie Bittiker, USDA Rural Development Public Information Officer

Having access to quality health care is often a problem for low-income patients who live in rural communities. Fortunately, there are medical facilities such as Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc in Lugoff, South Carolina that work on a sliding fee scale, which means that all their patients...

Equity Rural

Expanding Elderly Care for a Better Community

September 09, 2021 Benjamin Wooddy, Public Information Officer for USDA Rural Development

In December 2017, Steve Coetzee, President and CEO of the Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home, realized many of the surrounding senior care facilities in Boonsboro, Maryland were closing and that his team would need to expand their facility to meet future demand. However, the home did not have the available...

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New Youngsville, Louisiana High School, Funded by USDA, Helps Drive Community Growth, Prosperity

December 13, 2019 USDA Rural Development State Director Roy Holleman

It was almost 50 years since a new high school was constructed in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Now, thanks to support from USDA Rural Development, the 8,000 residents of Youngsville, a growing community in the parish, have a state-of-the-art school: one that all area high school students attend with...

Rural

Improving Dental Health in Central Maine

May 01, 2019 Tim Hobbs, Maine State Director, Rural Development

A standing-room-only crowd packed into a recent open house celebrating the new facility for Waterville Community Dental in Kennebec County, Maine. The overflowing room was a perfect indication of the immense level of community support for the clinic’s important services and mission. Waterville...

Rural

Already Planning to Feed More Kids than Ever During Summer 2017

October 26, 2016 Tony Hernandez, Administrator, Rural Housing Service

Now that summer has come and gone, I’m happy to announce that this season the USDA Rural Housing Service was able to partner with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to feed more kids than ever before. Three hundred and five Rural Housing Service Multi-Family Housing properties participated in...

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Addressing the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Epidemic

March 30, 2016 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Walk into any town in rural America, and ask someone if they know someone who is struggling or has struggled with addiction. Chances are the answer will be yes. In 2014, 28,648 Americans died of overdoses of opioids, a class of drugs that includes both prescription pain medications and heroin...

Rural

Putting Our Minds Together to Improve Education on the Warm Springs Reservation

November 23, 2015 Vicki Walker, Oregon State Director, USDA Rural Development

USDA celebrates National Native American Heritage Month in November with a blog series focused on USDA’s support of Tribal Nations and highlighting a number of our efforts throughout Indian Country and Alaska. Follow along on the USDA blog . One year ago, I joined tribal and community leaders on the...

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