rural communities

Help For Rural Communities Fighting Drug War
Help For Rural Communities Fighting Drug War
The White House's Office of National Drug control Policy has established a new Website to help rural leaders in the ongoing fight against drug addiction.  It's the Rural Community Toolbox dot org, and local government officials can go to this one website and find the resources they need to get help to individuals in their community," Jim Carroll, the Trump Administration's Drug Czar. "
USDA Announces Investments in Rural Community Facilities
USDA Announces Investments in Rural Community Facilities
The USDA announced Monday $91 million in investments to rural community facilities.  The facilities included in the funding announcement provide essential services for nearly 300,000 rural residents in 12 states, according to USDA.  USDA is funding 16 projects through the Community Facilities Direct Loan Program.  The fun...
NFCS Issues Grants to Rural Northwest Communities
NFCS Issues Grants to Rural Northwest Communities
Northwest Farm Credit Services has awarded nearly $100,000 in Rural Community Grants to 63 organizations in its first grant cycle of 2016.  Since the Rural Grant program’s inception in 2007, the N-F-C-S has awarded over 500 (527) grants totaling more than $1 million $1,047,000 to improve the economic and social well being of rural communities within the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alask
2016 Rural Health Conference
2016 Rural Health Conference
Spokane will play host to the annual Northwest Rural Health Conference March 15th through the 17th.   Jodi Perlmutter, CEO of Western Washington Area Health Education Center, says health care in rural Washington is starting look vastly different than in the past and that, “Taking charge of change is our theme this year because change is upon us whether we like it or not. So instead of ... Read Mor