“Hello! Please Come In!” That’s the typical welcome sign as you enter rural communities across the United States. But some rural towns and businesses now add signs that read “¡Bienvenido...
We all want the best for our children’s futures: a quality education, meaningful employment, stable finances, good health and well-being. But for rural children living in poverty, the future is...
https://rufes.org/2016/05/26/working-across-generations-to-move-rural-families-forward/
Rural places face significant health challenges in the United States. According to data from CountyHealthRankings.org, rural places rank worse on health behaviors, health outcomes, and access to ...
Helping families get ahead takes investment. And not just financial investment, but investment of time, energy, relationships and know-how. In rural communities with limited resources, it can be ...
https://rufes.org/2015/02/26/a-solid-foundation-for-rural-communities/
$24 billion is a great deal of asset-building change. That’s the annual dollar value of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) claims for working families in rural America*. EITC is one of those criti...
https://rufes.org/2015/01/13/earned-income-tax-credit-outreach-pays-off-for-rural-america/
Three hours north of Maine’s largest city, Franklin County leaders envisioned a thriving community in which working families could attain higher education levels that improved their family’s ...
https://rufes.org/2014/11/19/a-rural-pipeline-everyone-can-support/
On November 15th, the health exchanges will open at HealthCare.gov for the second annual open enrollment period. That marks one year since families were first invited to start buying health insu...
https://rufes.org/2014/10/28/what-you-need-to-know-health-insurance-and-tax-time-2015/
In 2011, the hiring manager at Quality Pork Processors contacted Jake Vela, executive director of Austin, Minnesota’s Welcome Center, to let him know that 300 new immigrant workers would soon ...
“How are we doing?” In rural America, this simple phrase is often a greeting wrapped up in a question. Achieving widespread family economic success requires that we regularly ask that same qu...
Doing business in smaller communities requires finding good employees from a smaller pool of workers. Retaining those good employees can be the difference between profits and loss, or between sta...
https://rufes.org/2014/07/22/the-business-case-for-helping-rural-families-get-ahead/