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Discover Tools & Resources to Strengthen Your Agencies &
Communities
Aubrey Madler, MLS
Information Specialist
2012 KansasConference on
PovertyJuly 25-27, 2012
Rural Assistance Center Tools &
Resources
2,871,238 = Total
1,034,260 = Rural
Population
Rural Definitions based on Census Placeshttp://www.ers.usda.gov/datafiles/Rural_Definitions/StateLevel_Maps/KS.pdf
Rural definitions based on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) metro counties
http://www.ers.usda.gov/datafiles/Rural_Definitions/StateLevel_Maps/KS.pdf
$38,929 = state$35,033 = rural
Per-capita Income
6.7% = Total5.7% = Rural
Poverty
13.5% = Total14.9% = Rural
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Navigate the Rural Assistance Center’s information portal
Explore evidence-based strategies for success
Discover funding opportunities
Objectives
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Funded by HRSA’sOffice of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Rural Health Policy Development/Research line of the Department of Health and Human Services budget
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Anyone seeking to maintain and improve the access, quality, and financial viability of rural health and human service delivery systems.
Funding
Access Funding Information on RAC:
1. Online Library – Funding & Opportunitieshttp://www.raconline.org/funding/
2. Topic & State Guides – Funding Sectionshttp://www.raconline.org/states/kansas.php#funding
3. Grantwriting Topic Guidehttp://www.raconline.org/info_guides/funding/grantwriting.php
4. Capital Funding Topic Guidehttp://www.raconline.org/topics/funding/capital.php
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Sponsors that fund poverty:• Kansas Housing Resources Corporation http
://www.kshousingcorp.org/ • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/
• First Children’s Finance http://www.dcc-corner.com/
• KS Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services http://www.srs.ks.gov/
• USDA Rural Development KS State Office http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/KS_Home.html
• Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans http://www.sunflowerfoundation.org/
• World Hunger Year : Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards http://www.whyhunger.org/
foundationcenter.org
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