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Pennsylvania resources via the Rural Assistance Center
Rural health and human services resources for Pennsylvania, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center

• News: Senators Call for Investment
  Port Clinton News Herald, (OH) article tells how a group of U.S. Senators today called for major investment in water and sewer infrastructure projects outlining how federal water and sewer infrastructure investment can create new jobs and economic development while responding to critical public health and safety needs.
• News: Pennsylvanias Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program Recognized
  The Administration for Children and Families reports that the Mentoring Children of Prisoners (MCP) program has matched over 110,000 boys and girls with caring adult mentors through the works of faith-based and community organizations, state and local governments and tribes.
• News: PA Hospitals File Petition to Preserve Patient Access to Care
  AHA News reports that the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) last week asked a state court to require officials to fully fund a medical liability abatement fund used to help keep physicians in the state.
• News: CMS Makes Internet-Based Medicare Enrollment Available
  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) is available in the District of Columbia and 15 states.
• News: The Worst Small Towns for Commuters
  Daily Yonder article lists America's best and worst small towns for commuters, towns that are not quite rural and not really urban.
• Publication: Farm to School Programs in Pennsylvania
  Discusses Farm to School programs in Pennsylvania which aim to increase the supply of fresh, locally grown farm products served for meals and snacks in K-12 school environments. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• News: VA Opening 31 New Outpatient Clinics
  Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake today announced VA will establish new clinics in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
• Funding opportunity: UnitedHealth HEROES Service Learning Grants
  Funding to support youth-led projects that address childhood obesity. -- Youth Service America
• Organization: Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extension
  Provides outreach educational opportunities to individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• Publication: Rural by the Numbers 2008: A Look at Pennsylvanias Rural Population
  Focuses on rural and urban similarities and differences among Pennsylvania demographic characteristics, income, health insurance, education, employment, and housing. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: Migration for Housing: Urban Families in Rural Living
  Examines the movement of low-income families from urban areas to rural Pennsylvania to findavailable, affordable quality housing. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: Health Care Degree Programs: Their Role in Serving Pennsylvanias Rural Health Care Workforce
  Examines the educational capacity of Pennsylvanias degree granting programs in the health care disciplines and what this capacity implies for maintaining an adequatehealth care workforce in the state. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Organization: Pennsylvania Department of Health: Office of Health Equity
  Works with policy makers, insurers, health care providers and communities to implement policies and programs that result in a measurable and sustained improvement in the health status of underserved and disparate populations.
• Event: 2009 Community Action Partnership Annual Convention
  Philadelphia PA September 2, 2009 -- Community Action Partnership
• Publication: Broadband Internet Use in Rural Pennsylvania
  Uses case studies to provide a description of how healthcare, local government, education and business, in rural Pennsylvania are using broadband Internet technology. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: Protocol for Determining the Feasibility of Installing Dedicated Wind Energy in Pennsylvania Rural Communities
  Discusses wind energy and is intended to be a first step in determining whether installation of a wind energy system is suitable for a particular site. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Tool/Web Site: Wind Turbine Economic Feasibility Calculator Protocol and Household Electricity Use Estimation Sheet
  Was developed so that homeowners, local officials, and others located in rural communities could evaluate the feasibility of installing wind energy in their home, business or community, and determine its cost-effectiveness. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: Health and Nutrition of Hispanic Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers
  Describes the health and food security issues facing Hispanic migrant and seasonal farm workers in rural Pennsylvania. Includes information on barriers to health care access and barriers to good nutrition. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: Pennsylvania Critical Access Hospital Consortium: A Strategy-Focused Performance Improvement Network
  The Pennsylvania Critical Access Hospital Consortium (PACAHC) has had success with an ambitious plan to bring together 12 small rural hospitals to support performance improvement initiatives. PACAHC differs from most other rural health networks or state Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Programs because of its multiyear process to implement Balanced Scorecards at every member hospital and its innovative coordination of data collection and reporting systems to enable performance comparison. PACAHC also convenes statewide performance improvement meetings that allow partner organizations, such as the state quality improvement organization, to contribute to improvement activities. -- National Association for Healthcare Quality
• Funding opportunity: BJs Charitable Foundation
  Funding for safety, security and well-being of children and families, education and health programs, community service opportunities, and hunger and disaster relief. -- BJs Charitable Foundation
• Publication: Statewide Investigation into Meeting the Mandates of No Child Left Behind
  Provides a comprehensive picture of the progress Pennsylvanias rural and urban schools are making in meeting the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandates and offers considerations for additional program support for all schools. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: How Are You Connected?
  Provides characteristics of rural Pennsylvania households with and without Internet access. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: Profile of Rural Pennsylvania Elderly Women
  Looks at the population of elderly women who are 65 years old and older living in rural Pennsylvania. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: Exploring Public Housing Use in Rural Pennsylvania
  Describes available public housing in rural Pennsylvania, occupancy, and characteristics of rural public housing residents. Discusses housing challenges in rural areas. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Publication: A Rural-Urban Analysis and Comparison of Health Insurance Benefits Offered by Small Businesses
  Discusses business-sponsored healthcare and the challenges facing small businesses, which are those that employ less than 50 workers, to provide healthcare benefi