kacap 2012 presentation

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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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RAC Services:

Web-Based Services

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RAC Listservs Customized Assistance

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Who uses RAC services?

Anyone seeking to maintain and improve the access, quality, and financial viability of rural health and human service delivery systems.

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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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