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NC 1011: Rural Families Speak

NC 1011: Rural Families Speak. Rural Low-Income Families: Tracking Their Well-Being and Function in an Era of Welfare Reform . Overall Goal of Project. To increase the understanding of forces and opportunities that affect rural places and the people who live there. . California Indiana

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NC 1011: Rural Families Speak

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  1. NC 1011: Rural Families Speak Rural Low-Income Families: Tracking Their Well-Being and Function in an Era of Welfare Reform

  2. Overall Goal of Project • To increase the understanding of forces and opportunities that affect rural places and the people who live there.

  3. California Indiana Iowa3 Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Michigan Minnesota Nebraska New Hampshire New York Ohio1,2 Oregon South Dakota3 West Virginia2 States Currently Involved in Project

  4. Main Objective of 2004-2006 • Analyze changes in rural community and family functioning and related public policies • Labor force participation • Health • Social support

  5. Breeze Conferences • To facilitate public policy analysis and dissemination of findings for use in research, teaching, and outreach

  6. Breeze Conferences • Rural Families Speak Out I:Food Security & Health • March 28, 2006 • Three Year Dynamics of Food InsecurityChristine Olson, Cornell University • Rural Mothers Physical and Mental HealthLeigh Ann Simmons, University of Kentucky

  7. Breeze Conferences • Rural Families Speak Out II: Social Support & Child Care • April 19, 2006 • Informal Social Support among Rural Low-Income MothersSharon Seiling, The Ohio State University • Family Network Solutions to Child Care Needs of Rural, Low-incomeMothersKathy Reschke, The Ohio State University

  8. Breeze Conferences • Rural Families Speak Out III: Laboring Towards Economic Self-Sufficiency • May 3, 2006 • Laboring Towards Economic Self-SufficiencyCatherine Huddleston-Casas, University of Nebraska and Bonnie Braun, University of Maryland

  9. Project Web Site at U of MN • http://fsos.che.umn.edu/projects/rfs.html

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