Texas must increase its investment in water, wastewater and transit systems infrastructure, the country's foremost society of civil engineers urged state lawmakers Tuesday when it announced Texas received a "C" grade on its 2025 report card.

Texas Mutual, the newest member of Texas Rural Funders, has awarded more than $4.5 million to 66 nonprofit organizations across the state to help fortify businesses and strengthen the state’s economy.

To help policymakers understand the economic value of CDFIs in their area, the Urban Institute has calculated the total CDFI investment for each congressional district and state in the country.

Effectively leveraging broadband infrastructure as a transformative tool for rural economic development and resilience requires a collaborative effort between local broadband service providers and communities.

Texas Rural Funders and Texas Water Foundation commissioned Jobs for the Future to conduct a landscape analysis across the state of Texas. This new report analyzes data on the existing workforce, projected workforce needs, and state and regional education and training efforts that can support the development of a skilled broadband and water workforce.

This report offers actionable strategies for strengthening economic opportunity, quality of life, and quality of place.

A public library in Ohio is making waves by supporting local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and nonprofits through free resources and services, fostering innovation and economic growth in the community

Data and resources to help learn more about Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) populations in Texas.

As part of the Rural East Texas Economic Opportunity Analysis series, the T.L.L. Temple Foundation has released updated reports for the Northeast, Deep East, and Southeast regions of Texas.

The Texas College and Career Readiness School Models (CCRSM) Network supports more than 400 high school campuses across the state plan and implement unique pathway programs to postsecondary education. Use their online School Locator to find participating school models in your region.

Searchable library of actionable research by scholars and practitioners that can inform systems change in Texas education. The Greater Texas Foundation also writes its own research briefs to provide timely and succinct information on topics relevant to postsecondary access and student success in our state.

Resource hub sharing literature and program scans, case studies, practical tools and other resources that Trellis Foundation staff and its grant partners have produced about postsecondary education attainment.

The gap is widening between real-estate appraisals and construction costs, holding entreprenuers back.

High-level data on the state of education, healthcare, and economic opportunity in the Texas Panhandle.

Online library of educational resources from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's partners and initiatives. Includes reports, infographics, videos, and case studies related to promising programs and strategies education (early learning, K-12, higher education, and teaching), workforce development, and economic mobility.

This report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce demonstrates that in half of the nation’s labor markets, at least 50% of all middle-skills credentials would need to be granted in different fields of study to meet projected labor demand through 2031.

Join Jobs for the Future for a webinar series focused on innovative and promising practices for pathways, education, and workforce development in rural communities. Each 50-minute webinar will provide actionable and equitable strategies that support inclusive economic development and economic advancement for rural residents.

USDA Rural Development has paid internships available in Abilene, Edinburg, Lufkin and Nacogdoches for Pathways Student Trainee - Loan Assistant/Specialist.

The American Climate Corps has jobs across the country.

This new board features openings across the Texas Association of Museums.

Rural recreation counties added to their pre-pandemic employment numbers, but other rural economies struggled to recover.

This toolkit is designed to assist practitioners working in agriculture and economic development in learning more about the range of finance tools available to assist underserved farmers and ranchers with obtaining capital to start and grow their businesses.

Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce's report counters to some degree the popular narrative that rural America has been “left behind.”

This analysis identifies programs specifically relevant to rural community and economic development, based on three key classifications: rural exclusive, rural stipulated, and rural relevant.

Community devel­opment financial institutions, or CDFIs, are mission-driven nonprof­its and for-profits that deliver a range of financial products, services, and education to underserved individuals and communities.

In late 2022, Ascendium launched an effort to better understand the landscape and best practices of funder collaboration in advancing educational and workforce outcomes for low-income rural populations.

Governor Greg Abbott has named Richard “Rick” Rhodes, TRF's Rural Engagement Coordinator chair of the Texas Workforce Investment Council.

A partnership between the Center Economic Development Corporation and Etex Telephone Cooperative has resulted in multiyear project to build a new state-of-the-art network to develop critical connections to the City of Center in Shelby County.

Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC) is an Austin-based professional association for economic developers across the state of Texas.

Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC) is the statewide association of regional councils, whose members are focused on enhancing quality of life through regional strategies, partnerships and solutions.

Aim Hire Texas is a statewide consortium of advocates, employers, non-profit organizations, and education and training providers working to improve the Texas workforce system for the benefit of all Texans and their employers.

Just Transition Fund is on a mission to create opportunity for the communities hardest hit by coal’s decline.

Economic Mobility Systems makes economic mobility possible by developing new technology platforms that drive more equitable college and workforce outcomes.

Action-oriented guide for healthcare organizations pursuing rural partnerships - with communities, economic development and other sectors - to support improved community health.

Playbook from America Achieves and Rural Innovation Strategies, Inc. with recommendations on growing the nation's broadband workforce.

The American Rescue Plan provides new and expanded opportunities for rural America. Aspen CSG is collecting links and resources explaining federal opportunities for rural people and places.