CORI's Economic Development Tool displays data for your county or region across 25 critical indicators for increasing economic growth through technology-driven businesses. Select a primary county or counties below to get started.

The Texas Tribune’s Public Schools Explorer gives you information on enrollment trends, demographics, teacher experience, pay and outcomes for all of those schools, at both the district and the campus level.

Digging Deeper brings Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) staff and trusted partners together to analyze the research topics and health trends that are central to EHF’s vision for a healthier Texas. 

The Education-to-Workforce Indicator Framework makes it easy to track the outcomes and conditions most critical to students’ success.

The outdoor recreation economy contributes to GDP in every state. Learn more about outdoor recreation’s contributions to GDP, jobs, and wages with this tool from Headwaters Economics.

This report from Bellwether draws on prior research and publicly available data to illustrate patterns and present options for policymakers to address operational funding and supports for rural districts.

The Texas Education Agency released its 2025 Annual Report, offering a comprehensive overview of the achievements and challenges affecting the more than 5.5 million public school students and their teachers.

This newly-released action guide features Texas programs and policies, including the Rural Schools Innovation Zone and Rural Pathways Excellence Partnership programs, and more.

New video from Dee Howard International Education Foundation provides an overview of the resources available for teachers and students. The website features a STEM calendar, teacher resources, and a search engine for finding relevant content by grade level and topic.

The Texas Demographic Center (TDC) produces biennial population projections for the state and its counties, broken down by age, sex, and race/ethnicity. These projections offer crucial insights for leaders, planners, and communities to anticipate and prepare for future demographic shifts.

This resource page is a clearinghouse that brings together trusted, no-cost beginner materials so learners, seniors, educators, and community partners can build confidence with AI tools and use them responsibly.

From February 2026 to January 2027, Episcopal Health Founding is partnering with Resilia to provide a space where community-led nonprofits can access learning resources, troubleshoot operational challenges, and continue growing their impact while navigating the challenging journey of running mission-driven organizations with smaller budgets.

This webinar recording will provide a brief history of rural population over time and review how the term "rural" is defined.

The Flash Flood Warning Siren Guide is now available on the TWDB website and outlines requirements that all systems must meet as well as broader recommendations for effective system design and implementation.

The Texas Water Development Board developed the Alternative Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) Guide as a resource to support communities seeking lower-cost options for monitoring flood conditions. Alternative FEWS focus on essential features—such as real-time water-level monitoring and online data access—while minimizing cost and complexity.

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock released the agency's inaugural Small Business is Big Business in Texas report, a new resource highlighting the scale, strength and economic impact of Texas’ small businesses.

Unlocking Opportunity, a project from Aspen Institute, intensively engages community college leaders and teams over multiple years to develop and enact bold reforms focused on increasing the number of students entering and completing high-value community college programs.

The Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute's newest report, ERCOT Electricity Affordability Outlook: Forecasting Residential Electricity Prices and Burdens (2025-2030), highlights how the rise in residential electricity prices in the ERCOT Competitive Retail Market will impact the well-being of the 4.1million low-and moderate-income (LMI) households who struggle to pay their electricity bills.

This report from Brookings outlines a set of corps-related occupations that program leaders can use to align and improve career development for program participants, both during and after their term of service.

Episcopal Health Foundation’s Collaborative Registry is a searchable database of health-focused coalitions and collaborative efforts across EHF’s 81-county service area. Use the registry to find groups working in your community by filtering results by county, focus area, or health outcome—or search by name or keyword.

An interactive map using 2024 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shows the share of Texans enrolled in marketplace health care plans, county by county.

In many small towns, the local library is more than just a place to borrow books — it’s the heart of the community. But what if libraries could do even more?

Want to see what is happening with federal broadband funds across the country? Connected Nation has created a BEAD Tracker that compiles and aggregates data directly from published state BEAD final proposals.

The Panhandle Mental Health Guide is a project of the Panhandle Behavioral Health Alliance. This excellent website connects people in need with the resources that exist for mental health care and addiction in the Panhandle.

Need help with FAFSA or other financial forms? TxCAN and uAspire are here to guide you every step of the way.

Dual Enrollment by the Numbers offers key insights from the first national reporting on dual enrollment participation, based on NACEP’s analysis of preliminary 2022–2023 data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

Genevieve Pierce Kyle, a Kerrville native and professional conservator, shared helpful tips for saving personal items damaged in the flood. Quick action and a little patience may rescue treasured photos, letters, paintings, and other keepsakes.

Texas is part of the Federal Reserve Bank's Eleventh District, and The Beige Book highlights economic trends by region and sector. It's published eight times per year, offering a valuable window into the state of the economy.

Find flood response resources, including donations, volunteer opportunities, and items for donation.

Genevieve Pierce Kyle, a Kerrville native and professional conservator, shared helpful tips for saving personal items damaged in the flood. Quick action and a little patience may rescue treasured photos, letters, paintings, and other keepsakes.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) assists people with buying the food they need for good health.

This toolkit helps individuals, families, neighbors, churches, and community helpers across the Texas Hill Country and beyond care for emotional and spiritual needs after the recent devastating floods.

Texercise provides free physical activity and nutrition resources to educate, motivate and engage adults 45 and older.

Age Well Live Well is a statewide campaign that promotes easy pathways to resources and emphasizes how to make healthy changes using three core message areas: be healthy, be connected, and be informed.

Texas is part of the Federal Reserve Bank's Eleventh District, and The Beige Book highlights economic trends by region and sector. It's published eight times per year, offering a valuable window into the state of the economy.

The US Water Alliance's Water Workforce and Leadership Library highlights accessible, forward-looking examples of water workforce apprenticeship, internship, and leadership development programs, as well as regional collaboratives, that can serve as replicable models for others trying to sustainably build their local or regional water workforce

Integral Care and NAMI Central Texas have teamed up to create a toolkit designed to help support your mental health year-round.

The Peer Cohort Program Playbook is a resource designed to guide two-year and four-year higher education institutions in establishing peer cohort programs to support incoming first year students.

These reports provide a detailed look at how Texans engage with our energy system and how awareness, behaviors, and barriers vary by geography.

Find flood response resources, including donations, volunteer opportunities, and items for donation.

Area agencies on aging (AAA) provide older adults, their families and caregivers with nutrition services, including home and congregate meals and evidence-based fitness programs.

Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) help provide people referrals and access to long-term services and supports.

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance, in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Broadband Program (Smart Island), has translated six Digital Navigator forms into Spanish.

The Digital Access and Resilience in Texas (DART) curriculum integrates beginning English language learning with foundational digital skills.

Find a literacy provider in your city or country using these maps, searchable by county or Workforce Board Area.

The CDFI Market Map shows CDFIs, local officials, and investors where many opportunities are for CDFI expansion and growth. This map identifies 1,292 places, 714 counties, 255 metro areas, and 9 states that are CDFI deserts.

In a newly released report, Action Over Dialogue: A Case for Prioritizing Local Civic Engagement, the Trust for Civic Life shares the result of its rural community survey and looks at how engagement, agency, belonging, trust, and democratic norms are manifesting at the community level.

Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) help provide people referrals and access to long-term services and supports.

Area agencies on aging (AAA) provide older adults, their families and caregivers with nutrition services, including home and congregate meals and evidence-based fitness programs.

There's an exciting new network powered by MindPOP, that allows rural arts and culture organizations to: connect with colleagues across the state, increase their visibility to funders, and share between organizations.

This new tool from the National Digital Inclusion Alliance makes it easier to connect with affiliates.

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.

A coalition of water and wastewater leaders has launched the “No Community Left Behind” (NCLB) initiative to support solutions for the mounting challenges in the sector, including significant infrastructure needs, workforce challenges, regulatory demands, and the increasing costs of water services, which disproportionately affect communities that have been disadvantaged.

With Partners for Rural Impact, your local library can host summer reading through Reader Zone at no cost. Reader Zone allows libraries to easily create reading programs with any set of parameters. Patrons can log reading entries for programs using the Reader Zone mobile app (or website)

Children at Risk has created state legislative district one pagers, where you can explore the data on Opportunity Youth & Young Adults for each Texas House and Senate district.

Post-2020 narratives about young people as a “lost generation,” crisis framing around youth mental health and social media, and often-misleading media coverage about crime make it clear that changing the narrative is as urgent as ever.

A new, permanent broadband affordability benefit focused on unconnected households - and funded by the Universal Service Fund - can close America’s broadband affordability gap

Working with the Office of Connected Care in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society examined how states understand and address the needs of Veterans.

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.

Find child nutrition statistics by Texas county through the Hunger Data Lab Data Dashboards, which exist to make data accessible and understandable for use by communities, practitioners, advocates, policy makers, and researchers.

Looking for evidence-based recommendations to improve student outcomes? Trellis Strategies has added new student success toolkits in their Research Hub. The toolkits summarize the latest research on student success and provide practical steps for administrators and practitioners.

The Rural Texas Maternal Health Assembly respectfully urges the 89th Legislature to enact a modern rural maternal health rescue initiative, centered on consensus-driven reforms that will promote a high-quality, enduring rural maternal health care system that fosters healthy families, sustains strong communities, and promotes economic prosperity today and for future generations.

WeTeach_CS is an organization that educates, empowers, and inspires K-12 and higher education teachers, administrators, and professional development providers to realize the vision of computer science for all. Sign up for their newsletter to stay updated.

Connected Nation's digital skills training is for everyone, and includes computer, internet, and email basics and more! Have one of their team members come out and help your community or organization enhance their technology skills.

To help identify USDA programs and resources can help improve a rural community’s health, check out the new USDA Rural Health Program Index tool. Rural health programs are the emphasis, but this library is inclusive of all health programs!

The Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (TxETRA) family has rebranded to reflect their mission of advancing electric mobility in Texas! They are now the Texas EV Alliance and the Texas EV Education Project.

The American Association for Public Broadband’s newly launched handbook will guide communities in building their own broadband networks, bringing local control and choice to cities and towns across America.

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.

Recently released data on suicide rates by sector in Texas revealed a deeply concerning trend: the trucking sector has experienced the most dramatic rise, and highest suicide rates per capita. Texoma Health Foundation wants your help spreading the word about this campaign and the important resources.

The Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing emergency planning, response, and recovery efforts in rural communities across the United States.

These national and state maps on rural healthcare facilities show the locations of hospitals, clinics, and other types of healthcare facilities in rural areas, including Rural Emergency Hospitals.

The ABLE Act recognizes the extra and significant costs of living with a disability. ABLE accounts allow eligible individuals the opportunity to save and fund a variety of Qualified Disability Expenses without endangering eligibility for certain benefits that are critical to their health and well-being, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

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

This toolkit from Rural Health Information Hub provides evidence-based examples, promising models, program best practices, and resources that can be used by your organization to implement substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.

The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty's free online Technical Assistance Handbook and companion training video series will guide you through the planning stages all the way to implementing and operating your mailed meal box program.

Searchable and sortable library of research and articles aimed at deeping our our collective understanding of health inequities.

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.

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

Data dashboard compiling high-level, summary information about calls made to Texas 2-1-1, a statewide resource hotline that connects Texans to critical, community-based services like housing, healthcare, mental health support, food assistance, and more.

The Community Water System Service Area Boundaries Map is a new data visualization tool from the Environmental Protection Agency . The dataset covers all 50 states and Tribal systems and boundaries for 99% of all public water consumers in the United States.

Toolkits from Texas Nonprofits Strong highlight Built for Texas reports for community leaders, helping shape productive conversations about the vital role nonprofits play and making the case for including nonprofits at relevant decision-making tables.`

This comprehensive survey of over 6,500 Texas households with low to moderate incomes (LMI) illuminates some of the critical challenges LMI households face regarding energy affordability, reliability, and resilience.

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.

This regional report speaks to the lived energy experiences of nearly 7,000 respondents who contend with low incomes across Texas.

Publications to promote awareness, encourage dialogue and learning, and share a greater understanding of what creates, influences and protects mental health.

Feeding America has produces Map the Meal Gap and provides estimates of local food insecurity and food costs to improve the understanding of people and places facing hunger and inform decisions that will help ensure equitable access to nutritious food for all.

Online library of how-to guides for organizational capacity building, public policy briefs, commissioned research on health in South Texas, and more.

The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty is excited to offer multiple partnership opportunities to foundation partners.

First year results from the Texas Rural College Promise were released, showing significant progress on undergraduate enrollment rates across rural North and East Texas.

The Mary E. Bivins Foundation created this resource on hunger and food insecurity among older adults living in the Texas Panhandle to find resources by county, including congregate meals, food pantries, and home-delivered meals.

View this interactive map of clean energy jobs and investment by county or legislative district. 

The PAYA Resource Library is a searchable database of the best youth apprenticeship resources from PAYA's nationwide network of partners.

This integrated platform for healthcare data and engagement tools contains interactive dashboards, maps, storyboards, infographics, reports, data sets and other resources to help you utilize data for strategic growth and collaboration.

This resource center from Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group brings together rural experts, advocates, and residents to tell a comprehensive story of what it takes for rural America to thrive today and into the future.

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

This toolkit from Rural Health Information Hub compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing mental health programs in rural communities across the United States.

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.

These self-paced online courses from Community Tech Network prepare organizations for tackling the digital divide. These courses include options for trainers who are looking to understand adult learning principles and instructional methods, managers who are looking to manage digital navigators, and more.

The Texas College Access Network (TxCAN) is an initiative of Educate Texas that connects and supports college access initiatives, with the goal of increasing students’ access to college and certificate programs. Their online tools can help you compare FAFSA submission rates and direct-to-college enrollment rates to other Educational Service Center regions, counties, school districts, and campuses in Texas.

Nearly half of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in Texas say they skipped or postponed medical care in the past year because of cost. This is just one of the findings of EHF's first-ever statewide survey of AAPI health experiences in 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.

This resource from the U.S. Drought Monitor reveals the extent of water scarcity gripping parts of Texas, with vast swathes of the state facing a severe shortage, raising concerns about the future of water access and sustainability in the region.

The rootED Alliance is working to counteract the lack of counselors in rural schools nationwide: forty-eight states are above the recommended ratio of having one for every 250 students, according to the American School Counselor Association. 

This Dashboard presents Texas Census estimates of undercounting-related variables for Texas and its counties.

The Texas Comptroller's Regional Reports provide an overview of population, income, jobs, wages and education trends in each of Texas' 12 economic regions including a statewide overview.

The Benton Institute on Broadband & Society released an updated Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) Performance Tool. It has a new feature -- the ACP Risk Score, in which we identify ZIP code areas where loss of service is likely to be most severe when the ACP subsidy goes away.

LISC invites applications to the Broadband Help Hub, part of the National Broadband Technical Assistance Marketplace. This rapid-response program provides communities with high-quality, targeted technical assistance to produce investment-ready broadband plans.

This series from Fed Communities discusses the work of organizations and people who are passionate about rural: from developing high quality, affordable housing; bringing reliable internet services to remote areas; to building systems to help communities create lasting change.

Raise Your Hand Texas supports public policy solutions that invest in Texas’ 5.4 million public school students. This bilingual toolkit includes videos on school financing that answers questions about Texas school funding, how Texas schools spend their money, and more.

Hot off the presses! The latest draft of the Texas Digital Opportunity Plan (TDOP) was submitted to NTIA on February 28, 2024. 

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance hosted a webinar with the FCC on the ongoing ACP wind-down. View a timeline here.

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.”

Kevin Lambing of T.L.L. Temple Founation collaborated with colleagues Carrie Shaver, DHA, FACHE and Lisa Rantz to write a policy paper for the National Rural Health Association. This informative brief highlights the impact of Medicare Advantage (MA) on rural communities

According to a new report from Episcopal Health Foundation there is an opportunity for pharmacists to increase access to healthcare in Texas.

A new brief from the Benton Institute analyzes the economic impact of ACP through the lens of financial benefits for subscribers.

In November 2023, the Mitchell Foundation, the Environmental Policy Innovation Center, and the T.L.L. Temple Foundation began a collaborative effort to help prioritize investments and policies for improving drinking water equity in East Texas.

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.

Greenlights Grant Initiative provides tailored and free resources to assist nationwide school districts access school safety grants.

Library Freedom Institute is a privacy-focused 6-month virtual training for librarians. This curriculum gives librarians the tools they need to become privacy champions in their libraries. Once-a-month, LFI will provide a 2-hour training that covers a variety of topics.

STARS College Network provides resources for students to understand college costs, guides to admissions processes, and offers a community platform.

The 2023 edition of Rural America at a Glance examines rural population and migration trends, poverty, housing insecurity, unemployment, and clean energy jobs. It finds that rural employment levels and annual growth rates have nearly returned to levels seen prior to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Policy engagement — fundamental to improving the social and structural determinants of mental health — has always been a strategic priority for the foundation, which has become a trusted resource for mental health and substance use policy issues in Texas. Yet, the state’s mental health and substance use policy community is limited in size, capacity, and training.

ECMC Foundation’s Basic Needs Initiative addresses basic needs insecurity among postsecondary students.

This dashboard visualizes the data released on Affordable Connectivity Program utilization by the Universal Service Administrative Company.

This Dashboard provides actionable measures of health and its drivers calculated at the congressional district level, showing users how their district is doing on health outcomes, social and economic factors, and more.

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

Jim Reiff completed the Federal Reserve’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Survey this summer. The survey results show that his experiences mirror what other CDFIs across the country have faced.

PeopleFund creates economic opportunity and financial stability for underserved people and communities by providing access to capital, education, and resources to build healthy small businesses. Read their annual report.

This resource from Postsecondary National Policy Institute offers data on rural student enrollment in higher education.

The Texas CDFI coalition's mission is to engage and strengthen the Texas CDFI sector, and promote comprehensive community development that produces financially sustainable & equitable results.

This web application is designed to help communities and organizations make informed decisions about broadband deployment while considering natural hazard risks.

Texans for the Arts Foundation launched the Municipal Hotel Occupancy Tax Toolkit, an online resource for arts, municipal, hotel, and tourism leaders sharing what you need to know about Texas’ Municipal Hotel Occupancy Tax.

PLACES reports county, place, census tract, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas data and uses small area estimation methods to obtain chronic disease measures for the entire United States.

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.

Books Beginning at Birth is a statewide program that provides young children and their families with free to books and resources to support the development of early literacy skills and foster a love of reading.

The Texas Film Round-Up provides FREE digitization for Texas-related films and videotapes in exchange for the donation of a digital copy of the materials to TexasArchive.org.

This case study examines how three rural schools in Texas addressed three challenges rural schools face.

Find free wifi in Texas using this map.

This resource is meant to demystify the available tools for groundwater management and make groundwater planning and management more accessible across the Hill Country.

This guidebook is focused on different local policies that can guide development that is protective of Texas' Hill Country. Each guide includes links to example ordinances from around our region, as well as links to more in-depth information on the subject.

As new rural outdoor recreation economies take root, this report from Aspen Institute created this call to action to ensure sustainable and equitable economic systems to support rural life.

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.

This unique series focuses on broadband development finance with an emphasis on the legal, technical, and financial challenges facing communities working to develop broadband.

Broadband maps showing availability of broadband at various speeds in all 254 Texas counties.

The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions promotes collaborative, community-based efforts that build the power and influence of those with the least access to opportunity.

Overview of new federal initiative, Rural Partners Network, that seeks to help rural areas maximize the benefits available from the federal government.

The Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Interim Report covers a wide range of topics and recommendations that address water issues the state faces. Interim charges 1-4 and 9 are focused on water.

Tool from the U.S. Department of Agriculture features Rural Investment Dashboards to expand access to Rural Development financial data, highlighting Rural Development investments for people in rural America.

Overview of a regional partnership created by the Coastal Bend Council of Governments and the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi that builds capacity of communities to strengthen resilience and mitigate disaster risk.

Rural capacity map identifying communities where investments in staffing and expertise are needed to support infrastructure and climate resilience projects.

How much does it cost to afford a modest apartment in your state? Tool from National Low Income Housing Coalition, documenting gaps between renters' wages and the cost of rental housing across the United States.

Annual report examining transportation issues and highlighting examples of solutions being implemented across the United States.

Toolkit of evidence-based resources for organizations working to improve health literacy in rural communities across the United States.

Tool for rural residents, policymakers, and investors to see the diversity of rural America and to better invest in its full potential.

Updated Federal Broadband Funding Guide to provide a one-stop-shop of resources for applicants.

Texas OnCourse Academy offers webinars, tools, and resources to encourage family engagement in schools.

Interactive map identifying funding (philanthropic and opioid settlement funds) available by state. Also provides detailed information about resources available for substance recovery on a county level. Created by the Fletcher Group.

Toolkit to help rural communities take full advantage of federal funding for electric vehicle charging stations.

Monthly podcast from Rural Health Information Hub focused on current issues in rural healthcare and population health.

The Texas Water Infrastructure and Funding Guide helps Texas utilities, municipalities, and decision makers navigate the resources available for water infrastructure.

Guidebook that helps communities evaluate and meet specific connectivity needs. It outlines community needs and how philanthropy can help.

The first comprehensive system map of the Texas water sector which captures how various water entities interact and connect.

Website from the National Wildlife Federation that aims to connect stakeholders (including community planners) with sources of federal funding for infrastructure projects that incorporate natural elements.

Toolkit from Empower Schools offering in-depth resources to ensure rural student and community success.

Annual data on Texas public librarians, including statistics, trends, and more.

Access to Emergency Medical Services is critical for rural residents, but providing pre-hospital services in rural areas is challenging. This resource answers frequently asked questions about rural emergency medical services.

Water markets can be an important tool for ensuring efficient use of available water, including ensuring adequate water for the environment. Read the first statewide analysis of historic water market trends.

The Farm State of Mind Resource Directory provides dozens of tools and resources to help farmers and their families address stress and mental health concerns.

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

Map from the US Census Bureau highlighting population change by counties, including rural population gains and losses.

The Public Library Association announced digital literacy courses and training materials developed in collaboration with AT&T. 

Information to help rural communities understand the available resources under the infrastructure law, where to apply, and how find more information.

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.

The Texas Broadband Development Office gathered input from the Texas Broadband Listening Tour and survey responses to create the first Texas Broadband Plan

The Rural America Placemaking Toolkit includes a variety of resources, including placemaking activities, projects, and success stories across rural America

Pew Charitable Trusts has launched Opportunity Broadband, an alliance of partners committed to helping communities across the country use the nation's investment in universal, affordable broadband.

Report summarizing findings from a 2021 survey on how urban Texans perceive rural people and places.

Lone Star Stock provides stock photos, videos, and music representing the state of Texas at an affordable price. The site is also seeking creators to continue building the assets available through the site.

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

Tool created through a partnership between Rural LISC and Heartland Forward, showing where households have enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program.

Thrive Rural Framework tool designed to spark new ways of thinking and acting to move communities, regions, and systems toward producing more widespread and equitable rural prosperity, health, and well-being.

Article detailing the role of public libraries in expanding digital equity through partnerships with government entities and other efforts.

Researchers at Texas State University's Meadows Center are working on a new public dashboard to answer questions about water flow in Texas for communities statewide

The Federal Emergency Broadband Benefit (the Affordable Connectivity Program's predecessor) was intended to connect the unconnected. A recent study shows that the program did not achieve this goal, but local areas can increase program participation.