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Rural Learning

Tech for Rural Texans – Reaching Communities of All Abilities

August 26, 2025
From virtual learning to telehealth, technology makes life easier. But for people with disabilities, it can make things possible. Assistive Technology (AT) includes any tool,...
  • #Broadband
  • #Capacity Building
  • #People & Places
Rural Health

Distance Medicine

May 8, 2025
How can a lot of creative thinking and a little bit of telemedicine get healthcare delivered to a rural town?...
  • #Broadband
  • #Health
Member Meeting

January 2025 Member Meeting

January 28, 2025
Watch our first Member Meeting of 2025! We’re looking forward to another year of working for rural Texas alongside each of you, including our newest...
  • #Broadband
  • #Water
  • #Workforce & Economic Development
Member Meeting

May 2024 Member Meeting

May 23, 2024
Our May member meeting focused on child welfare and featured TexProtects. Our presenters, Adrianna Cuéllar Rojas, Kerrie Judice, and Brittani Trusty, give us an overview...
  • #Broadband
  • #Youth & Children
Broadband Funders

Funding and Maintaining a Digital Equity Opportunity Ecosystem in Texas  

May 14, 2024
Texas Rural Funders and Cindy Fisher, the Digital Opportunity Program Supervisor for the Texas BDO, participate in a roundtable discussion to discuss current challenges, opportunities,...
  • #Broadband
  • #Policy
Rural Health

Calculating the Human & Economic Returns from Telehealth

April 15, 2024
How much could rural communities save on healthcare if we built out broadband to every location that needs it? Building off the findings from their...
  • #Broadband
  • #Community Development
  • #Health
Broadband Funders

Broadband Resources for Rural Communities 

April 11, 2024
Texas Rural Funders has developed a series of tools for rural areas working to connect to broadband. Texas Rural Funders and Connie Casson, Founder &...
  • #Broadband
  • #Community Development
  • #Policy
Broadband Funders

What’s the Latest and Greatest with Broadband in Texas?

March 7, 2024
Learn information from our state and national partners, including the Broadband Development Office, as we identify common challenges and areas of shared opportunity....
  • #Broadband
  • #Capacity Building
Rural Health

Virtual Tour of Marathon Health Center

February 29, 2024
Marathon Health Center is on the frontier of rural healthcare, combining on-site exam rooms and community space with telemed physicians in Odessa and off-site lab...
  • #Broadband
  • #Health
Member Meeting

February 2024 Member Meeting

February 12, 2024
Our first member meeting of 2024 featured: A robust presentation about the great work members of TX Rural Funders are doing with libraries, ranging from...
  • #Arts & Humanities
  • #Broadband
  • #Capacity Building
Member Meeting

December 2023 Member Meeting

December 6, 2023
In our final Member Meeting of 2023, we shared organizational, broadband, and policy updates. Members took the mic to share out excellent work happening across...
  • #Broadband
  • #Capacity Building
  • #Policy
Rural Learning

Chat with Rural CDFI Expert Ines Polonius, Communities Unlimited 

November 29, 2023
Ines Polonius is CEO of Communities Unlimited, Inc., a CDFI and community economic development organization working across Texas and the rural South. Communities Unlimited works...
  • #Broadband
  • #Capacity Building
  • #Water
Member Meeting

Finding Funding for Fiber

October 11, 2023
Who is covered by existing broadband services? Who should be covered by broadband? What will it cost to bring broadband to everyone? The newest resource...
  • #Broadband
  • #Policy
Member Meeting

East Texas Member Meeting Recap

October 11, 2023
Did you miss the Member Meeting in Nacogdoches? Are there individuals in your organization who want to get up to speed on what’s next for...
  • #Broadband
  • #Capacity Building
  • #Health
Broadband Funders

Broadband Resolutions Learning Session 

February 24, 2023
Broadband Resolutions are a tool for cities and counties to cooperate and share resources. Viewers will: Receive a broadband resolution template that is high-quality and...
  • #Broadband
  • #Policy
Broadband Funders

Broadband Brain Trust 

February 2, 2023
Learn from key broadband partners and thought leaders sharing policy goals and developing action steps for the legislative session....
  • #Broadband
  • #Policy
Broadband Funders

Lessons from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

November 3, 2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is providing technical assistance and leadership capacity building for four communities through its Advancing Digital Inclusion initiative: South Dallas...
  • #Broadband
Broadband Funders

Housing and Digital Navigators 

October 26, 2022
Kate Crago Blanton leads strategic initiatives and resource development for the Housing Authority of the City of Austin and its non-profit subsidiary Austin Pathways. Kate...
  • #Broadband
  • #Housing
Broadband Funders

Rural Broadband Operators: The Nuts and Bolts of Rural Broadband Funding  

October 5, 2022
Why is broadband more expensive in rural areas? How have some providers made broadband available in spite of the higher costs? This session will discuss...
  • #Broadband
  • #Workforce & Economic Development
Broadband Funders

Workforce and Digital Navigators with LIFE

August 25, 2022
Legacy Institute for Financial Empowerment (LIFE) is a non-profit, organization in Lufkin, Texas that invests in the potential of individuals and creates opportunities to strengthen...
  • #Broadband
  • #Community Development
  • #Workforce & Economic Development
Broadband Funders

Rural LISC and Digital Navigators

June 2, 2022
Christa Vinson, Program Officer, shares insights from Rural LISC’s Broadband and Infrastructure work, which includes: Working with and through communities to identify the best connectivity...
  • #Broadband
  • #Community Development
Broadband Funders

Texas Digital Navigators Program 

April 13, 2022
The Texas Digital Navigators Grant Program will help libraries to develop and implement a unique Digital Navigator program to close the digital divide in their...
  • #Arts & Humanities
  • #Broadband
Broadband Funders

Funder Discussion: March 2, 2022  

March 2, 2022
This Broadband Funder Discussion features: Updates from the Broadband Development Office and Digital Texas Broadband resources Updates from TX Rural Funders Members...
  • #Broadband