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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,...
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?...
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...
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 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,...
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 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 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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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...
