Rural Project Examples: Anabaptists

Other Project Examples

Updated/reviewed January 2026

Need: In 2006, Pennsylvania agricultural producers and farmworker population needed guidance for Environmental Protection Agency agricultural pesticide safety compliance.
Intervention: In collaboration with Pennsylvania State University agriculture and pesticide experts, the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health developed a comprehensive education and technical assistance outreach program with materials — including videos — to provide updated compliance information in a language- and custom-appropriate format.
Results: Continuing today with funding through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, the program is delivered by a Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Specialist who provides the following: WPS technical and compliance assistance to nearly 2,000 farms, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards and other agricultural production sites and conference and event presentations and exhibits reaching thousands.

Updated/reviewed August 2025

Need: To provide healthcare for children and adults at-risk for genetic conditions from the rural, uninsured Amish and Mennonite communities in southern Pennsylvania.
Intervention: A clinic that serves as a comprehensive medical practice for children and adults (primarily from the Amish and Mennonite communities) with rare, inherited, or complex disorders.
Results: In 2024, about 1,700 active patients with more than 480 unique genetic mutations were treated at the Clinic for Special Children.