Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Infrastructure
Heat & Health Tracker
Interactive map showing current, historical, and projected heat exposure data and associated health impacts. Offers regional, state, and county comparisons. Includes the Heat and Health Index offering data on historical burden, heat sensitivity for chronic conditions, sociodemographics, natural and built environment characteristics at the county level.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Interactive map showing current, historical, and projected heat exposure data and associated health impacts. Offers regional, state, and county comparisons. Includes the Heat and Health Index offering data on historical burden, heat sensitivity for chronic conditions, sociodemographics, natural and built environment characteristics at the county level.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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State Map Portfolios
Uses federal data sources to show a collection of maps of U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and DC depicting a variety of current environmental, economic, population, infrastructure, and homelessness measures. Some data available at the county and census tract levels.
Sponsoring organization: Esri
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Uses federal data sources to show a collection of maps of U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and DC depicting a variety of current environmental, economic, population, infrastructure, and homelessness measures. Some data available at the county and census tract levels.
Sponsoring organization: Esri
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PARTNER Program: Promoting Active Rural Transportation ​with Need & Economic-based Resources
Provides resources dedicated to explaining and implementing the PARTNER Program, a community-led process for developing walking and bicycling routes in rural Alabama communities. Covers topics including collaboration, planning, implementation, and funding.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Extension at Auburn University
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Provides resources dedicated to explaining and implementing the PARTNER Program, a community-led process for developing walking and bicycling routes in rural Alabama communities. Covers topics including collaboration, planning, implementation, and funding.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Extension at Auburn University
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The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index
Interactive map of 184 indicators identifying climate vulnerability in health, social determinants of health, environment, and infrastructure at the state, county, and census tract levels.
Sponsoring organizations: Darkhorse Analytics, Environmental Defense Fund, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University
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Interactive map of 184 indicators identifying climate vulnerability in health, social determinants of health, environment, and infrastructure at the state, county, and census tract levels.
Sponsoring organizations: Darkhorse Analytics, Environmental Defense Fund, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University
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Broadband Climate Risk Mitigation Tool
Tool that provides hazard risk data alongside broadband access data for the purpose of infrastructure decision-making while considering natural hazards. Provides information at the county, address, or census tract level.
Sponsoring organization: Center on Rural Innovation
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Tool that provides hazard risk data alongside broadband access data for the purpose of infrastructure decision-making while considering natural hazards. Provides information at the county, address, or census tract level.
Sponsoring organization: Center on Rural Innovation
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Toward Racial Equity & Rural Prosperity: Legal & Policy Resources for Rural Communities
Resources for local and state policymakers discussing inequity in rural communities for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC). Includes resources for policymaking, water access, housing, and broadband.
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Resources for local and state policymakers discussing inequity in rural communities for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC). Includes resources for policymaking, water access, housing, and broadband.
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Local Infrastructure Hub: Resources
Provides information, funding opportunities, technical assistance, and more, to help communities access and use federal infrastructure funding.
Sponsoring organization: The United States Conference of Mayors
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Provides information, funding opportunities, technical assistance, and more, to help communities access and use federal infrastructure funding.
Sponsoring organization: The United States Conference of Mayors
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Tap Talk: The Drinking Water in Rural America Podcast
A podcast that discusses issues related to maintaining healthy drinking water supply and connecting professionals interested in public health infrastructure. Episodes focus on topics such as public health tracking, well water safety, healthy water initiatives in communities, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Community Assistance Partnership, University of Illinois
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A podcast that discusses issues related to maintaining healthy drinking water supply and connecting professionals interested in public health infrastructure. Episodes focus on topics such as public health tracking, well water safety, healthy water initiatives in communities, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Community Assistance Partnership, University of Illinois
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Rural Community Development (RCD) Project Highlights Map
Provides a snapshot of Rural Community Development (RCD) projects that provide clean and safe water and wastewater practices by state. Includes U.S. map that depicts the 6 regions collaborating with the RCD program.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Provides a snapshot of Rural Community Development (RCD) projects that provide clean and safe water and wastewater practices by state. Includes U.S. map that depicts the 6 regions collaborating with the RCD program.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Rural Community Development (RCD) Grant Recipient Spotlights
Presents Rural Community Development (RCD) grant recipient stories about how they developed clean and safe water and wastewater practices in their rural and/or tribal communities. Includes video testimonials from RCD project sites across the United States that discuss the impact of water/wastewater programs in their locality.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Presents Rural Community Development (RCD) grant recipient stories about how they developed clean and safe water and wastewater practices in their rural and/or tribal communities. Includes video testimonials from RCD project sites across the United States that discuss the impact of water/wastewater programs in their locality.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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