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491. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study (WIC NATS) - Resources
Date: May 2024

Provides an overview of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and how local WIC agencies and clinic sites assess their breastfeeding and nutrition services to improve participant retention and service delivery. Includes two reports: a pre-pandemic nutrition assessment report at the state and local levels and a remote versus in-person report focused on assessment processes. Includes data from state agencies as well as 369 local WIC agencies, with differences between rural versus urban agencies discussed.

...Food security and nutrition · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

492. Rural New York: Challenges and Opportunities - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Provides comparative data for the 10 rural counties in New York. Discusses issues such as transportation, aging and overall declining population, shrinking labor force, and lack of access to adequate housing, food, healthcare, and broadband.

...Employment and unemployment · Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Statistics and data · Transportation · New York...

493. Examining Food Insecurity in the Rural United States: A Qualitative Study - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Explores the difficulties families experience when trying to provide nutritious food to children, as well as related issues of food insecurity in 6 rural counties of the U.S. Discusses perceptions of food benefits, family circumstances, and participant suggestions to improve food access.

...America, No Kid Hungry Benefit enrollment and application · Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition...

494. Economic Hardship and Health Within Sociodemographic and Occupational Groups — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2022–2023 - Resources
Date: May 2025

Reports on economic hardship measures and self-rated health among employed and recently unemployed adults. Hardship measures included lack of health insurance, cost of medical care, employment instability, food insecurity, housing insecurity, utility insecurity, lack of reliable transportation, and receipt of food benefits. Provides data by occupation, including for people employed in farming, fishing, and forestry.

...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Housing and homelessness · Poverty · Social determinants of health · Statistics...

495. The Impact of the Coronavirus on Local Food Insecurity - Resources
Date: May 2020

Investigates the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity in the United States by examining county- and state-level data on changes in food insecurity from 2018-2020. Highlights information from counties in rural areas.

...county data · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · State-by-state data · State-by-state...

496. America's Healthy Food Financing Initiative Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund Loans and Technical Assistance - Funding
Deadline: Sep 30, 2028

Loans and technical assistance funding for projects related to increasing food access and strengthening, expanding, and innovating within the food retail supply chain. Loans are one-time investments of capital to address barriers to entry in the food retail or food enterprise fields for rural and other eligible areas. Technical assistance funding will support planning and other projects that build capacity to develop a food retail outlet or food enterprise.

...Capital funding · Community and economic development · Employment and unemployment · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Women...

497. Rural Communities Leading the Way: Introducing Local Foods to Meal Service - Resources
Date: Oct 2021

Discusses how 3 rural communities utilize local food procurement strategies to provide for school meals. Includes approaches to overcome food insecurity, invest in local food economies, and provide educational opportunities for students related to agriculture and science.

...Children and youth · Community and economic development · Community engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Schools...

498. Colorado Healthy Foods Financing Initiative (HFFI) - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Loans for retail grocery providers, carts, co-ops, farmer markets, trucks, delivery services, food production companies and distributors, urban and rural agricultural projects, and other healthy food businesses. Loan recipients receive access to business coaching and other resources.

...officer and begin the application process. Loans Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Colorado...

499. A Prospective Cohort Analysis of Gut Microbial Co-metabolism in Alaska Native and Rural African People at High and Low Risk of Colorectal Cancer - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Presents a study examining the role of diet and gut microbiota in rates of colorectal cancer. Compares the diets of Alaska Natives, who have the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the world, with the diets of rural Africans, who have some of the lowest.

...Cancer · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Public health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Alaska...

500. Characteristics of School Districts Offering Free School Meals to All Students Through the Community Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program - Resources
Date: Aug 2018

Examines characteristics of school districts that elected to implement the Community Eligibility Provision during the 2015-2016 school year. Features statistics with breakdowns by rural, urban, suburban, or town locations.

...Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...