Drug overdoses on the rise in rural America

A new Center for Disease Control study shows an increase in drug overdose deaths during the first months of the pandemic.

Federal Policy Priorities: Transforming Areas of Persistent Poverty into Persistent Prosperity

The Partners for Rural Transformation is a national coalition committed to serving rural communities in persistent poverty. Collectively, we serve the majority of people living in persistently impoverished places, largely rural areas.

Rural areas experience rise in COVID-19 new cases

As the U.S. transitions into winter, COVID-19 cases are again on the rise, but the new hot spots are in rural states. Bloomberg News reports that as of October 19, the highest case rates per capita for the previous seven days had been in North and South Dakota, Montana, Wisconsin and Utah.

Postal Service considers cuts to major program in rural Alaska

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday he is considering the elimination of Alaska’s bypass mail program, which ships groceries to rural communities and indirectly supports airlines in Alaska.

Colorado Launches new toolkit for suicide prevention in rural areas

Gov. Jared Polis appeared in a Facebook live event on May 19 with the heads of Colorado Department of Agriculture and the Department of Human Services. The two state agencies have announced a collection of mental health resources aimed at rural Colorado communities. The agencies announced a new “toolkit”