The Center for Rural Pennsylvania

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

The Center works with the legislature, educators, state and federal executive branch agencies, and national, statewide, regional and local organizations to maximize resources and strategies that can better serve Pennsylvania's 3.4 million rural residents.

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Great feature from Rural Health Information Hub on St. Luke's University Health Network and its Psychiatry Rural Trainin...
09/22/2021
Creating New Rural Residency Programs: Three Grantees Share Their Stories - The Rural Monitor

Great feature from Rural Health Information Hub on St. Luke's University Health Network and its Psychiatry Rural Training Track Residency Program
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rural-monitor/rural-residency-programs/?utm_source=racupdate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=update092221

HRSA’s Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program supports organizations developing new rural residency programs. Three grantees – St. Luke’s University Health Network in Pennsylvania, Baptist Memorial Hospital in Mississippi, and Sutter Health in California – share what the RRP...

DataGram: adult educational attainment in PA. https://www.rural.palegislature.us/demographics_datagram_adult_educational...
09/21/2021

DataGram: adult educational attainment in PA.
https://www.rural.palegislature.us/demographics_datagram_adult_educational_attainment_pa.html

For more info on education, check out the Rural Policy Summit: Education presentationhttps://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/Education-Summit-Presentation-091521.pdf

DataGram: adult educational attainment in PA.
https://www.rural.palegislature.us/demographics_datagram_adult_educational_attainment_pa.html

For more info on education, check out the Rural Policy Summit: Education presentationhttps://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/Education-Summit-Presentation-091521.pdf

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit on Education is scheduled for September 15 at 9 am.The series is being cohosted by the Penn...
09/13/2021
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2021 Rural Policy Summit: Education. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit on Education is scheduled for September 15 at 9 am.

The series is being cohosted by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, Pennsylvania Rural Development Council, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Downtown Center, and Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank's Community Development and Regional Outreach Department.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w4Be_oTgQfmrBYc7-iljeQ

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit is a virtual series that will bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, nonprofit leaders, academic researchers, industry professionals, and others interested in rural, to learn about and discuss major policy issues that will affect rural Penns...

ICYMI: The 2021 Rural Policy Summit on Education is scheduled for September 15 at 9 am.The summit panelists are: Dr. Mic...
09/08/2021
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2021 Rural Policy Summit: Education. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

ICYMI: The 2021 Rural Policy Summit on Education is scheduled for September 15 at 9 am.

The summit panelists are: Dr. Michael Driscoll, President of Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Joanna Papada, Vice President of Government & External Relations, Manchester Bidwell Corporation; Robert Farinelli, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College; and Katharine Pude, Superintendent, Bradford Area School District.

The series is being cohosted by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, Pennsylvania Rural Development Council, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Downtown Center, and Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank's Community Development and Regional Outreach Department.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w4Be_oTgQfmrBYc7-iljeQ

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit is a virtual series that will bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, nonprofit leaders, academic researchers, industry professionals, and others interested in rural, to learn about and discuss major policy issues that will affect rural Penns...

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit on Education is Wednesday, September 15, beginning at 9 a.m. Please register here: https://...
08/31/2021

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit on Education is Wednesday, September 15, beginning at 9 a.m. Please register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w4Be_oTgQfmrBYc7-iljeQ

More information: https://www.rural.palegislature.us/publications_2021_rural_policy_summit.html

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit on Education is Wednesday, September 15, beginning at 9 a.m. Please register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w4Be_oTgQfmrBYc7-iljeQ

More information: https://www.rural.palegislature.us/publications_2021_rural_policy_summit.html

08/20/2021
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The Federal Reserve System and its partners are fielding a survey to report how the effects of COVID-19 are changing within low- to moderate-income communities and organizations serving them. Please help by taking this survey today.

If you are an organization whose members work in low-income communities, please forward the survey link to others who have unique knowledge of what is happening in their communities.

Please click the link below to complete the survey.

https://frb.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6M4xGErITN8War4?Source=%20PHL

The survey will close at 11:59 p.m. EST / 8:59 p.m. PST Tue., Aug 27, 2021.

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Calendar note: August 24 at 10 a.m., the Center will hold a virtual public hearing on invasive species in rural Pennsylv...
08/11/2021

Calendar note: August 24 at 10 a.m., the Center will hold a virtual public hearing on invasive species in rural Pennsylvania. Here are the details and registration link:
https://www.rural.palegislature.us/publications_public_hearing_invasive_species.html

Calendar note: August 24 at 10 a.m., the Center will hold a virtual public hearing on invasive species in rural Pennsylvania. Here are the details and registration link:
https://www.rural.palegislature.us/publications_public_hearing_invasive_species.html

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07/27/2021

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The first session of the 2021 Rural Policy Summit is Thursday, July 22. Hope you can join us!
07/20/2021
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2021 Rural Policy Summit – A Profile of Rural Pennsylvania. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The first session of the 2021 Rural Policy Summit is Thursday, July 22. Hope you can join us!

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit is a virtual series that will bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, nonprofit leaders, academic researchers, industry professionals, and others interested in rural, to learn about and discuss major policy issues that will affect rural Penns...

📣📣 U.S. Department of Agriculture NASS is gearing up for the 2022 Ag Census - Get more info here https://www.nass.usda.g...
07/15/2021
USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service - Census of Agriculture

📣📣 U.S. Department of Agriculture NASS is gearing up for the 2022 Ag Census - Get more info here https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/?utm_source=Communications+Master+List&utm_campaign=e46ad1f152-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_22_09_33_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_74112010c8-e46ad1f152-260815225

The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold,...

DataGram: Today is Bastille Day. What does that have to do with Pennsylvania? Between 1793 and 1803, French royalists, w...
07/14/2021
Marie Antoinette Lookout | Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency

DataGram: Today is Bastille Day. What does that have to do with Pennsylvania? Between 1793 and 1803, French royalists, who fled the French Revolution in 1793, established a settlement near Wyalusing, Pa. That settlement is now known as the French Azilum Historic Site. https://visitbradfordcounty.com/marie-antoinette-lookout/

https://www.rural.palegislature.us/demographics_datagram_pa_french_ancestory.html

Marie Antoinette Lookout The Marie Antoinette Lookout is and overlook that is located just off of US Route 6 near Wyalusing in Pennsylvania. It is located near the town of Towanda. It offers a scenic view of the Susquehanna River, the mountains, the French Azilum, and a French refugee settlement tha...

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07/14/2021
Pennsylvania Coalition Against R**e

Pennsylvania Coalition Against R**e

Title IX protects students from discrimination based on s*x, including s*xual harassment, abuse, and assault, within federally-funded educational institutions. These webinars will explore the impact of Title IX within K-12 school settings, provide updates on the 2020 changes, and offer recommendatio...

ICYMI: Yesterday, OMB announced that it will maintain the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) threshold of 50,000, and w...
07/14/2021
Office of Management and Budget Announces 2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas | The White House

ICYMI: Yesterday, OMB announced that it will maintain the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) threshold of 50,000, and will revisit updates in 2030. The announcement is available here https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2021/07/13/office-of-management-and-budget-announces-2020-standards-for-delineating-core-based-statistical-areas/

Here's a link to the Center's public hearing back in March on how the definition change may affect rural Pennsylvania: https://www.rural.palegislature.us/publications_redefining_metropolitan_areas.html

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today announced the 2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas. The standards will supersede the 2010 standards with modest revisions. Core-based statistical area standards are intended for statistical purposes only to help ensure Federal ag...

07/06/2021

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Please join us on July 22 as we launch our new virtual 2021 Rural Policy Summit series. The goal of the summit is to bri...
07/01/2021
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 2021 Rural Policy Summit – A Profile of Rural Pennsylvania. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Please join us on July 22 as we launch our new virtual 2021 Rural Policy Summit series.

The goal of the summit is to bring together policymakers, nonprofit leaders, academic researchers, industry professionals, and others interested in rural to learn about and discuss major policy issues that will affect rural Pennsylvania over the next 5 to 10 years

Thanks to our cohosts: Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, Pennsylvania Rural Development Council, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Downtown Center, and Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank’s Community Development and Regional Outreach Department.

Please register in advance at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uIKYtfwURuyDYIKjLT45pA.

The 2021 Rural Policy Summit is a virtual series that will bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, nonprofit leaders, academic researchers, industry professionals, and others interested in rural, to learn about and discuss major policy issues that will affect rural Penns...

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625 Forster Street #902
Harrisburg, PA
17120

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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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(717) 787-9555

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The Center promotes and sustains the vitality of Pennsylvania's rural and small communities by:


  • sponsoring research projects to identify policy options for legislative and executive branch consideration and action;

  • collecting data on trends and conditions to understand the diversity of rural Pennsylvania;

  • publishing information and research results to inform and educate audiences about the diverse people and communities of rural Pennsylvania; and

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    Greetings from the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Rural & Remote Medicine Club (RRMC)! Our club is very active, and we are seeking out new opportunities for research/service/learning.
    Heads up, we need help supporting SB820 (PA Senate Bill 820) Limited liability for farmers having the public on their farm for corn mazes, pick your own, farmstays, farm markets, agritourism. Bill is in committee, meeting with negative feedback. Call your Senator and voice your support for agritourism limited liability. Ohio farmers have been supported since Aug. 2016 and 25 other states have passed similar bills. What about PA farmers that market to the public on their farms ? Please contact your Senator and make sure PA farmers have coverage too. Thank you