The Center for Rural Pennsylvania

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

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.

๐Ÿ“Š Join the Pennsylvania State Data Center for the 2026 Data User Conference on Thursday, June 4, at Penn State Harrisbur...
05/12/2026

๐Ÿ“Š Join the Pennsylvania State Data Center for the 2026 Data User Conference on Thursday, June 4, at Penn State Harrisburg.

This oneโ€‘day, summitโ€‘style conference brings together researchers, planners, and data practitioners from across the Commonwealth to share practical, realโ€‘world examples of how data supports analysis, planning, and decisionโ€‘making.

๐Ÿ“ฒ Register today to secure your spot!
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://pasdcconference.org/

๐Ÿ“ฃ The Center for Rural Pennsylvaniaโ€™s 2026 Research Grant Program Special Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available!๐Ÿš”...
05/11/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ The Center for Rural Pennsylvaniaโ€™s 2026 Research Grant Program Special Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available!

๐Ÿš” This Special RFP focuses on the regionalization and contracting of police services in rural Pennsylvania.

๐Ÿ“… Proposal submissions are due June 22, 2026.

Learn more here. ๐Ÿ‘‰ http://bit.ly/4woP8PG

๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿš‘๐Ÿฉบ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š: ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐Ÿ“ข Last week, the Center for R...
05/11/2026

๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿš‘๐Ÿฉบ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š: ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ

๐Ÿ“ข Last week, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania convened a public hearing focused on rural health access, care delivery, and system transformation across the Commonwealth.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ State officials, health care leaders, researchers, EMS and behavioral health experts, and community-based care providers shared testimony on Pennsylvaniaโ€™s Rural Health Transformation Program, the role of EMS and behavioral health as access points for care, and models that can expand services in rural communities.

๐ŸŽค Thank you to all of the testifiers for offering valuable insight into how funding, care coordination, emergency response, behavioral health, and community-based care models can support rural health systems.

๐ŸŽฅ Missed it or want to watch again? Learn more and view the full recording here.
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.rural.pa.gov/news-events/public-hearing/rural-health-transformation

05/06/2026
๐Ÿ“ฃ Join the Westmoreland Redevelopment Authority & Land Bank on Friday, May 1, for the 5th Annual Blight and Revitalizati...
04/30/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ Join the Westmoreland Redevelopment Authority & Land Bank on Friday, May 1, for the 5th Annual Blight and Revitalization Summit.

๐ŸŽค The Center for Rural Pennsylvaniaโ€™s Assistant Director, Dr. Laura Dimino, will deliver the keynote address, setting the tone for the day on how municipalities can revitalize their main streets.

๐Ÿ˜๏ธ This yearโ€™s theme, โ€œMain Street Revitalization,โ€ brings together municipal, administrative, business, and community leaders to explore strategies to address blight and strengthen communities.

๐Ÿ•— 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Westmoreland County Community College, 145 Pavilion Lane, Youngwood, PA 15697
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/2026blight-summit.

๐Ÿ“ข Thank you to Morning Ag Clips for covering the Center for Rural Pennsylvaniaโ€™s recent report, "Analysis of Pennsylvani...
04/29/2026

๐Ÿ“ข Thank you to Morning Ag Clips for covering the Center for Rural Pennsylvaniaโ€™s recent report, "Analysis of Pennsylvania Crime Trends: An Updated Rural/Urban Comparison."

๐Ÿš” The report examines crime trends across Pennsylvaniaโ€™s rural and urban counties from 2013 through 2023.

๐Ÿ”— Read the full article here: https://www.morningagclips.com/center-for-rural-pa-releases-research-on-crime-trends-in-rural-and-urban-counties/.
๐Ÿ”— Read the report here: https://bit.ly/4mwJsyx.

HARRISBURG, Pa. โ€” The Center for Rural Pennsylvania has recently released, Analysis of Pennsylvania Crime Trends: An Updated Rural/Urban Comparison, a new research report examining...

๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿš‘๐Ÿฉบ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š: ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ŸŽค The Center for Rural Pennsy...
04/24/2026

๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿš‘๐Ÿฉบ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š: ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ

๐ŸŽค The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors and staff are convening a public hearing to examine key issues affecting rural health care delivery and system transformation across the Commonwealth. Testimony will focus on Pennsylvaniaโ€™s Rural Health Transformation Plan, the role of EMS and behavioral health as access points for care, and community-based models that expand access to services in rural communities.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Wednesday, May 6
๐Ÿ•™ 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Room 8EB, East Wing, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120
๐Ÿ’ป www.SenatorGeneYaw.com or Senator Gene Yaw

๐Ÿ”— Learn more on the Center's website. ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.rural.pa.gov/news-events/public-hearing/rural-health-transformation

๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—œ โ€” ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ...
04/23/2026

๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—œ โ€” ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐Ÿ“ข Thank you to everyone who joined the Center for Rural Pennsylvaniaโ€™s recent public hearing on data centers at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts in Wellsboro, Tioga County.

๐ŸŒ This first hearing in a multi-part series brought together state, local, industry, and environmental perspectives to examine the growing role of data centers in Pennsylvania.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ A special thank you to all of the testifiers for sharing their expertise and insightful testimony to help inform policymakers on this important and evolving issue.

๐ŸŽฅ Missed it or want to watch again? Learn more and view the full recording here. ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.rural.pa.gov/news-events/public-hearing/data-centers-part-i

๐ŸŽฅ Thank you to WETM 18 News for the coverage!
04/21/2026

๐ŸŽฅ Thank you to WETM 18 News for the coverage!

WELLSBORO, Pa (WETM) โ€” Data centers are coming to New York and Pennsylvania. And there was a public hearing hosted by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania and elected officials about implementing dataโ€ฆ

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