This project was designed to get to the bottom of why child abuse and neglect rates continue to be so high in Klamath County. Community partners have a strong relationship with each other and are cooperating to address ...

Testimony of Roger B. Hammer, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Sustainable Rural Communities Initiative, Oregon State University before the House Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Appropriations Subc ...

Our analysis in this paper provides updated estimates of what the impact on Oregon counties would have been if Secure Rural Schools funding had not been continued. The original report used estimates from the June 2008 In ...

Improving the quality of education and encouraging students to stay in school is one possible strategy for reducing poverty and raising local well-being in rural areas. A potential obstacle to this strategy, however, is ...

Findings of the 2010 evaluation of the Ford Institute Leadership Program. Evaluation assessed impact of the Leadership Program on individuals, organizations, and communities.

This report represents part of a study being conducted by the Rural Studies Program at Oregon State University that will analyze the impacts of reduced Federal land payments to counties on the services provided by county ...

In 2003 the US Census Bureau found that 11.2% of the United States population was food insecure at some time during the year. The curious nature of such statistics only increases when we shift our gaze to the state of O ...

This Primer is intended to serve Extension personnel and community leaders as they work in local communities facing decisions with long-range implications. Some communities may engage in long-range planning without any c ...