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  • Predicting county-level food insecurity and hunger in Oregon

    Creator:
    Grussing, Jay D.
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    Oregon’s high hunger and food insecurity rates have been a concern throughout the last decade. These high rates earned Oregon the dubious distinction as the most food insecure with hunger state in the late 1990’s. While Oregon’s ranking has improved in recent years, our understanding of why Oregon ranked so...
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    : _________________________________________________________________ Bruce Weber Oregon’s high hunger and food insecurity rates have been a concern

  • Barriers to Community Involvement across Rural and Urban Communities

    Creator:
    Torgerson, Melissa
    Abstract:
    Many communities emphasize participatory involvement in local development or reinvention efforts. Recognizing barriers among specific groups could help community leaders identify what may be constraining underrepresented groups from joining in. Utilizing data from the Social Capital Benchmark Survey, this research examined identified “barriers” to community involvement among individuals in rural...
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    service, manufacturing and government sectors in more populated, surrounding areas. As a result, Elgin’s