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State of Rural preview: Nonemployer receipts

By: Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher Every January, the Center for Rural Policy and Development releases the “State of Rural,” a report that reviews the important demographic and economic  trends in Greater Minnesota. We usually have to wait until December—that is when the U.S. Census Bureau releases the newest batch of data for the American Community ...

State of Rural preview: Nonemployer statistics

By: Kelly Asche, Senior Research Every January, the Center for Rural Policy and Development releases the “State of Rural,” a report that provides the trends of important demographic and economic measures. We usually have to wait until December—that is when the U.S. Census Bureau releases the newest batch of data for the American Community Survey, ...

Season 5, Episode 2: Census Funding with MACS and The Census Project

On this episode, Kelly Asche interviews Joan Naymark, Executive Director of the Minnesotan's for the ACS, and Mary Jo Mitch, co-director of The Census Project. They discuss current funding for the Census Bureau and it's impacts on providing accurate data for rural Minnesota in the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey.

Before it’s a crisis

Connecting kids to mental health services faster By Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research Even before we started work on our latest report, “Youth Mental Health: Where parents can find help now,” we were hearing stories of kids (and adults, too) brought to the emergency room of the local rural hospital because parents (or family ...

Interconnected – Youth Mental Health in Minnesota

The Center for Rural Policy & Development and the Citizens League hosted another conversation in their Interconnected series on Thursday, September 12, 2024. The mental health of children and teens in America has grown increasingly worse in recent years in what has been called a youth mental health crisis. Minnesota consistently ranks as one of ...

Season 5, Episode 1: Introducing our new research agenda

On this episode, Julie, Marnie and Kelly discuss the new process in which they developed their research agenda, interesting research conducted by our interns over the summer, and upcoming reports being released in the next few months.

Thursday, Sept. 12 – Interconnected: Youth Mental Health in Minnesota

The mental health of children and teens in America has grown increasingly worse in recent years in what has been called a youth mental health crisis. Minnesota consistently ranks as one of the healthiest states for children and young people overall, but those numbers often overlook the systemic inequities that negatively impact many young people.  ...

Blog post: 988 usage 2018-2023

By Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research & Operations In a report we released last February, we talked about an important tool in the work on suicide prevention, 988. The suicide prevention phone number changed in 2022 from its former ten-digit 800 number to the easy-to-remember three digits. As part of our discussion on suicide ...

Interconnected: Minnesota’s Housing Crisis

The Center for Rural Policy & Development and the Citizens League hosted another conversation in their Interconnected series on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. This online conversation covered the housing crisis and challenges across Minnesota – from substantial racial disparities in homeownership to innovative housing solutions, how are communities and organizations across the state working to ...