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Season 4, Episode 3: Launching Your Future Today (LYFT) Initiative

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Season 4, Episode 3: Launching Your Future Today (LYFT) Initiative
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Our most recent research highlighted the importance career and technical education played in the Southwest’s region’s labor force. On this episode, Kelly Asche (Senior Researcher) chats with Eriann Faris, the Career and Technical Education Program Coordinator for Southwest West Central Services Cooperative and leads the Launching Your Future Today (LYFT) initiative. Eriann explains how LYFT...

Season 4, Episode 2: Legislative preview with Scott McMahon

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Season 4, Episode 2: Legislative preview with Scott McMahon
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The 2024 Legislative session is just around the corner so Julie Tesch (CEO and President) checks in with Scott McMahon, the Executive Director of the Greater Minnesota Partnership. They discuss what the session may hold for various rural issues.

Season 4, Episode 1: The journey to meaningful workforce participation among Southwest graduates

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Season 4, Episode 1: The journey to meaningful workforce participation among Southwest graduates
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The Center for Rural Policy recently released a report outlining the education and employment patterns of Southwest high school graduates. On this episode, Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher, discusses the report and what he found while researching this important issue.

Season 3, Episode 10: The declining rural newspaper?

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Season 3, Episode 10: The declining rural newspaper?
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The Center for Rural Policy recently released a report outlining the trends of rural newspapers in Minnesota and some of the challenges and opportunities they are currently facing. On this episode, Marnie Werner, Director of Research, discusses the report and what she found while researching this important issue.

Season 3, Episode 9: The General Education Revenue Program and Rural Districts

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Season 3, Episode 9: The General Education Revenue Program and Rural Districts
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In this episode, Marnie Werner interviews Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher for the Center for Rural Policy and Development to discuss the most recent research report- “Shedding Light on the Education Formula“.  They touch on the reason the education formula is complex, that it distributes funds “unequally” by design, and their amazement on how much the...

Season 3, Episode 8: Bottle necks in Mental Health Career Pipeline

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Season 3, Episode 8: Bottle necks in Mental Health Career Pipeline
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The Center for Rural Policy and Development partnered with Minnesota State University, Mankato – Center for Rural Behavioral Health to survey and interview rural mental health providers to identify barriers in recruiting and retaining workers. Through the survey it has become apparent that the mental healthcare workforce shortage is being aggravated by a handful of...

Season 3, Episode 7: Legislative preview with Scott McMahon

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Season 3, Episode 7: Legislative preview with Scott McMahon
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The 2023 Legislative session is in full swing so Julie checks in with Scott McMahon, the Executive Director of the Greater Minnesota Partnership. They discuss what the session may hold for various rural issues such as child care, housing, and broadband.

Season 3, Episode 6: The State of Rural 2023 – A shift in the trends

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Season 3, Episode 6: The State of Rural 2023 - A shift in the trends
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On this episode, Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research & Operations, interviews colleague Kelly Asche about this years State of Rural report. Every year the Center for Rural Policy and Development publishes the State of Rural – a report outlining the various economic and demographic trends taking place in rural Minnesota. Most years it’s a...

Season 3, Episode 5: Challenges of grant writing for rural municipal governments

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Season 3, Episode 5: Challenges of grant writing for rural municipal governments
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On this episode, Marnie Werner, VP of Research and Operations, interviews Julie Tesch (CEO and President of CRDP) and Kelly Asche (Senior Research Associate) about their experiences working with and in municipal governments and their attempts to find, apply, and administer grants. What are some of the challenges, and solutions that would help our small...

Season 3, Episode 4: Interview with Martha Castanon from Immigrant Law Center

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Season 3, Episode 4: Interview with Martha Castanon from Immigrant Law Center
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On this episode, Julie Tesch interviews Center for Rural Policy and Development Board member Martha Castanon. Martha is an Accredited Representative for the Immigrant Law Center in Moorhead, Minnesota. Julie and her discuss how her parents met in Comstock, Minnesota, the services that the Immigrant Law Center provides to immigrant and refugee populations as well...