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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 ...

Youth mental health: Where rural families can find help now

By Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research Rural families face a number of headwinds when it comes to accessing mental health services for their children. The heart of the problem, the lack of mental health workers in rural areas, is complex, and the solutions aren’t cheap: higher pay for mental health workers, more opportunities for ...

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.  ...

Associated Press: Changes at USPS may slow down mail delivery to rural areas

EXCERPT: “The U.S. Postal Service is planning to make changes that could result in slower service to rural areas. The proposal, announced Aug. 22, would adjust mail delivery times while maintaining a commitment to a maximum five-day delivery for the flagship Ground Advantage program nationwide and a maximum three-day delivery for local first-class mail. USPS said the ...

MinnPost: Rural Minnesota residents struggle to adapt when a nursing home closes

EXCERPT: “Paulette Johnson described her brother John’s move from one nursing home to another as ‘traumatic.’ John Johnson had lived in the Meadow Lane Restorative Care Center in Benson for about five years before he had to leave when the center announced its closure last summer. Since the COVID pandemic, nursing homes across Minnesota have been closing ...

Finance & Commerce: Greater Minnesota farms, businesses to receive grants

EXCERPT: “The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving grants to 86 projects in Greater Minnesota that will increase access to clean energy and increase the production of biofuels, according to a press release. A combined $26.8 million be disbursed through two programs — $9.2 million from the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, and $17.5 ...