White House names Rural IMPACT demonstration sites
The White House today announced the 10 sites participating in the Rural IMPACT demonstration, an initiative to help address rural child poverty. More than six million rural Americans live in poverty, including about 1.5 million children. The 10 rural and tribal communities participating in the demonstration are:
- Berea (KY), Partners for Education at Berea College (Serving Knox County, KY)
- Blanding (UT), The San Juan Foundation (Serving San Juan County, UT)
- Blytheville (AR), Mississippi County, Arkansas Economic Opportunity Commission, Inc. (Serving Mississippi County, AR)
- Hillsboro (OH), Highland County Community Action Organization, Inc. (Serving Highland County, OH)
- Hugo (OK), Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. (Serving Choctaw, McCurtain and Pushmataha Counties)
- Jackson (MS), Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc. (Serving Issaquena, Sharkey and Humphreys Counties, MS)
- Machias (ME), Community Caring Collaborative (Serving Washington County, ME)
- Marshalltown (IA), Mid‐Iowa Community Action, Inc. (Serving Marshalltown, IA)
- Oakland (MD), Garrett County Community Action Committee and the Allegany Human Resources Commission (Serving Garrett and Allegany Counties, MD)
- White Earth (MN), White Earth Reservation Tribal Council (Serving Mahnomen County and portions of Clearwater and Becker Counties)