August 23, 2007

Foundations Urged to Do More to Aid America's Rural Regions

By Suzanne Perry

Foundations could help alleviate many of the nation's most pressing problems by focusing more on the challenges and opportunities of rural America, said speakers at a conference on rural philanthropy here this month.

While such regions receive fewer philanthropic dollars than urban areas, the nation's rural areas have been hit hard by some of the issues that top the country's policy agenda — access to health care, immigration of low-wage workers, the need for better

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