Family Economic Security for Rural Americans National KIDS COUNT Network (PDF, 16.3 MB, 64 pages) October 2004

Family economic security may be the single most important thing we can do for the well-being of our children. Unfortunately, programs and initiatives that work in urban neighborhoods do not always work for rural communities. The goal of Family Economic Security for Rural Americans, a recent study funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation relating to their Family Economic Success initiative, was to look through the eyes of rural families and gain understanding of the unique hardships they face.

The Family Economic Security for Rural Americans project consists of 13 states in five clusters. Each Kids Count Regional/Rural Collaborative produced their own report describing their area's rural research findings. This report is a compilation of the results of all five publications. Click for larger image
	View complete Family Economic Security for Rural Americans Report
	View individual report sections separately: Report Executive Summary Introduction Snapshots of the Five Research Study Sites Emerging Themes Qualitative and Quantitative Findings (Economic Opportunities, Social Networks, Services and Supports, Summary) Implications for Policy Change Appendices
	View separate publication entitled Executive Summary 1.99 MB, 8 pages, October 2004

Supplemental Materials:

The Rural Great Plains Collaborative Project (consisting of Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) issued the following report in December 2001: A Rural Road: Exploring Economic Opportunity, Social Networks, Services and Supports that Affect Rural Families

This report and reports from the other four rural collaborative research sites are available on the Annie E. Casey Foundation Rural Collaboratives website.

The North Dakota KIDS COUNT Inform Fact Sheet, "Building Economic Security for Rural Families in North Dakota" released April 2005.

A discussion of rural/urban/metro definitions as well as North Dakota maps are available on the North Dakota State Data Center website.