Programs or projects serving rural communities can face a set of programming opportunities and challenges that differs from those serving more populated areas. Following are some of our favorite resources for this topic.

• Interview Questions for Rural Sites
• Reference Questions for Rural Sites
• Healthy Homes and Stronger Communities Rural Initiative
• Volunteering in Under-Resourced Rural Communities
• Rural Volunteering article by Steve McCurley (subscription required)

Effective Practices

• Managing multiple rural sites
• Connecting rural families to parenting resources
• Strengthening rural economic development through a community action team
• Recruiting mentors in tribal/rural communities: ten tips

Lending Library

• Organization of Hope: A Workbook for Rural Asset-Based Community Development
• Connecting Rural Communities: Volunteering and Neighboring
• Technology and Grit at the Grassroots

Related Websites

• Rural Community Development and Volunteering Resources from the USDA