As health-care workforce shortages deepen nationwide, many of the most practical, scalable solutions are emerging not from large urban systems, but from rural communities willing to rethink how talent ...

Sponsored by Ascendium Education Group, the FORWARD curriculum is designed to support Cooperative Extension Professionals (CEPs) working to address workforce development issues in rural communities.

Explore the big questions surrounding rural health transformation program funding and its impact on stabilizing rural hospitals amid Medicaid cuts.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday it is spreading nearly $60 million across 63 organizations to address staffing shortages and quality of health care in rural areas. The ...

There are numerous challenges to providing high quality STEM education and workforce development in rural areas. Recognizing these challenges, the National Academies was directed to undertake a ...

The new federal program is providing $50 billion to states over a five-year period beginning in fiscal year 2026.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Whittemore works in Kennebec Valley Community College’s heat pump lab, where he teaches students how to install and maintain ...

Ms. Conner is a mother of six children. A grandmother of twice as many. She was raised on a farm, knows the meaning of hard work and reads her Bible daily. Unexpectedly, she suffered a stroke at the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri House of Representatives Special Interim Committee on Workforce Innovation and Technology held its final meeting Tuesday before a new legislative session ...

Delaware has applied for up to $1 billion in federal funding to address a rural health care crisis. The proposal includes 15 new programs, such as establishing the state's first medical school and ...

A program to incentivize investments in small, rural businesses is progressing through the Missouri Legislature through several vehicles. The Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources ...

Maine has had success in adopting heat pumps across the state, and jobs have grown quickly — particularly in rural areas. But as the state approaches big deadlines for heat pump installation and ...