Resources
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51 resources
2025 Webinar Series: Good to Know
2025
Learn about opportunities and get information that can help rural organizations thrive. Recordings and presentation resources from sessions with Texas Rural Funders, Feeding Texas, HHSC and USDA Rural Development.
ROC-ET Initiative
2022
Created by the foundation to establish certified community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in rural East Texas, with results on dollars deployed, loans made and jobs created or retained.
Rural East Texas Economic Opportunity Analysis
2022
Economic and labor market profiles of rural East Texas, including 2024 updates for the Northeast, Deep East and Southeast regions.
American Community Survey
The American Community Survey (ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation.
census.gov
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross stands by to assist in any disaster, small or large. This site will start your journey to finding disaster assistance.
redcross.org
Brookings and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Provides analysis on job quality and demand by Texas sub-regions.
brookingswof.shinyapps.io
Center on Rural Innovation
Provides localized data on demographics, housing, economics, entrepreneurship, community assets and federal spending and the capacity to compare peer communities.
local.ruralopportunitymap.us
Children’s Advocacy Centers of TX
Access child abuse prevention and awareness materials and locate a children’s advocacy center near you. CACTX is the statewide membership association representing all local children’s advocacy centers in Texas.
cactx.org
Childrens Defense Fund
The Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
childrensdefense.org
Connected Nation Texas
Provides state and county level and interactive broadband maps and broadband statistics.
connectednation.org
County Health Rankings
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, works to improve health outcomes for all and to close the health disparities between those with the most and least opportunities for good health.
countyhealthrankings.org
Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Provides detailed cost of living estimates across local communities or regions.
livingwage.mit.edu
East Texas Food Bank
Access SNAP, TANF, CHIP, Medicaid, and locate a food pantry near you. ETFB serves the residents of Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, and Shelby counties.
easttexasfoodbank.org
Harvest Regional Food Bank
Locate a food pantry or mobile food pantry near you. HRFB serves the residents of Bowie County in Texas, and Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Pike, and Sevier Counties in Arkansas.
harvestregionalfoodbank.org
Houston Food Bank
Access SNAP, Community Assistance Programs, COVID-19 assistance, and locate a food pantry near you. HFB serves the residents of Harris, Liberty, San Jacinto, and Trinity counties.
houstonfoodbank.org
HRSA
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal agency for improving health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.
hrsa.gov
HRSA Find a Rural Health Center
Find a Rural Health Clinic or Federally Qualified Health Center near you.
findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov
Medicaid/CHIP
This site includes important information on Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and signup.
medicaid.gov
NRHA
The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education and research.
ruralhealthweb.org
Southeast Texas Food Bank
Access “211” services, WIC, SNAP, and locate a food pantry near you. STFB serves the residents of Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine and Tyler Counties.
setxfoodbank.org
TACHC
TACHC is the federally-designated primary care association for the state and is the link between federal, state and local entities providing health care for Texas’ most vulnerable populations.
tachc.org
Texas 2036
Provides unique data visualizations, tools, and maps to track progress across Texas on key indicators, including education and workforce, health and human services, infrastructure, demographics, natural resources, justice and safety, government performance, and the economy.
texas2036.org
Texas 8th Grade Cohorts Tracked through Higher Education
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) follows cohorts of students who attend 8th grade in a Texas public school for 11 years to determine student outcomes including four years of high school, and six years of higher education. View the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board cohort data.
txhighereddata.org
Texas Community Water System Prioritization Tool
An Environmental Policy Innovation Center tool for prioritizing Texas community water systems.
policyinnovation.org
Texas Council on Family Violence
View data on the type and location of comprehensive services offered by family violence programs across Texas.
tcfv.org
Texas Education Agency
Provides information and other data about student performance, spending, and legislation implementation for the 1,200 districts and charters across Texas.
tea.texas.gov
Texas Education Agency (TEA) Newly Certified and New Teacher Hires Dashboards
Provide an improved understanding of the routes to newly hired educators, as well as the relationship between teacher preparation, certification pathways, and new teacher hires in Texas public schools.
tea4avcastro.tea.state.tx.us
Texas Health Data
This site contains public data and statistics on various health topics. The data are intended to help you plan and improve delivery of services, evaluate health care systems, inform policy decisions, and aid in research.
healthdata.dshs.texas.gov
Texas Homeless Resources
View Texas assistance and housing programs for people who are homeless or who are about to become homeless.
hhs.texas.gov
Texas Rural Funders
Find grants, information and resources curated by Texas Rural Funders for rural communities and organizations.
texasruralfunders.org
Texas RX Assistance Program
Texas Drug Card is the state’s free prescription assistance program. While providing uninsured residents with savings up to 80% on medications, Texas Drug Card also provides comparable savings to those with insurance on their non-covered medications.
staterxplans.us
The TEMPLE Read-Aloud Project
provides preschool and kindergarten educators with specific, research-based read-aloud routine and math-focused books that focus on the combined development of literacy skills (e.g., language, reading) (e.g., counting, comparison, geometry). See more information and downloadable classroom resources.
meadowscenter.org
TORCH
TORCH is an organization of rural and community hospitals, corporations and interested individuals working together to address the special needs and issues of rural and community hospitals, staff and patients they serve.
torchnet.org
United States Census Bureau and Opportunity Insights
Provides neighborhood-level social mobility data.
opportunityatlas.org
Your Texas Benefits
Apply for benefits and send your info to support services to be contacted by state and federal programs such as TANF, SNAP, WIC, Medicaid, and more.
yourtexasbenefits.com