Federal Resources

This booklet from the Department of Education helps parents, regardless of their level of technological expertise, use the on-line world as an important educational tool.

These issue briefs are the latest in a series that presents strategies high schools can use to help at-risk students stay in school and graduate:

1. Case Management for High Schools
   Provides information on case management, a school-based dropout prevention strategy
   in which a social worker or school professional advises students and connects them to services to address their academic and non-academic needs
2. Social Services
   Describes the social services high schools can provide to address the non-academic issues that can negatively affect student participation and outcomes, such as health care, mental health care, and assistance with shelter, clothing, or transportation

This report from the Study of the Implementation of Research-Based Programs to Prevent Youth Substance Abuse and School Crime offers the following information which can be applied to gang prevention efforts: collecting background information on substance abuse and school crime, identifying research-based programs and practices, using data collection instruments, developing implementation fidelity measures, and collecting, processing, and analyzing data.

This report (PDF, 94 pages) provides key data that illustrate the educational inequities and opportunity gaps that continue to exist for students of color and low-income students in accessing and completing a quality postsecondary education. It also highlights the Obama Administration’s efforts to promote diversity in institutions of higher education, and provides recommendations for states, colleges, and universities to promote higher education access and inclusion for all students.

Rural Development is committed to helping faith and community organizations learn about and access programs that can enhance their capacity to serve their community. This toolkit offers a one-stop shop for organizations interested in applying for Rural Development programs and includes supplemental resources, legal guidance for faith and community groups and contact information for the Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Office and liaisons at USDA

This site provides contact information for Rural Development State Offices.

This site provides funding notices for Rural Development programs and grants.