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Thursday, Jun 11, 2020Posted in: Featured News, Native communities
COVID-19 pandemic magnifies inequities faced by Tribal communities
The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted communities large and small around the world. But the pandemic has hit Tribal communities especially hard. According to the Daily Yonder, on the Navajo Reservation as of May 27, 2020, 4,944 people out of a population of 173,000 had tested positive for Covid-19, and 159 had died.
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Monday, Jun 01, 2020Posted in: Colorado, Featured News, Louis Martin, Rural America
Colorado Launches new toolkit for suicide prevention in rural areas
Gov. Jared Polis appeared in a Facebook live event on May 19 with the heads of Colorado Department of Agriculture and the Department of Human Services. The two state agencies have announced a collection of mental health resources aimed at rural Colorado communities. The agencies announced a new “toolkit”
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020Posted in: Economic issues, Featured News, Louis Martin, Rural America
USDA makes $1 billion in loan guarantees to help rural businesses
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced on May 21 that the department is making $1 billion available in loan guarantees to help rural businesses. Perdue stated the aim is to help such businesses meet their working capital needs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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