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Closing the Digital Divide in Appalachia

March 4, 2022

How Policymakers can Maximize Historic Broadband Investments to Bring Virtual Opportunity to Every Community On February 4th, Fahe submitted public comments to the National Telecommunications and

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Kentucky Access to Recovery

February 23, 2022

A Timely Analysis of a Community-Level Approach to Holistic Recovery Support As communities across the country continue to grapple with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, attention is slowly

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A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity

January 31, 2022

How Strengthening Capital Flows to our Underserved Communities Can Help Every Family Reach their American Dream With the recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 15,

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The Best Gifts Come in Small Packages

December 23, 2021

How Fahe’s MicroMortgage Program is Reimagining Traditional Home Lending & Breaking Down Barriers to Homeownership In many parts of the country, families can pay more for rent than the combined

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“Home, Sweet Home”

December 22, 2021

How Fahe’s Down Payment Assistance Program is Putting the American Dream within Reach for our Neighbors As the fallout from the pandemic continues to reverberate throughout many sectors of the

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“Infrastructure Week” Comes to Appalachia with Enactment of Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act

November 22, 2021

Once-in-a-Generation Investment Promises to Make the American Dream a Reality for Millions of Families On November 15th, 2021, after months of negotiations among House and Senate leaders, the

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Addressing Philanthropic Blind Spots

October 25, 2021

Philanthropy has a rural blind spot (SSIR Spring 2021).   According to Robert Atkins, Sarah Allred, and Daniel Hart, the distance of the wealthiest philanthropies, which are often located

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2021 Annual Meeting Offers Expert Insights and Tested Strategies for Fahe Members to Build a Strong Foundation for the Future

October 21, 2021

The Fahe Annual Meeting is traditionally a time for Fahe Members, partners, and stakeholders from across the region to gather with staff, thought leaders, and community and economic development

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The HOME Investment Partnership Program Offers Families a Down-Payment on their American Dream

The HOME Investment Partnership Program Offers Families a Down-Payment on their American Dream.

October 4, 2021

The Fahe Network uses a wide range of resources and funding tools to meet the needs of the communities we serve. Included among such tools in our toolbox are federally funded programs that target

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Reviving our Rural Hospitals: A Prescription for Healing Appalachian Economies and Improving Medical Care

August 13, 2021

As the Delta variant drives an increase in coronavirus cases nationwide, medical experts and local leaders are looking to area hospital capacity as a key indicator of community preparedness and

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