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Research & Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities

Our Resources

This is a collection of toolkits and other resources for use by Centers for Independent Living and other service providers, advocates, or organizations serving people with disabilities.

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The Toolkit for Operating a Rural Transportation Voucher Program

Provides a model that describes how to bring together community members and resources to develop and operate a transportation system for people with disabilities in rural areas.
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The Community Assessment for Accessible Rural Events (CAARE) Toolkit

Created to help community members make sure their rural community events are accessible and inclusive.
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Community Resource Mapping

Community Resource Mapping is a strategy that can help support your CIL’s outreach efforts and create connections with the rural communities you serve.

We created a step-by-step Community Resource Map tutorial complete with templates and examples.
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Advocacy Skill Building Toolkit

A guide for Centers for Independent Living and others to conduct interactive and engaging workshops to facilitate the development of advocacy skills of emerging Independent Living leaders and youth with disabilities.
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Deep Conversations Document

We developed this exercise in response to Rural Disability Leaders’ feedback on hesitancy to have conversations about COVID in their communities. This approach is based on evidence-based research and provides practice exercises for community discussions on difficult topics.