On February 6th, 2025, Sourcewell hosted the Center for Rural Policy and Development for a 1.5 hour webinar highlight recent research in rural Minnesota. In this section, Marnie Werner, Vice President of Operations and Research, discusses her recent research about what parents can do in accessing mental health services for youth in rural Minnesota.
On February 6th, 2025, Sourcewell hosted the Center for Rural Policy for a 1.5 hour webinar highlighting recent research on rural Minnesota. In the section, Kelly Asche, Senior Research, provides an overview of a recently published research describing the declines in nursing beds across rural Minnesota, and why they are occurring.
Our hyper-focus on population numbers overlooks important trends in the number of households. By: Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher Leaders in communities are obsessed with population numbers – are they growing or declining and by how much, over how long of a time period? – and they believe that the trendline is a marker of their ...
On March 13th, the Citizens League and the Center for Rural Policy & Development hosted the webinar – Shifting Landscapes: Understanding Migration Patterns in Minnesota. The Center for Rural Policy and Development’s newest research – “Time to work together: our roles in keeping and attracting residents” – was presented by Senior Research Kelly Asche. ...
On February 6th, 2025, Sourcewell partnered with Center for Rural Policy & Development (CRPD) for a live webinar with CRPD staff presenting their newest research. This video focuses on the economic and demographic trends in Greater Minnesota.
March 2025 By Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher & Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research & Operations Click here for a printable version of the report. It seems that Minnesota’s regions continue to pit themselves against each other when discussing population growth—specifically, population migration and workforce development—but discussions usually lead to confusing and contradictory ...
By Marnie Werner, VP, Research & Operations We’ve been spending some time with mental health and mental health care the last few years here at the Center, and one thing we’ve found, which should be surprising to no one who follows our work or just lives in this state, is that we have a shortage ...
In this episode, Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher at the Center, interviews Kari Thurlow, President and CEO of LeadingAge MN, and Tracy Hendrickx, the Vice President of Long Term Care at Perham Health. They discuss not only some of the challenges facing elder care providers in rural Minnesota, but also promising initiatives and programs being supported ...
On this episode, Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research and Operations at CRPD, speaks with Dr. Tracie Rutherford Self, Faculty at MSU, Mankato’s Center for Rural Behavioral Health and Dr. Darcie Davis-Gage – Director of MSU Mankato’s Center for Rural Behavioral Health. The conversation talks about the new clinic that just opened within the Center ...
