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The Rural Maryland Council celebrated the signing of House Bill 695– Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund – Allocation of Grants (Rural Communities Improvement Act of 2023) by Governor Wes Moore on Monday May 8, 2023 at the State House in Annapolis. This bill promotes and expands the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund to include workforce Read the Rest…
The Rural Maryland Foundation’s purpose is to support efforts of citizens and governments to meet the economic and social needs of rural Maryland. It also supports the efforts of the Rural Maryland Council, an independent state agency. The Rural Maryland Council (RMC) brings together citizens, community-based organizations, federal, state, county and municipal government officials as Read the Rest…
On Tuesday, May 3rd, the Rural Maryland Council celebrated a legislative victory for rural communities with the signing of HB596/SB511 Health and Human Services Transportation Act of 2023. The passage of this bill allows for the Rural Maryland Council to help establish the Rural Nonemergency Medical Transportation Pilot Program for hospitals to coordinate transportation provided Read the Rest…
The Rural Maryland Council is now accepting letters of intent for the Fiscal Year 2024 grant programs, which includes expansions of several programs to better meet rural community needs. We thank Governor Wes Moore and the Presiding Officers Senate President Bill Ferguson and Speaker Adrienne Jones for including over $9,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2024 Read the Rest…
ABOUT THE RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL The Rural Maryland Council is an independent agency located in the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The RMC brings together citizens, community-based organizations, federal, state, county and municipal government officials as well as representatives of the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to collectively address the needs of Rural Maryland communities. We provide Read the Rest…
The Rural Maryland Council (RMC) requests proposals for grant writing services for the calendar year 2023. Applications will be considered from both firms and individuals. Overview The Rural Maryland Council (RMC) brings together citizens, community-based organizations, federal, state, county, and municipal government officials as well as representatives of the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to collectively Read the Rest…
According to a report by Lightcast, a global leader in labor market analytics, more than one million Americans work in the cybersecurity industry. Yet each year an estimated 715,000 cybersecurity jobs remain unfilled. More importantly, the problem isn’t going away anytime soon. While a huge supply and demand gap in any industry is troubling, what’s Read the Rest…
As Marylanders focus on the coming year, one Maryland organization, the Rural Maryland Council (RMC), ruminates on its many successes in the past year and rings in the New Year with new leadership to create real lasting change in rural Maryland. Taking the helm of RMC’s Executive Board is Susan O’Neill, Executive Director of the Read the Rest…
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Charlotte Davis 410.841.5774 Thursday, November 17, 2022, has been proclaimed National Rural Health Day by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health as a way to showcase the good work of America’s 62 million rural citizens and to promote the efforts of the Maryland State Office of Rural Health, and Read the Rest…
The Rural Maryland Council (RMC) will be holding the 2022 Maryland Rural Impact Awards ceremony at our Annual Meeting to be held on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at the Kent Island Resort, 500 Kent Manor Drive, Stevensville, Maryland 21666. The awards ceremony is an opportunity to recognize individuals and organizations that have performed extraordinary acts Read the Rest…
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