Librarians from around the state helped pick the database offerings. Training in system use will also occur this year. New Help for Rural Health Care Providers. The Idaho Health Facilities Authority and Mountain States Group annouces a new Rural Technical Assistance Program. It offers a broad array of financial, legal, community assessment, and organizational development services to improve the viability of rural health care.
Costs range from free to extremely competitive.
Idaho Community Development Institute. The Idaho Department of Commerce, BSU Center for Public Policy and others are working on a new community development certification program to be launched this summer. Topics that will be covered include the basics of community development, planning and budgeting, identifying leaders and stakeholders, downtown revitalization and economic development. Three week-long classes taken over three years will lead to professional certification. The Idaho Solar Initiative was established in 1997 by the PV4U State Working Group.