In 2024, ARC awarded $10M in POWER funds to healthcare workforce development projects in coal-impacted communities across the Appalachian Region.

When it comes to addressing substance use disorder (SUD) and helping Appalachians recover, removing employment barriers is a crucial key to success. That’s why Kentucky River District Health Department is using ARC support to expand a proven recovery-to-work program and create opportunities in even more communities.

Accelerator participants gather in Washington, D.C., in late 2023. July 9, 2024 – Improving access to high-speed internet is vital for strengthening Appalachia’s economy. Fast, reliable broadband supports quality health care, education, tourism, business growth and so much more. Although Appalachians’ broadband access increased by 12 percentage points between…

Building Appalachia’s infrastructure has been an ARC investment priority for over 60 years, especially the development and maintenance of basic infrastructure systems for water, sewer, energy and stormwater.   The City of Pikeville, Kentucky has made this important connection.

In 1980, Fahe was founded to provide access to workforce training and financial resources for locally rooted nonprofit organizations. Its founding members quickly learned they could “go further together,” and has since grown into a strong network of 50+ nonprofits from six states working toward…