CENTRAL APPALACHIA REGIONAL NETWORK

The Central Appalachia Regional Network (CARN) is comprised of diverse organizations located in the Appalachian counties of West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia. This regional network was formed through the Rural People Rural Policy Initiative, a project initially funded in 2006, by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. CARN strives to connect diverse organizations to promote policy and action to improve the quality of life available to the people of Appalachia... The Central Appalachia Regional Network was formed as part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation�s Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative. Rural People, Rural Policy (RPRP), a multi-year national initiative, is based on the premise that �rural America has abundant assets and that the brightest potential for rural America emerges when a critical mass of rural people are stronger, more organized policy actors.� RPRP builds and strengthens skilled networks and organizations to advocate and act in the rural..