The NC Rural Economic Development Center provided funding to the EFC to analyze funding coordination models from around the country. As part of the project, the EFC also carried out stakeholder interviews and focus groups with over 30 representatives from funding agencies, local communities, and assistance providers to better understand barriers to different coordination models. Material from the project is presented below.

Stakeholder Questionnaires
Representatives from the three main groups below were interviewed.
Click on the links below to see a copy of the questionnaire for each class of interviewees:

Funding Agencies' Questionnaire
Planners/Technical Assistance Providers' Questionnaire
Representatives of North Carolina Communities' Questionnaire

Main Findings and Reports

NC Rural Center - Assessment of State Coordination Models:

West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council
Arkansas Water/Wastewater Advisory Committee (WWAC)
New York Water and Sewer Infrastructure Co-Funding Initiative
Montana Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste Action Coordinating Team (W2ASACT)
Ohio Small Communities Environmental Infrastructure Group (SCEIG)
Colorado Water and Sewer Funding Coordination Committee

NC Rural Center - Summary of Other State Approaches

NC Rural Center Summary Matrix of State Coordination Activities (excel file)

For more information on this project, contact Jeff Hughes (jhughes@sog.unc.edu)