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Mar 20, 2026

Decision Support for Selecting Projected Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curve Change Factors: A Guide for Stormwater Professionals

This document provides guidance for stormwater professionals on how to select change factors from the Projected Intensity‑Duration‑Frequency Curve Data Tool for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Virginia via a structured, risk-based decision process.
Expert Insights

Feb 4, 2026

Promising Practices for Building Stackable Credential Infrastructure

In this paper, the authors review promising practices for designing and implementing stackable credentials—a short-term credential that builds toward a higher-level credential—to inform the efforts of states and postsecondary institutions.
Research

Jan 30, 2026

Analysis of West Virginia’s State School Aid Funding Formula: Recommendations to Enhance Adequacy, Fairness, and Efficiency of State Funding for Education

This report, prepared for the West Virginia House of Delegates, is intended to provide an independent, holistic assessment of the state’s school aid funding formula and to identify opportunities for improvements in the state’s funding strategy.
Commentary

Jan 6, 2026

Un-Retiring: How Older Workers Could Solve Rural America's Labor Crisis

Rural states have thousands of jobs they can't fill. Yet they've often overlooked one resource they tend to have in abundance. With the right opportunities and working conditions, older people could fill a lot of those jobs and provide a much-needed boost to rural economies.
Tool

Dec 22, 2025

A Practical Guide to Vulnerability Assessments for Stormwater Agencies: Approaches, Applications, and Best Practices

This guide offers a systematic approach for conducting vulnerability assessments to help stormwater agencies prioritize investments, foster resilience, and improve compliance and adaptation planning for stormwater infrastructure.
Research

Dec 17, 2025

Developing a Research Agenda to Improve Rural Health Access and Quality in West Virginia

This report presents West Virginia's strengths and challenges in rural health access and quality and describes a preliminary research agenda to guide evidence-based improvements in access and care delivery across the state.
Research

Nov 10, 2025

Career Technical Education and Workforce Opportunities in West Virginia: Alignment and Areas for Growth

The authors examine career technical education (CTE) in West Virginia by summarizing the CTE career clusters students are most likely to complete, describing CTE alignment with local jobs, and highlighting strategies for expanding CTE.
Video

Oct 2, 2025

The State of Apprenticeship in West Virginia

In this RAND Rural America Partnership webinar, researchers provide an overview of apprenticeship in West Virginia. They examine trends in utilization, completion rates, and demographic composition and present challenges and opportunities for growth.
Oct 1, 2025

RAND Rural America Partnership

RAND partners with universities and public institutions to identify priorities and deliver evidence-based solutions for rural, remote, and Indigenous communities nationwide.
Commentary

Sep 22, 2025

Making It in the Middle Class: Q&A with Melanie Zaber

RAND's Melanie Zaber studies everything from the rise of AI to apprenticeship programs in rural Appalachia. Her goal is straightforward: to help more Americans find meaningful work and a path to the middle class.
Press

Apr 2, 2025

WVU, RAND Research Partnership Launches with Initial Focus on Workforce Needs

RAND is partnering with West Virginia University to support policymaking that helps develop an agile, future-ready labor pool. This effort will turn world-class research into practical solutions for evolving job markets, focusing on workforce development and education.
Research

Aug 28, 2024

Utilization of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among West Virginia Medicaid Enrollees Following Medicaid Coverage of Methadone

Researchers conducted time trend and geospatial analyses of Medicaid enrollees between 2016 and 2019 in West Virginia to examine medications for opioid use disorder utilization patterns following Medicaid coverage of methadone.

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