Stewart (Connie) California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP) Collection

The collection consists of subject files created and used by Connie Stewart during her time as Executive Director of the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP) from 2009 to 2020. Subject files contain a variety of material such as: documents, research, surveys, correspondence and ephemera related to the development and implementation of policies that aim to support economic development and improve the quality of life for community members living in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties.

Access

The collection is open for research by appointment.

Copyright

Copyright has not been assigned to Cal Poly Humboldt. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce in any format, please contact the Special Collections Librarian.

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated by Connie Stewart in 2022.

Biographical Information

Connie Stewart served 11 years as the Executive Director of Humboldt State University’s California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP) from 2009 to 2020. In 2020 she stepped down to take on a new role as the Executive Director of initiatives for the University but remains involved with CCRP as Chief Policy Advisor. Connie Stewart is an HSU alumni, graduating in 1988 with a B.A. in speech communication. The CCRP was formed in 2005 by a diverse group of community members from Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties to address a variety of issues including: health and human services access, cost and quality; broadband deployment, adoption and policy; wealth creation and economic development; food systems and food security; and data and evaluation services for community programs. As of 2025, the CCRP continues to promote evidence-based policy and planning research for rural communities.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of reports, agendas, correspondence, publications, pamphlets, training materials, surveys, demographic maps and research used by staff members of the CCRP and Connie Stewart during her time as Executive Director for the CCRP. This collection is useful to researchers trying to understand the types of information used to inform policy decisions for Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties .

Arrangement of Collection

The collection consists of 8 boxes with files arranged alphabetically and have been kept in the order received. Some files were donated out of alphabetical order, and that original order was maintained. Duplicates were removed. The container list is composed of file folder titles. A select few items were removed from this collection and rehoused in Special Collections Pamphlet Files; a list of the items that were rehoused follows the container list.

Box 1: A-B
Box 2: C-CHA
Box 3: CHA-BOD-DHS,HUM
Box 4: DNATL-He
Box 5: He-Hu
Box 6: Hu-Na
Box 7: NC-Broadband
Box 8: Broadband

Container List

Box 1: A-B

Access Humboldt
AEA
Aligning Forces
AF4Q Sustainability
AFRI
Aging [1 of 3]
Aging and Long Term Care
Age in Place
Alcohol Survey
Appalachian Partners
Ambulatory QI Roundtable
Arcata Economic Development Corporation
Arcata House
Aspen Idea Festival
Better California Campaign Coalition
BHC Collaboration
Cross Site [1 of 3]
BHC Development Evaluation
BHC Learning and Evaluation Meeting
BHC Policy
BHC Resident Organizing
BHC Youth Leadership
Bill to Law
Board of Directors
Bridges Out of Poverty
Breast Cancer [1 of 2]
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Box 2: C-CHA

CA Budget Project
CA Coastal Commission
CA Economic Summit
CA Environmental Goals Gov Davis 2003
CAFF
CalFresh
CCRP [1 of 2]
Cal Community Transformation Initiative
California Family Resource Association
CA Fisheries Fund
California Forward
CA Geographic Alliance
CA Healthy Kids
CHP
California Speaks
California State Rural Health Care Association
CA Stewardship Project
CA Strategic Plan 2001
CalTrans
California Wellness Foundation
California Workforce Association
Cannabis
Carsey Institute
CCRP Misc Background
CDFL
CDSMP
Cell Towers
Census
Center Arts
Center for Rural Affairs
Center for the Study of Rural America
CHA AF4Q [1 of 3]

Box 3: CHA-BOD-DHS,HUM

CHA-BOD
CHA-CE
Chancellor CSU
Changing Tides
Cherokee Preservation Foundation
Cluster Action Plan Development
Collective Impact Forum
College Access Foundation
College Futures
Communication Toolkit
Community Democracy [1 of 3]
Community Democracy and Philanthropy
CBI
Community Group
Community Transformation
Contacting your Legislators
Cost Center
CSU Advocacy
CTG
Community Organizing
Data and Democracy
DATA Sources
Del Norte-Building Healthy Communities Initiative [1 of 2]
Del Norte Economic and Demographic Profile
Untitled Folder
Del Norte Mental Health
Del Norte Physician Recruitment and Retention Group
Del Norte -TCE Grant App
Democrats HSU
Demographics
Demographic Survey
Dennis Mullins
Design Thinking
DHS, DN
DHS, MENDO
DHS Foster Care
DHS, HUM
Digital Media

Box 4: DNATL-He

DNATL/Opportunity Youth
DN-Child Care Needs
DNUSD
Economic Data Humboldt
EMR
Equity
Escape Fire
Evaluation
Facilitation
Family Life/Sex Education Training
Family Resource Center
Fierce Conversations
Fires
First 5 Humboldt [1 of 3]
First 5 Regional Data Project
Fish [1 of 2]
Food Project [1 of 2]
Food for People
Ford Foundation Contract
Foundations
Frameworks Institute
Fresno Bus
Grassroots Grantmaking
Gasquet
General Plan [1 of 3]
GIS
GPU Infrastructure
Graphic Visualization
Green Prosperity
H1N1
HAF Community Democracy
Harbor District
HCOE
HCOE Decade of Difference
Health Career Exploration Project and HESI
Healthcare
Healthcare Access

Box 5: He-Hu

Health 2.0
Healthcare Effectiveness
Healthcare Industry Cluster
Healthcare IT
Healthcare Impact Assessment
Healthcare Policy Analyst Job Search
Healthcare Reform
Healthy Development Measurement Tool
Healthy Eating Active Living
Healthy Foods
Healthy Humboldt
Higher Education
HIT
Homelessness
Honey Bees
Hospice
Hospice Board
Hospice Capital Campaign
Housing
Housing Assistance
HR
HR Supervisor Training
HSU President’s Advisory Board
HUM Area Foundation [1 of 2]
HUM Bay Municipal Water District
HUM Bay Municipal Water District Habitat Conservation Plan
HUM Del Norte Medical Society
HUM Food Policy Council [1 of 2]
HUM Value Chain Work
HUM Fresh
Humboldt Healthy Start
Humboldt Legislative Platform

Box 6:Hu-Na

Humboldt Made
Hum Co. Mobility Management Summit
Humboldt Partnership For aActive Living
Humboldt Vs. Pharma
HWMA
Hyperion
iHub
Indicators
Industry Clusters (DHC)
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
Intersn
ITUP
Jessica Van Arsdale
Medicaid
Kellogg Foundation Annual Report
K’ima:w
Klamath
Knight Foundation
Lake County
LCAP
Living Wage
Local Childcare
Local Government Commission [1 of 2]
Long Term Care [1 of 2]
Managed Care
MAPS
Marine Center
Media Democracy Coalition
Melissa Jones
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Workshop
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Morgan Family Foundation
Mosaic
NRHI
Misc. Lists
National Children's Health Study
National Rural Assembly

Box 7: NC-Broadband
NCHIN
Nebraska Community Foundation
NOME SANE
NorCAN
North Coast Funders Network
North Coast Regional Land Trust
Old Contacts
Open Door Community Health Centers [1 of 3]
Oral Health
PACE
Pacific Forest Trust
PDAT
PICO
Prevention Institute
Prosperity
Prosperity 2012
Prosperity Now
Broadband 2009
Frontier
Huffman
North Eastern CA
North Sac Valley
Broadband 2010
Broadband CETF [1 of 3]
Broadband CPUC-CASF [1 of 2]
Broadband

Box 8: Broadband
Broadband CETF
Digital 299
Broadband Economics
First Net
Broadband Forum I
Broadband Forum II
Broadband Forum III
Broadband Forum IV
Broadband RCC [1 of 2]
Forum V
Forum8
CENIC
USDA Programs
BB Policy
Broadband-Redwood Telephone
Broadband SB 1040
Broadband IP
Broadband Mendocino
Broadband National Plan [1 of 2]

Titles removed from collection and placed in pamphlets:

-“Birds of Redwood National and State Park”s-moved to (Pamphlet: Wildlife-Birds)
-“Care Transitions Program”-moved to (Pamphlet: Hospitals-St. Josephs)
-“Field Checklist of Northwest California Birds”-moved to (Pamphlet: Wildlife-Birds)
-“Humboldt Lagoons State Parks”-moved to (Pamphlet: Lagoons;Redwood Natl. Park)
-“Humboldt Market Watch”-moved to (Pamphlet: Farmers Market)
-“Jacoby Creek Land Trust Winter 2015”-moved to (Pamphlet: Jacoby Creek Land Trust)
-“Thank You Assemblymember Jim Wood”-moved to (Pamphlet: Politics and Government-State Legislature-Assembly)
-“Why Won’t Assembly Member Dr. Jim Wood Support Allowing the Healthcare-For-All Bill”-moved to (Pamphlet: Politics and Government-State Legislature-Assembly)
-“Personal Health Record”-moved to (Pamphlet: Hospitals St. Joseph)

Related Works

Stewart (Connie) Arcata City Council Collection (2004.02)
Stewart (Connie) Assemblywoman Patty Berg Field Office Collection (2008.01)

Subject Headings

Arcata (Calif.)
Arcata (Calif.) - Politics and government
Land use - California - Humboldt County - Planning
Transportation
Women - Political activity
Dam retirement--Klamath River (Or. and Calif.)
Del Norte County (Calif.) – Economic Conditions
Humboldt County (Calif.) – Economic Conditions
Humboldt County (Calif.) – History
Humboldt County (Calif.) – Politics and Government – 21st century
Medical care--California--Humboldt County
Trinity County (Calif.) – Economic Conditions

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