Our goal is to inspire more people to see themselves as Builders, creating value for communities and increasing access to capital and resources.

The Connecting the Heartland initiative is a multi-state multi-pronged initiative to boost internet availability, affordability and adoption rates for participation in online services that are key to economic opportunity.

Our goal is to be a resource to states and communities by emphasizing affordability and adoption alongside expanding infrastructure. Our work is focused in five states – Tennessee, Illinois, Arkansas, Ohio and Oklahoma.

Beginning in the states of Arkansas and Louisiana, the Heartland Workforce Initiative is a platform aiming to connect job seekers with education and training as well as employers. The goal of the platform is to meet the demand for quality employment opportunities in order to expand the high-speed internet infrastructure in the heartland.

As a result of Heartland Forward’s report entitled: Health Care Access in the Heartland: How to Improve Services in Rural America, Heartland Forward launched the Heartland Health Caucus to bring together the top public policy decision makers focused on health care in six states - Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee.