In 1980-1981, extended funding from the Kellogg Foundation and a total budget of $561,316 allowed the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) to add to its program while continuing to emphasize project development, organizational development, interorganizational coordination, and training and education. PRI began to use task forces as a method of organizing educators, public officials, and citizens into teams to address issues of region-wide concern. They also awarded seven community service fellowships to encourage university, community college, or other agency personnel to give intensive short-term input into task force projects. PRI established a community action demonstration program in the Moses Lake School District as a means of increasing the capacity of rural communities to solve problems and realize opportunities through a coordinated system of community education. To test the transferability of PRI into another setting and to develop an appropriate model diffusion strategy, the PRI model was transferred into the Walla Walla Community College District. Finally PRI used two student interns in an effort to prepare a broader range of professionals who can contribute to rural improvement. In 1981-1982, PRI expected to refine and expand its new areas of concentration and to focus on necessary new management practices. (SB)