Rural
Development
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Rural Utilities
Service
Electric Program
Homeownership Loans
Telecommunications
and
Broadband Programs
Cooperative Development
Assistance
National Office
General Field
Representatives
Native American
Coordinators
State Directors
Area Directors
Program Directors
Specialists
Architects
Engineers
Technicians
Programs
Guarante
ed Loans
Direct
Loans
Direct
Payments
Grants
Rural Developments
Programs
Utilities Programs
History
The USDA Rural Utilities Service evolved from the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) formed as part of
the Federal Governments New Deal programs during the Great Depression, designed to help the neediest in
America.
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Utilities Programs
Equal Access to Essential Services
A Cleaner Environment
Infrastructure for Growth
Electric Program
(1935)
Telecommunications Program
(1949)
Obligations
Alaska
RUS
WEP
Puerto
Rico
FY 2012 - 2016, as of 12/31/2015
Hawaii
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Principles
Low interest funding;
Area coverage;
Cooperative principles
owned by those we serve;
and
Standardized rural
engineering
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Deliver 11% of the total kWh sold in the U.S. each year
Source: www.nreca.coop
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Assistance to High
Energy Cost Rural
Communities
Renewable
Energy
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Telecommunications
Infrastructure Loan Program
(Infrastructure)
Distance Learning/Telemedicine
Loan and Grant Program (DLT)
Broadband Access Loan and Loan
Guarantee Program
(Broadband)
Community Connect Grant
Program (Community Connect)
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Telecommunications
Infrastructure Loan
Program (Infrastructure)
Principles
Area coverage;
Single-party service
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Infrastructure Program
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The DLT Grant and Loan Programs provide rural communities with opportunities to obtain
educational and medical services from distant locations utilizing communications
technologies
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Water Programs
Engineering support for Water Programs and Environmental support for all of USDA Rural Developments
utilities programs
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Business Programs
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458; 9%
Code 22
186; 4%
57; 1%
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274; 6%
159; 3%
Code 31-33
127; 3%
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24; 0%
Code 48-49
577; 12%
721; 15%
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166; 3%
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82; 2%
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Energy Programs
Financial Support for Sustainable Rural Energy
Development
Loan Guarantees and Grants
Offer funding to
o Complete energy audits,
o Provide renewable energy development assistance,
o Make energy efficiency improvements, and
o Install renewable energy systems
Payment programs
o Assist companies that replace use of fossil fuels with renewable biomass
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Energy Programs
Financial Support for Sustainable Rural
Energy Development
Loan Guarantees and Grants
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Loan Guarantees and
Grants
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Energy Audits &
Renewable Energy Development Grants
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product
Manufacturing Assistance Program
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
Repowering Assistance Program
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Cooperative Programs
The overall mission of USDA Co-op Programs is to
promote the understanding and use of the
cooperative form of business as a
viable organizational option
This is accomplished through
o Cooperative research,
o Information products,
o Statistics, and
o Technical assistance
A number of USDA Rural Development financial
programs can also provide funding to help new
and existing co-ops
o Value Added Producer Gants
o Rural Cooperative Development Grants
o Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grants
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Housing Programs
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Housing Programs
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The CF Direct and Guaranteed Loan programs provide direct loans or loan guarantees to
public bodies, nonprofit corporations, and Indian tribes in communities with a population of
20,000 or less.
Applicants must demonstrate sound financial practices, the ability to repay the loan and the
ability to effectively manage the community facility.
Priority is given to applications received from applicants located in and serving rural areas and
towns with populations of 5,000 or less and where the median household income of the
population to be served by the proposed facility is below the poverty line or below 60 percent
of the State non-metropolitan median household income.
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StrikeForce Initiative
24.9%
$7.49 Billion
1,596
62,297
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Gary.bojes@wdc.usda.gov
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(202) 720-1265
For additional information, please visit: www.rd.usda.gov