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USDA Rural
Development works in partnership with the private sector and
community-based organizations to provide financial assistance
and business planning. It also provides technical
assistance to rural businesses and cooperatives, conducts
research into rural economic issues, and provides cooperative
educational materials to the public.
Rural Development Business Programs help
fund projects that create or preserve quality jobs and/or
promote a clean rural environment. USDA financial
resources are often leveraged with those of other public and
private credit source lenders to meet business and credit needs
in under-served areas. Recipients of these programs may
include individuals, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives,
public bodies, nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes and private
companies.
Rural Development Business Programs include
Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loans, B&I Direct Loans,
Intermediary Relending Program Loans, Rural Business Enterprise
Grants, Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants, Rural
Business Opportunity Grants, and Rural Cooperative Development
Grants.
USDA’s Cooperative Programs helps rural
residents form new cooperative businesses and improve the
operations of existing cooperatives (user-owned businesses). To
accomplish this, Cooperative Programs provides technical
assistance to cooperatives, conducts cooperative-related
research, and produces educational materials that promote public
understanding of cooperatives.
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For questions, please refer to the
"Contact
Us"
page of
this website to select the proper individual. Send comments about the format of this web site to:
mailto:philip.eggman@wa.usda.gov
USDA Rural Development is an Equal Opportunity Lender, Provider and
Employer.
Complaints of Discrimination should be sent to:
USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Washington D.C. 20250-9410
EEO/CR Statement
Last modified:
September 02, 2010
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