The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development mission area was created by the 1996 Farm Bill. It consists of three services: the Rural Housing Service (RHS); Rural Utilities Service (RUS); and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS)
A rural America that is a healthy, safe, and prosperous place to live and work.
To increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for all rural Americans.
During fiscal year 2007, the following USDA
Rural Development investments were made in Delaware
.| FY 2006 | FY 2007 | |
| Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants | $ 10,740,916 | $ 10,380,000 |
| Predevelopment Planning Grants | $ 15,000 | |
| Rural Electric Loan | $ 16,800,000 | |
| Rural Business
|
$ 102,000 | $ 108,000 |
| Value Added Agriculture | $ 22,000 | $ |
| 1890 College Entrepreneurial Program | $ 115,000 | $ 115,000 |
| Rural Community Development Initiative | $ 234,643 | |
| Rural Single Family Housing Direct Loans | $ 13,348,820 | $ 12,066,804 |
| Rural Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans | $ 7,018,019 | $ 9,815,583 |
| Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant | $ 660,000 | $ |
| Home Improvement and Repair Loans and Grants | $ 247,025 | $ 161,467 |
| Housing Preservation Grant | $ 50,000 | $ 50,000 |
| Rental Assistance | $ 3,998,610 | $ 5,040,458 |
| Rural Rental Housing Guaranteed Loan | $ 141,000 | $ 1,500,000 |
| Community Facilities Loans and Grants | $ 737,169 | $ 2,670,750 |
| TOTAL ASSISTANCE
TO |
$53,980,559 | $42,157,705 |
For more information about these programs please go to our Delaware Homepage .
Archived information on accomplishments and events can be reached by clicking
HERE! Please send any comments or suggestions to: Copyright © August 1996, USDA Rural Development
Shari.Sterling@de.usda.gov
Revised on:
May, 2007