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 Maryland:
| FY 2006 | FY 2007 | |
| Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants | $ 18,026,882 | $ 17,617,240 |
| Predevelopment Planning Grants | $ 39,000 | $ 37,760 |
| Rural Electric Loan | $ 97,885,000 | |
| Broadband Access Loan Program | $ 3,211,000 | |
| Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans | $ 3,600,000 | $ |
| 1890 College Entrepreneurial Program Grant | $ 100,000 | $ 100,000 |
| Rural Business
|
$ 755,000 | $ 278,000 |
| Rural Business Opportunity Grant | $ 148,216 | |
| Intermediary Lending Program (Laon) | $ 250,000 | |
| Value Added Agriculture | $ 199,553 | $ 351,971 |
| Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grants | $ 213,110 | |
| Rural Community Development Initiative | $ 300,000 | $ |
| Rural Housing Direct Loans | $ 15,339,190 | $ 19,331,200 |
| Rural Housing Guaranteed Loans | $ 33,727,232 | $ 32,552,976 |
| Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants | $ 10,000 | $ 472,175 |
| Home Improvement and Repair Loans and Grants | $ 740,691 | $ 564,207 |
| Housing Preservation Grants | $ 87,148 | $ 75,000 |
| Rural Rental Housing Loans | $ 3,096,700 | |
| Rental Assistance | $ 10,946,100 | $ 7,947,176 |
| Community Facilities Loans and Loan Guarantees | $ 3,514,162 | $ 11,297,045 |
| TOTAL ASSISTANCE TO
|
$185,269,958 | $ 97,543,776 |
Please send any comments or suggestions to:
Shari.Sterling@de.usda.gov
Copyright © August 1996, USDA Rural Development
Revised on: May 9, 2007