Federal Agencies
The Budget
of the United States Government—Provides information
on proposed and past budget levels for Federal programs,
from the Office of Management and Budget.
The Catalogue of Federal
Domestic Assistance—Provides detailed information
on individual Federal programs.
Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches, and Communities—Provides a guide to Federal programs
for sustainable agriculture, forestry, conservation and
community development, with a focus on USDA programs.
USDA-Rural Development—Provides information about USDA's rural development programs and initiatives.
USDA-Rural Information
Center—Provides information on various Federal
funding sources for rural areas.
USDA-Forest
Service—Provides information on the Forest Service
programs to help rural communities build skills, networks,
and strategies to address social, environmental, and economic
changes.
The Government Accountability
Office—Analyzes various Federal programs.
Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):Economic Development—Informs about HUD economic development programs, publications, and initiatives .
USDA-Natural Resources
Conservation Service—Administers various environmental,
conservation and community development programs in rural
areas.
U.S. Department of
Commerce—Administers a variety of programs that
further business and economic development.
USDA-NIFA—The National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides information, research, training, and technical assistance on various rural community and economic development topics.
USA.GOV Economic Development and Infrastructure—Provides government agency and association links for a wide range of development topics.
Related Research Organizations
Regional Rural Development Centers—Each of these
four centers links the research and Extension capacity
of its region's land grant university system with local
decisionmakers to address a wide range of development
issues affecting rural America:
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Economic Development Administration—This link
provides access to published research dealing with economic
development programs and issues.
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development—This
link provides access to published research dealing with
economic development programs and issues.
Designing an Effective Rural
Development Policy
USDA-Cooperative
Extension Search Tool—This provides a search
tool for easy access to Extension resources at the Land
Grant Colleges.
U.S.
Department of Commerce, Research Publications—Includes
research on strategic planning for economic development.
Center for Community
Economic Development—Information about methods
for improving community and economic development.
Cornell University
Community and Rural Development Institute (CARDI)—Monitors
trends in community and rural development, and includes
a community development toolbox.
USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Center information on Downtown Revitalization
Strategies—Discusses how to plan for revitalization
of a town, includes case studies and lists resources available
to fund projects.
Southern Rural Development Center, the New Hispanic South—provides information and resources to help strengthen the local capacity to respond to challenges associated with the growth in Hispanic population.
Southern Rural Development Center, Connecting Rural Communities—offers a guide on how to improve broadband and digital connectivity in the community.
Regional Development Programs
Appalachian Regional
Commission—Provides information
on regional development programs in the Appalachian.
Delta Regional Authority—Provides information on regional
development programs in the Lower Mississippi Delta region.
Denali Commission—Provides information on regional
development programs in Alaska.
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Economic Development Administration—Provides information
on economic development assistance to multi-county
areas, research publications on economic development,
and features an information clearinghouse that covers
business assistance strategies, including rural entrepreneurship.
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service; Resource Conservation and Development—Provides information about the RC&D program, which is aimed at improving natural amenities, protecting the environment, and furthering rural development in designated multi-county areas.
Infrastructure
General
USDA Rural Utilities
Service—This site provides information on all
RUS infrastructure programs.
Transportation
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics—Provides data, graphs, charts and
other related material on nationwide transportation statistics.
National Rural
Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)—Resources for
rural transportation from the Federal Transit Administration.
Center
for Transportation Research (CTR)—Focuses on
transportation research, education, and public service.
Transportation
Research Board—A National Academy of Sciences
affiliate that conducts research concerning the nature
and performance of transportation systems and provides
an international forum for transportation professionals.
Transportation
Research Information Services (TRIS)—Provides
a bibliographic database with more than 400,000 records
of published transportation research jointly sponsored
by the Transportation Research Board, National Research
Council, National Academies and the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
USDA-Agricultural
Marketing Service/Transportation Services Division—Provides
information on agricultural transportation and marketing
programs and resources at USDA.
USDA-USDOT
Joint Rural Transportation Web Site—Provides
data and information resources on rural and agricultural
transportation.
Department of Transportation—Provides
data and information on programs run by the U.S. Department
of Transportation.
University Transportation
Centers—Provides information on 14 University
Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation
that conduct research on transportation to advance expertise
and technology transfer throughout the United States.
National
Agricultural Library—Provides a listing of transportation resources that includes funding, technical assistance, statistics, data sources, and selected rural transportation publications, including the 2010 Congressionally mandated study of rural transportation issues.
Northwestern
University Transportation Library—One of the
largest transportation libraries in the world. Its online
home allows you to search the library's catalog, and its
periodical index. Through interlibrary loans you can borrow
items from the library through your home library. There
is also a listing of transportation e-resources you can
view to find other online sources of information.
Transportation Research
in Progress—Database containing over 6,000 records
of current or recently completed transportation research
projects funded by Federal and State departments of transportation,
including university transportation research and surface
transportation research conducted in Canada.
Hazardous Materials
Transportation (HMT) Security—Links from the
U.S. Department of Transportation to assist in enhancing
hazardous materials transportation safety and security.
RuralTransportation.org—The
National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National
Association of Development Organizations (NADO) provide
a web-based resource tool for rural transportation stakeholders,
including local elected officials and regional development
professionals.
Telecommunications
Southern Rural Development Center, Connecting Rural Communities—offers a guide on how to improve broadband and digital connectivity in the community.
USDA's Rural
Utility Services Telecommunications Program—Provides
many programs for financing rural America's telecommunications
infrastructure.
USDA's
Rural Utility Services Distance Learning and Telemedicine
Program—Through loans, grants, and loan and grant
combinations for advanced telecommunications technologies,
the agency provides enhanced learning and health care
opportunities for rural residents.
U.S. Department of
Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration—The agency works to spur innovation,
encourage competition, and provide consumers with more
choices in telecommunication services.
Federal Communications
Commission—An independent U.S. Government agency
charged with regulating interstate and international communications
by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
Water
USDA Rural
Utilities Service—This site provides information
on RUS Water Infrastructure Programs.
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of Water provides information
about clean water needs surveys, drinking water needs
surveys, nation water quality inventory reports, and many
other clean water and drinking water programs.
National Drinking
Water Clearinghouse, funded through the USDA's Rural
Utilities Service, is a good source of many topics related
to small rural drinking water systems.
Energy Infrastructure
2008 Farm Bill Energy Title Description—ERS summary of farm bill provisions related to energy.
USDA Rural
Utilities Service—This site provides information
on RUS electric utility infrastructure Programs.
Department
of Energy, Energy Information Agency—This site
provides data, analysis, and updates on electricity restructuring
activities across the country.
Department of Energy, Energy Information Agency, 2003 Update—Provides the latest update on State electric restructuring.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission—This site provides information, documents,
and data related to FERC's activities.
Business Assistance
Rural Business
and Cooperatives Service—Provides information
on USDA's rural business assistance programs.
Small Business Administration—Provides
information on the full array of SBA loan, loan guarantee,
technical assistance, and other small business assistance
programs available to most rural businesses.
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Economic Development Administration—Provides
economic development assistance to multi-county areas,
research publications on economic development, and features
an information clearinghouse that covers business assistance
strategies, including rural entrepreneurship.
U.S. Department of
Commerce, Manufacturing Extension Partnership—This
program provides a nationwide network of resources to
help manufacturers compete globally.
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Minority Business Development—This is the only
Federal program exclusively designed to assist minority
businesses.
Federal
Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Regional Economy—Provides journal, conference reports, and in-depth research on rural economic development, with recent emphasis on regional economic development and entrepreneurship.
Rural
Policy Research Institute's Rural Entrepreneurship Center—About
creating a supportive environment for entrepreneurs.
USDA-NIFA Rural and Community Development—Provides information on e-commerce, business retention, and other forms of business assistance, including material focusing on agriculture.
Education and Training
Center for Community Economic Development—Contains information about the development and delivery of educational programs for community economic development.
U.S.
Department of Education, Center for Rural Education (CRE)—Disseminates
information about the importance of education to rural
stakeholders, including discussion of various models or
programs aimed at improving rural school performance.
U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult
Education (OVAE)—Provides information about various
programs and initiatives aimed at improving secondary
and technical education, community colleges and postsecondary
education, and adult basic and literacy education.
Southern Rural Development
Center (SRDC)—Offers research and information
on many topics related to rural development, including
education and training, which are particularly important
to the rural South.
Innovative
Approaches Rural Education—This USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Service publication is an annotated bibliography
covering many topics, such as distance education, rural
school funding, partnerships, and links to other organizations
providing similar information.
Amenity-Based Development
Center for Community
Economic Development—information about methods
for improving community and economic development, including
a tourism business development toolbox.
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service; Resource Conservation and Development—This program is aimed at improving
natural amenities, protecting the environment, and furthering
rural development in designated multi-county areas.
Recreation.gov—Federal
clearinghouse of information on recreation opportunities
and programs across the country, including recreation
data.
USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Center page on Retirement Communities in Rural
America—Lists e-publications available on rural
retirees—their community impacts, methods for attracting
them, how to strategically plan for them, and retirement
housing.
USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Center page on Promoting Rural Tourism—Provides
information on ways to promote tourism in rural areas.
USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Center page on Case Studies: Forest-Based
Partnership Initiatives—Summarizes various case
studies involving tourism and recreation involving the
U.S. Forest Service.
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth Publications—Discuss
the best methods to manage growth for environmental, community,
and economic sustainability.
USDA-NIFA Natural Resources and Environment—Has information on rural recreation and tourism and related topics.
USDA-NIFA Small and Home Based Business—Discusses rural tourism opportunities, providing links to Extension courses to help in training for tourism, and includes material on agritourism and marine recreation.
Community Development
USDA, Rural
Housing Service—Regulations and other information
for USDA's housing and community development programs.
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD)—Operates the majority
of Federal housing and community development programs,
serving both urban and rural America.
Office of Federal Housing
Enterprise Oversight— HUD agency with oversight
authority for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with public
user data on their loans.
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD—HUD's research arm, and an
important source of housing and community development
data and research.
U.S.
Census Bureau—A rich source of data and reports
on America's households and their housing.
Ginnie Mae (Government
National Mortgage Association)—The Federal agency
that securitizes government-insured home mortgages.
Federal Housing Finance Agency—Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Banks, and source of monthly data on home mortgage interest rates.
Real Estate Center—Real
estate and housing studies institute at Texas A&M
University, focused on issues in the Southwest and particularly
Texas.
Joint Center
for Housing Studies—Housing research institute
at Harvard University, with reports on various housing
issues, including the annual "The State of the Nation's
Housing."
National
Agricultural Library—Links to numerous rural
housing resources.
Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches, and Communities—Provides a guide to Federal programs for sustainable agriculture, forestry, conservation and community development, with a focus on USDA programs.
Center for Community
Economic Development—Information about methods
for improving community and economic development.
Cornell University
Community and Rural Development Institute (CARDI)—Monitors
trends in community and rural development, and includes
a community development toolbox.
USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Center research publications—Includes
annotated bibliographies on various community development
topics, including housing, health, nonprofits, mainstreet
revitalization, historic preservation, arts and humanities,
and fire protection services.
Federal
Funds and Other Development Policies
2008 Farm Bill Rural Development Title Description—ERS summary of farm bill provisions related to rural development.
U.S.
Census Bureau—Federal funds data come from Consolidated
Federal Funds Reports.
The Budget
of the United States Government—Provides information
on proposed and past budget levels for Federal programs,
from the Office of Management and Budget.
The Catalogue
of Federal Domestic Assistance—Provides detailed
information on individual Federal programs.
USDA-Rural Development
Programs—Provides information about USDA's rural
development programs and how to apply for funding.
USDA-Rural
Information Center—Provides information on various
Federal funding sources for rural areas.
The Government Accountability
Office—Analyzes various Federal programs.
Building Sustainable Farms, Ranches, and Communities—Provides a guide to Federal programs for sustainable agriculture, forestry, conservation and community development, with a focus on USDA programs.
Rural Community Empowerment Program—Describes the EZ/EC program, regulations, and progress of these communities, and also covers champion communities and REAP zones.
Office of Policy
Development and Research, HUD—HUD's research
arm, and an important source of housing and community
development data and research.
U.S.
Department of Commerce, Research Publications—Research
covers a wide range of economic development strategies
and programs.
USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Center Guide to Federal Funding Resources—Explains
how to find funding from both public and private sources.
USDA-NAL-Rural
Information Center's Capital Assistance Funding: A Rural
Health Resource Guide—Explains various sources
of available capital funding.
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