United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-04-13 monographic deposited born digital 50 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-160BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR P0b002ee18039e776 f:rc95160b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR RCED-95-160BR Federal aid programs Rural economic development Wastewater management Federal/state relations Regional development programs Community development Block grants Economically depressed areas Community development programs Water supply management Water and Waste Disposal Grant Water and Waste Disposal Loan Program Community Development Block Grant Rural Community Assistance Program RDA Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities Program Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Small Cities Community Development Block Grant FmHA Rural Housing Site Loan Program FmHA Very Low Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants Program Blue Ridge (GA) EPA Capitalization Grant EDA Grant EDA Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program Dept. of the Interior Economic and Political Development of the Territories Program HHS Surplus Property Utilization Program Franklin County (GA) Taylor County (GA) Briefing Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on federal rural development programs, focusing on: (1) federal programs providing assistance to rural areas for water and wastewater facility construction; (2) the programs' objectives and eligibility criteria; (3) problems rural areas have in dealing with these programs; and (4) group views concerning the possible consolidation or elimination of some programs.<p/>GAO found that: (1) there are 17 different programs administered by eight federal agencies designed to help rural areas construct, expand, or repair water or wastewater facilities; (2) the 17 programs have the common objectives of improving rural areas' economy and infrastructure and helping rural areas achieve healthy living conditions; (3) eligibility criteria for the programs vary considerably, such as the minimum age and maximum population requirements; (4) rural areas face difficulties in utilizing the programs, including coordinating funding from programs with differing timetables, contending with duplicative requirements when multiple programs are used to finance projects, and coping with requirements that hold small projects to the same standards as large projects; and (5) groups representing rural areas agree that federal rural assistance needs to be reformed to give states and local areas more involvement, although they are concerned that state governments may not respond to communities' needs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR.pdf GAO/RCED-95-160BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-160BR Briefing Report GAO/RCED-95-160BR; Rural Development: Patchwork of Federal Water and Sewer Programs Is Difficult to Use; Federal aid programs Rural economic development Wastewater management Federal/state relations Regional development programs Community development Block grants Economically depressed areas Community development programs Water supply management Water and Waste Disposal Grant Water and Waste Disposal Loan Program Community Development Block Grant Rural Community Assistance Program RDA Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities Program Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Small Cities Community Development Block Grant FmHA Rural Housing Site Loan Program FmHA Very Low Income Housing Repair Loans and Grants Program Blue Ridge (GA) EPA Capitalization Grant EDA Grant EDA Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance Program Dept. of the Interior Economic and Political Development of the Territories Program HHS Surplus Property Utilization Program Franklin County (GA) Taylor County (GA)