Rural Conditions and Trends: Federal Programs Issue, Vol. 8, No. 1
Douglas E. Bowers and Rick Reeder, editors
Rural Conditions and Trends No. (RCAT-81)
June 1997
About this magazine
This is the second annual issue of Rural Conditions and Trends (RCaT) dedicated to describing Federal program and policy changes important for rural development. This issue examines budget, tax, and regulatory changes initiated in 1996 and taking effect in 1997 (the first issue looked at changes taking effect in 1996). We examine most of the larger core development programs that assist rural infrastructure, housing, businesses, and general development (including planning and technical assistance). We also examine major changes in tax and regulatory policy affecting rural areas.
In this report ...
Articles are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
- Frontmatter (masthead, contents), 9 kb
- Overview: Welfare Reform, Regulatory Change, New Infrastructure Funding, and Government Reinvention Set the Stage for 1997, 28 kb
- General Assistance: General Assistance Funding Remains Steady, While New Initiatives Direct
Aid to Distressed Rural Areas, 708 kb
- Infrastructure Assistance: More Funds Are Available for Many Infrastructure Programs, 1,077 kb
- Business Assistance: Reinvented Business Assistance Programs Promise to Do More With Less, 556 kb
- Housing Assistance: Federal Housing Assistance Emphasizes Loan Guarantees, 1,088 kb
- Miscellaneous Programs: Funding Increases for Education, Training, Employment, Environment,
and Natural Resources, 186 kb
- Welfare Reform: Welfare Reform Legislation Poses Opportunities and Challenges for Rural
America, 1,271 kb
- Minimum Wage Legislation: Rural Workers Will Benefit More Than Urban Workers From Increase in Minimum Wage, 226 kb
- Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996: New Law Significantly Affects Small Rural
Water Systems, 565 kb
- Tax Policy: Federal Tax Developments Affect Farms and Other Rural Businesses, 19 kb
- Regulatory Policy: Many Significant Regulatory Changes Take Effect in 1997, 676 kb
- Appendix A: Rural Share of Selected Programs, 11 kb
- Appendix B: Data Sources and Definitions, 26 kb
- Appendix C: Contents of Last Year's Federal Programs RCaT, 17 kb
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Updated date: June 1997
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