FY 16-17: Agency Priority Goal

Increasing Assistance for Rural, Persistent Poverty Communities

Priority Goal

Increasing Assistance for Rural, Persistent Poverty Communities

USDA is committed to increasing program access and leveraging resources for investments in rural, persistent poverty communities. By September 30, 2017, USDA will :

 a) increase the percentage of USDA funding in StrikeForce areas by 10 percent from 2010 baseline $4 billion and; 

b) leverage $1 billion of outside resources from baseline in high poverty areas over two years.

info Themes:
Energy Agriculture Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services Community and Regional Development Economic Security and Policy