[Federal Register: November 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 219)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service

 
Notice of Stakeholder's Meeting on Rural Community Development 
Initiative (RCDI)

AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service (RHS), Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service (RBS), and Rural Utilities Service, USDA.


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ACTION: Public notice of stakeholder's meeting on Rural Community 
Development Initiative.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces a Stakeholder's Meeting on the Rural 
Community Development Initiative (RCDI). The intent of this 
Stakeholder's Meeting is to provide information on RCDI and receive 
public comments. An appropriation of $6,000,000 for grants for RCDI has 
been provided under the Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP). 
These funds are intended to increase capacity-building among private, 
nonprofit community development organizations and low income rural 
communities in the areas of housing, community facilities, and 
community and economic development. Qualified private and public 
(including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out 
technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. 
These organizations will be required to provide matching funds from 
other sources in an amount equal to the funds provided under the RCDI.

DATES: The Stakeholder's Meeting will be conducted on November 30, 
1999, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Jamie L. Whitten Federal 
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 12th and Jefferson Drive, SW, 
Washington, DC. The meeting will be in Room 107-A. The Jamie L. Whitten 
Federal Building may be accessed via the Metro by exiting at the 
Smithsonian station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Jones, Senior Loan Specialist, 
Community Programs Servicing and Special Authorities Branch, RHS, USDA, 
1400 Independence Ave., SW, STOP 0787, Washington, DC 20250-0787, 
Telephone (202) 720-1498, E-mail epjones@rdmail.rural.usda.gov. If you 
are unable to attend and would like to submit written comments, they 
must be received by November 22, 1999.

    Dated: November 5, 1999.
Inga Smulkstys,
Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 99-29634 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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