At Rural Development, our mission is to improve the quality of life for rural Montanans. To accomplish this,
we work diligently to coordinate Federal assistance in rural areas of our great state.
We have numerous programs to assist Montanans at every level, and encourage you to take advantage of the financial vehicles
available to those of us living in rural America.
...For Homebuyers
...For Homeowners
...For Small Business Owners
...For Agricultural Producers
...For Rural Cities & Counties
- Water & Wastewater infrastructure loans
- Public Safety & Health loans
- Broadband Telecommunications
- Rec centers, Schools, Public Facilities
Ensuring that rural Americans have quality housing, good jobs, clean drinking water and reliable, modern
utility services has been, and remains a top priority.
Our goal at USDA Rural Development is to help rural Americans live longer, fuller lives. We accomplish this by administering
a number of programs to help rural residents care for their families and ensure that the businesses they start and the
communities in which they live have the best chance to grow and thrive.
Our state and local office staff play a vital part in ensuring the success of these programs. They work hard to make sure
the resources of USDA are managed in an efficient manner and that our programs bring the maximum benefit to each rural
resident and community.
Through our programs - housing, business-cooperatives, and community programs - we are leading a statewide effort to instill
in rural communities the confidence to make use of local knowledge and expertise to create sustainable economic and community
growth from within.
Our goal is to foster an atmosphere of interdependence, where communities have the resources and confidence they need to
develop the partnerships necessary to ensure sensible development.
The diverse citizenry, businesses, cooperatives, community/Tribal organizations, and local development organizations make
up a substantial and formidable component of rural Montana where tremendous community capacity already exists.
With our support, technical assistance, and nurturing, this capacity increases every year, thus allowing sustainable growth
to take place, with the community leading the development process. Our outreach efforts are designed to build upon community
capacity efforts that already exist, and provide community/Tribal leaders with the tools and resources necessary to make
things happen.
USDA Rural Development employees are working in partnership with the private sector and local and state governments to make
certain available resources are invested wisely and have the largest impact possible on improving the quality of life for rural
residents. We are proud that despite staff reductions and office consolidations over the last several years, USDA Rural
Development is efficiently and effectively serving more rural people than ever before.
By looking through our web pages, you'll find out more about USDA Rural Development programs and how they help people in Montana.
After reviewing the information we've provided, we hope you'll have a better idea of how USDA Rural Development is fulfilling
its mission to create new opportunity for rural Americans.
