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Rural Sourcing: An outsourcing method that is based on transferring jobs away from higher cost urban areas to lower cost rural areas.

Rural Housing Preservation Grants: Section 533 grants are available through the Rural Housing Service for repairing and rehabilitating rural housing for low- and very low-income families.

Rural Home Repair Loans And Grants: Section 504 Loans and grants are available through the Rural Housing Service to lower income rural homeowners for making repairs.

Rural Home Loans: Section 502 loans are available through the Rural Housing Service to low- and moderate-income rural households to purchase and repair single-family homes.

Rural Electrification Administration: The predecessor USDA agency to the Rural Utilities Service charged with administering certain telephone and rural electric cooperative loan programs.

Rural Housing Service (RHS): The USDA agency responsible for administering the housing programs including direct loans, loan guarantees, rental assistance payments, and grants for low income families residing in rural a . . . View Full Definition

Rural Rental Assistance: Section 521 rental assistance available through the Rural Housing Service reduces out-of-pocket cash that very-low-income and low-income families pay for rent, including utilities.

State Rural Development Councils: A collaborative partnership comprised of representatives of the federal, state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and the nonprofit sector. Councils are created by a memoran . . . View Full Definition

State Rural Development Block Grant: Under provisions of the Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP), each state may receive, for direct administration, up to 10% of the funds allocated to the state. These funds may be used . . . View Full Definition

Rural Utilities Service (RUS): An agency within USDA charged with administering activities that support rural telecommunications, distance learning and telemedicine, electrical, and water and waste disposal activities. RU . . . View Full Definition