1. Census & Small Cities
April 1, 2010
Presentation for ICCTFOA September 2009
2. Census & Small Cities
Water
Streets & Public Safety
Sewer
ARRA
Representation
3. Water Projects
Municipalities, counties, and other
political subdivisions of a State, such as
districts and authorities, associations,
cooperatives, corporations operated on a
not-for-profit basis, Indian tribes on
Federal and State reservations and other
Federally recognized Indian tribes.
Facilities shall primarily serve rural
residents and rural businesses. The
service area shall not include any area in
any city or town having a population in
excess of 10,000 inhabitants according to
the latest decennial census of the United
States. The loan recipient must be unable
to finance the proposed project from
their own resources or through
commercial credit at reasonable rates
and terms. The loan recipient must have
or will obtain the legal authority
necessary for owning, constructing,
operating and maintaining the proposed
service or facility, and for obtaining,
giving security for, and repaying the
proposed loan.
USDA FY07 Funds
Grant Program to
Establish a Fund for
Financing Water and
Wastewater Projects
5. Public Safety Projects
States and local
governments at risk as
published in the Federal
Register, Indian Tribes,
public and private education
institutions, nonprofit
organizations, and rural fire
departments serving a
community with a
population of 10,000 or less
in the wildland / urban
interface.
National Fire Plan - Wildland Urban
Interface Community Fire Assistance
6. Projects
Sewer Projects can
break a city financially.
There are programs,
based on population
and the median
household income
available to cities to
eliminate or reduce the
amounts owed by those
cities for infrastructure
9. Small Business Development
Centers
The SBA will provide funds, the amount being
determined on a prorated share of approximately
$89,000,000 based on the population to be served
by the SBDC as compared to the total population in
the United States, with no State receiving less than
$500,000, or whichever is greater. The entity
generally is required to provide nonfederal funds of
at least a 1:1 match, although additional funds may
also be contributed by nonfederal sources. At least
50 percent of matching funds must be in cash; the
balance may be made up of in-kind contributions and
indirect costs.
10. Schools / EducationAprox $170 BILLION
For the Small, Rural School Achievement Program eligible recipients are local
educational agencies (LEAs) in which
(1) the total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served
by the LEA is less than 600 or where each school in the LEA is located in a county
with a total population density of less than 10 persons per square mile; and
(2) all of the schools served by the LEA are designated as rural under the U.S.
Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) using the
NCES school locale methodology in place at the time of NCLB's enactment or the
LEA is located in an area of the State defined as a rural by a State governmental
agency. For the Rural and Low- Income School Program eligible recipients are State
educational agencies. States then must distribute funds to local educational agencies
(LEAs) through a formula or competitive basis. An LEA is eligible to receive a grant
under this program only if
(1) it is not eligible for funds under the Small, Rural School Achievement
Program;
(2) at least 20% of the school children ages 5-17 in the LEA come from families
with incomes below the poverty line; and
(3) all of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a School Locale
Code of 6, 7 or 8 under the Department of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) locator system using the NCES school locale methodology in place
at the time of NCLB's enactment. If an SEA chooses not to participate in the program,
the Secretary uses the State's allocation to make direct grants to eligible LEAs in the
State.
11. Energy Assistance Aprox $2 BILLION
Energy Assistance Block Grants: All States, the
District of Columbia, federally-and State-
recognized Indian Tribal governments that
request direct funding, and specified Territories
may provide assistance to households with
incomes up to the greater of 150 percent of the
poverty level or 60 percent of the State median
income. Grantees may establish lower income
eligibility levels, but they may not set the limit
below 110 percent of the poverty level.
12. Representation
The number of persons
charged with representing
YOU at the State and
National Level are seated
by YOUR responses to
the 2010 Census
YOUR representation
helps to get money to
YOUR city
