A Single Solution

A proposal to create the Strengthening America's Communities Grant Initiative at the Commerce Department would replace 18 programs at five agencies.

Agriculture

• Economic Impact Initiative Grants
• Rural Business Enterprise Grants
• Rural Development Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities
• Rural Business Opportunity Grants

Commerce

• Economic Development Assistance Programs

Health and Human Services

• Community and Economic Development
• Community Services Block Grant Program
• Rural Development Community Facilities

Housing and Urban Development

• Brownfields Economic Development Initiative
• Community Development Block Grant Formula Grants
• Community Development Block Grant Loan Guarantees (Section 108)
• Community Development Block Grant Set-Asides
• National Community Development Initiative
• Rural Housing and Economic Development
• Urban Empowerment Zones Round II Grants

Treasury

• Bank Enterprise Award Program
• Community Development Financial Institutions Program
• Community Development Financial Institutions Native American Initiatives

SOURCE: "Major Savings and Reforms in the President's 2006 Budget" (Feb. 11, 2005), Office of management and budget