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Title
Rural Conditions and Trends
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Issue Date
1997
Publication Type
Journal Article
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https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329331
Language
English
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Rural Conditions and Trends
Volume
08
Issue
1
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Overview: Welfare Reform, Regulatory Change, New Infrastructure Funding, and Government Reinvention Set the Stage for 1997; General Assistance: General Assistance Funding Remains Steady, While New Initiatives Direct Aid to Distressed Rural Areas; Infrastructure Assistance: More Funds Are Available for Many Infrastructure Programs; Business Assistance: Reinvented Business Assistance Programs Promise to Do More With Less; Housing Assistance: Federal Housing Assistance Emphasizes Loan Guarantees; Miscellaneous Programs: Funding Increases for Education, Training, Employment, Environment, and Natural Resources; Welfare Reform: Welfare Reform Legislation Poses Opportunities and Challenges for Rural America; Minimum Wage Legislation: Rural Workers Will Benefit More Than Urban Workers From Increase in Minimum Wage; Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996: New Law Significantly Affects Small Rural Water Systems; Tax Policy: Federal Tax Developments Affect Farms and Other Rural Businesses; Regulatory Policy: Many Significant Regulatory Changes Take Effect in 1997; Appendix A: Rural Share of Selected Programs; Appendix B: Data Sources and Definitions; Appendix C: Contents of Last Year’s Federal Programs RCaT