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03/13/2018: USDA Invests $276 Million in Rural Electric Infrastructure: Georgia to receive $16.5 Million to Modernize Infrastructure and Spur Business Growth

03/06/2018: Summer Food Service Program Webinars Announced

03/01/2018: USDA Announces Innovative Change to Better Serve Rural Housing Customers

03/01/2018: Rural Development Invitation to Listening Session on March 22, 2018 for Rural Broadband and STEM Education

02/27/2018: Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is seeking applications for grants to help preserve affordable, rural rental housing.

02/27/2018: Still Time to be Counted in the 2017 Census of Agriculture NASS to follow-up with producers who have not yet responded

02/22/2018: USDA Launches Webpage Highlighting Resources to Help Rural Communities Address the Opioid Crisis

01/25/2018: USDA Helped Improve Essential Services in Rural Georgia in 2017: Funding Supports Schools, First Responder Vehicles and Equipment, Public Works, and Other Community Needs

01/24/2018: Rural America and the Opioid Epidemic: A Call for Partnership

01/24/2018: Perdue Announces USDA’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018

01/23/2018: Apply by April 30, 2018 for the Rural Business Development Grant

01/23/2018: Georgia Rural Development Announces March 2018 Session of Business & Industry Lender Training in Athens

01/19/2018: USDA Provides Funding to Increase Access to Educational and Health Care Services in Rural Georgia Areas

01/18/2018: Stakeholder Announcement: Rural Development Announces Gil Gonzalez as Chief of Staff

01/16/2018: Stakeholder Announcement: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program Eligibility Expansion and Administration Improvements

01/11/2018: Sponsors Needed to Serve Meals to Children in Summer 2018: Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) served over 5.3 million meals in Summer 2017

01/11/2018: Spring 2018 Georgia Landowner Academy to be held in Fitzgerald

12/21/2017: Highlights of 2017 Rural Development Accomplishments for Rural Prosperity

12/14/2017: USDA Highlights $40 Million in Infrastructure Investments in Rural Communities

11/30/2017: Notice of Changes to Eligible Area Maps for USDA Rural Development Housing Programs in Georgia

11/29/2017: USDA Helps Rural Communities Restore Water Systems Damaged by Disasters

11/20/2017: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) application process and deadlines.

11/17/2017: USDA Invests Nearly $200 Million to Improve Health Care in Rural Georgia

11/09/2017: McIntosh County USDA Disaster Assistance and Hurricane Recovery Workshop Set for November 16 in Darien, Georgia

11/09/2017: Liberty County USDA Disaster Assistance and Hurricane Recovery Workshop Set for November 16 in Hinesville, Georgia

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