PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To assist public, private, or cooperative organizations (profit or nonprofit), Indian tribes or individuals in rural areas to obtain quality loans for the purpose of improving, developing or financing business, industry, and employment and improving the economic and environmental climate in rural communities including pollution abatement and control.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE;
- Small Business;
- Economic Development;
- Economic Injury and Natural Disaster;
- Minority Business Enterprise;
2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;
- Construction, Renewal and Operations;
- Rural Community Development;
- Recreation;
- Site Acquisition;
- Indian Action Services;
- Land Acquisition;
3. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Job Training, Employment;
4. HOUSING;
- Planning;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Local;
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- Individual/Family;
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
- Quasi-public non-profit organization;
- American Indian;
- U.S. Citizen;
- Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents);
- Rural;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- Individual/Family;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other private institutions/organizations;