PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To support program activities of national or regional significance to alleviate the causes of poverty in distressed communities which promote: (1) Full-time permanent jobs for poverty level project area residents; (2) income and/or ownership opportunities for low-income community members; (3) a better standard of living for rural low-income individuals in terms of water and waste water treatment; (4) national or regional programs designed to provide character building, sports and physical fitness activities for low- income youth; (5) Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers; and support the design, development and widespread availability of interactive information technology among a nationwide network of eligible entities, as well as promoting electronic communication and access to program information that would enhance the effective delivery of services.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;
- Rural Community Development;
- Planning and Research;
2. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE;
- Economic Development;
3. AGRICULTURE;
- Stabilization and Conservation Service;
4. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Assistance to State and Local Governments;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Individual/Family;
- Unemployed;
- Low Income;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);