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2. Community Action Agencies - Wikipedia

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   Community Action Agencies. In the United States and its territories, Community Action Agencies ( CAA) are local private and public non-profit organizations that carry out the Community Action Program ( CAP ), which was founded by the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act to fight poverty by empowering the poor as part of the War on Poverty . CAAs are ...

3. Federal grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States. Grants are federal assistance to individuals, benefits or entitlements. A grant is not used to acquire property or services for the federal government's direct ...

4. Empowerment zone - Wikipedia

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   Empowerment zone. Within United States federal legislation, an empowerment zone is an economically distressed community eligible to receive tax incentives and grants from the United States federal government under the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Act of 1993. [1]

5. Administration of federal assistance in the United States

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   Definition. The term assistance (or benefits) is defined by the federal government as:. The transfer of money, property, services, or anything of value, the principal purpose of which is to accomplish a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by Federal statute,…and includes, but is not limited to, grants, loans, loan guarantees, scholarships, mortgage loans, insurance ...

6. Community Services Block Grant - Wikipedia

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   The Community Services Block Grant ( CSBG) provides federal funding for Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and other programs that seek to address poverty at the community level. Like other block grants, CSBG funds are allocated to the states and other jurisdictions (including tribes, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ...

7. United States African Development Foundation - Wikipedia

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   www .usadf .gov. The U.S. African Development Foundation ( USADF) is an independent U.S. government agency established by Congress in 1980 to invest directly in African grassroots enterprises and social entrepreneurs. USADF's investments aim to increase incomes, revenues, and jobs by promoting self-reliance and market-based solutions to poverty.