7 CFR § 2003.10 - Rural Development State Offices.

§ 2003.10 Rural Development State Offices.

(a) Headed by State Directors, State Offices report directly to the Under Secretary, Rural Development, and are responsible to the three Rural Development agency Administrators for carrying out agency program operations at the State level, ensuring adherence to program plans approved for the State by the Under Secretary, and rendering staff advisory and manpower support to Area and Local offices. The Rural Development State Directors, for budget and accounting purposes, are housed in the RHS agency.

(b) Program Directors within the State Office provide oversight and leadership on major program functions. Major program functions include: Single Family and Multi-Family Housing loans and grants, Community Facility, Water and Waste Disposal, Business and Cooperative, and the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) programs.

(c) The USDA Rural Development State Office locations are as follows:

State Location
Alabama Montgomery, AL
Alaska Palmer, AK
Arizona Phoenix, AZ
Arkansas Little Rock, AR
California Woodland, CA
Colorado Lakewood, CO
Delaware Camden, DE
Florida Gainesville, FL
Georgia Athens, GA
Hawaii Hilo, HI
Idaho Boise, ID
Illinois Champaign, IL
Indiana Indianapolis, IN
Iowa Des Moines, IA
Kansas Topeka, KS
Kentucky Lexington, KY
Louisiana Alexandria, LA
Maine Bangor, ME
Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Michigan East Lansing, MI
Minnesota St. Paul, MN
Mississippi Jackson, MS
Missouri Columbia, MO
Montana Bozeman, MT
Nebraska Lincoln, NE
Nevada Carson City, NV
New Jersey Mt. Holly, NJ
New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
New York Syracuse, NY
North Carolina Raleigh, NC
North Dakota Bismarck, ND
Ohio Columbus, OH
Oklahoma Stillwater, OK
Oregon Portland, OR
Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA
Puerto Rico Hato Rey, PR
South Carolina Columbia, SC
South Dakota Huron, SD
Tennessee Nashville, TN
Texas Temple, TX
Utah Salt Lake City, UT
Vermont Montpelier, VT
Virginia Richmond, VA
Washington Olympia, WA
West Virginia Charleston, WV
Wisconsin Stevens Point, WI
Wyoming Casper, WY
[62 FR 67259, Dec. 24, 1997; 63 FR 3256, Jan. 22, 1998]