1993 Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program


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Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.










Revitalization Programs


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Beginning in 1993 and in subsequent legislation in 1997, 1999, and 2000, Congress established the Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise Community (EC), and Renewal Community (RC) programs to reduce unemployment and generate economic growth in selected Census tracts. Urban and rural communities received grants, tax incentives, or a combination of both to stimulate community development and business activity. A report to Congress was mandated on the EZ, EC, and RC programs and their effect on poverty, unemployment, and economic growth in designated program areas. The first two mandated reports were issued in 2004 and 2006. This report makes available info. provided in a briefing to Congress on Jan. 29, 2010. Illus.







Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance


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Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.




Clearinghouse Review


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Confronting Poverty


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Confronting Poverty proposes thoughtful reforms in employment and training, child support, health care, education, welfare, immigration, and urban policies, all crafted from the successes, as well as the failures, of policies over the past three decades.