USDA Rural Development demonstrates how Census data drives rural program eligibility
USDA Rural Development’s Innovation Center demonstrated external eligibility mapping tools that use decennial and ACS data to guide program eligibility and state funding allocations; program thresholds and data sources were explained.
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Dr. Julia Cho, senior social science analyst at USDA Rural Development’s Innovation Center, showed how her office uses Census decennial and ACS data to support program implementation, eligibility determinations and funding allocation. She said Census data are used daily for program eligibility calculations, civil‑rights compliance and to compute state median household income measures that factor into grant awards.
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