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2001 Texas Annual Report

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural

Development mission areas consists of three

services: Rural Housing Service (RHS);

Rural Utilities Service (RUS); and Rural

Business-Cooperative Service (RBS).

A Message from the Texas

State Director

Dear Rural Friends and Neighbors: It is with

great pride that I share with you the many

accomplishments of Texas USDA Rural

Development. I am pleased with the work we

have accomplished to improve the economic

viability of so many rural communities across

our great state. 

Through our various programs, we are

committed to building decent, safe, and

sanitary housing; providing opportunities for

good jobs; and ensuring all rural residents have

safe drinking water and reliable and modern

infrastructure. Through the efforts of local and

state office staff, we have infused more than

$231 million in the rural communities of Texas.

Our partnerships with other federal agencies,

state and local government entities, and private

sector lenders, who have leveraged funds, have

resulted in millions more. This report will give

you an overview of our work in Fiscal Year

(FY) 2001. I think you will be impressed with

what you see. 

Much work remains to be done, but the USDA

Texas Rural Development staff and I are

committed to ensuring that rural residents enjoy

the same benefits as our urban neighbors. 

Please feel free to contact USDA Rural

Development for any of your rural community

and economic development needs. 

Sincerely,

Bryan Daniel

Texas State Director

5 Year History

$0

$50,000,000

$100,000,000

$150,000,000

$200,000,000

$250,000,000

$300,000,000

$350,000,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

TEXAS USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT

LOANS AND GRANTS FUNDED

(ALL PROGRAMS)
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Administrative Management

Programs

During Fiscal Year 2001, USDA Texas

Rural Development delivered more than

$231 million in program funding through

the rural communities of Texas. To

accomplish this complex and demanding

mission, more than 200 employees in 31

USDA office locations effectively and

efficiently delivered our programs to rural

Texans.

To streamline the process, significant

improvements in automation and

telecommunications have been achieved.

Today, every employee has a modern,

state-of-the-art computer station

connected to the Internet. Web sites

that provide information on our programs

have been developed for public use and 

E-mail capacity with our customer base is

rapidly becoming a routine way of doing

business and processing information. To

further promote our programs to rural

Texans, more than 1,800 outreach actions

were initiated during FY 2001 through

community meetings, media news releases

and radio/TV broadcasts.

You’ll find information in this report on

where we are located and how to reach us

anywhere in rural Texas. Please feel free

to contact us for information or

assistance in meeting your rural community

needs. We look forward to serving you.

5 Year History 

Number of Employees

208

209

210

211

212

213

214

215

216

217

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

Single Family Housing (SFH)

For more than 50 years, USDA Rural

Development has been making the

American Dream a reality for rural

Texans by funding affordable housing. 

In FY 2001, we funded $106,018,181

and assisted 2,274 families in achieving

their dream of homeownership. A total
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of $29,230,637 in the Guaranteed Rural

Housing program was funded. As a

result, 380 families were able to purchase

a new or existing home of their own. In

addition, through our Direct Home Loan

Program we funded $72,131,225, which

assisted 1,029 families in the purchase of

a home. In total, 1,409 families in Texas

were able to achieve homeownership.

Home Repair Loans and Grants

USDA Rural Development home repair and

improvement loans and grants are often

used to bring running water to homes, hot

water heaters to families who have never

had hot water into their homes, and

improvements to electrical systems that

do not currently meet safety codes.

These are things that many of us take

for granted. The added costs of home

repair for many elderly or low-income

rural residents are frequently too costly.

Home repair loans and grants provided by

USDA Rural Development are often

necessary to remove health and safety

hazards and to make homes accessible to

people with disabilities.

In FY 2001, USDA Texas Rural

Development provided 291 families with

repair loans in the amount of $1,839,139

and 574 families received grants for home

repair and new water/sewer hookups

totaling $2,817,180. This assistance

contributed greatly to the improvement of

the quality of life for 865 Texans. 

We are proud to have played a key role in

contributing to the rural Texas economy

by providing affordable housing to

thousands of households. Texas USDA

Rural Development has distinguished itself

by funding individual homeownership for

rehabilitation loans at record levels.

5 Year Funding 

History for SFH

$0

$20,000,000

$40,000,000

$60,000,000

$80,000,000

$100,000,000

$120,000,000

$140,000,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

Multi-Family Housing (MFH)

A total of $9,394,842 was infused into

rural Texas communities through the

various multi-family housing programs (new

construction, rehabilitation of existing

developments, credit sales, and

transfers).

There are currently over 26,822 units of

multi-family housing financed by USDA
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Rural Development in Texas. This

program provides low-income families with

safe housing in apartment style buildings.

Depending on income, some families may

qualify for assistance or subsidies to pay

rent. In FY 2001, USDA Texas Rural

Development assisted 12,819 families with

$30,214,575 in rental assistance.

5 Year Funding 

History for MFH 

$-

$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

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Site Manager of the Year Award

Texas' Site Manager of the Year for

2001 was Ms. Lynell Douglass. Ms.

Douglass earned recognition as Texas'

Site Manager of the Year because she

went beyond the call of duty to make the

Seagoville Senior Citizens Apartments a

pleasant, safe, and crime-free

environment.

Housing Preservation Grant Program

(HPG) 

During Fiscal Year 2001, Texas used

100% of the HPG allocation of $504,570.

The money was awarded to six private and

non-profit organizations to assist verylow and low-income homeowners in

repairing and rehabilitating rural homes.

Community Facilities Program (CF)
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In FY 2001, Texas Rural Development

funded 31 Community Facilities projects

totaling $6,303,447 in loans, grants and

guarantees. Some of this year’s projects

include construction of a food bank, an

assisted living facility, an adult day care,

a fire station, purchase of school

playground equipment, fire trucks and a

library renovation project. 

5 Year Funding 

History for CF

$-

$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000

$14,000,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

Rural Utilities Service

A total of $72,452,135 was infused into

rural Texas communities through the

various programs of Rural Utilities

Service.

Water and Wastewater Program 

More than $65.5 million was obligated to

29 rural Texas communities for loan and

grant assistance during FY 2001 under

the RUS programs. The communities used

the funds to construct new facilities or to

expand and improve existing rural water

and wastewater systems throughout

Texas. These funds helped improve the

quality of life for over 93,000 households

and businesses. A total of $45,441,571

was leveraged with various state and

private agencies.

Water and Waste Disposal Grants

(Section 306C for Entities) 
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These grant funds were used to

construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise

improve community water and/or waste

disposal systems in areas, which were

recognized as a colonia before October 1,

1989. Texas funded eight projects

totaling $6,858,935, bringing clean water

and sanitary waste disposal to over

13,000 rural households.

5 Year Funding 

History for RUS

$0

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

$40,000,000

$50,000,000

$60,000,000

$70,000,000

$80,000,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan

and Grant Program (DLT):

The DLT loan and grant program provides

financial assistance to meet the

educational and health care needs of rural

America. It enables citizens of the most

isolated communities to have access to

the same education and specialized

medical technology as the citizens in

urban and suburban cities. In FY 2001,

eight projects received grant funds

totaling $1,993,811. The projects

included a university, several school

districts and medical facilities to provide

advanced information technology,

telemedicine equipment, distance learning

and digital desktop video conferencing to

enhance the quality of life for rural

residents.

5 Year Funding 

History for DLT

$0

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

RURAL BUSINESSCOOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

SERVICE
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A total of $36,779,197 was infused into

the rural areas of Texas.

Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan

Program 

In Fiscal Year 2001, 18 loans were made

totaling $35,107,827 and resulting in 335

jobs being created or saved. Some of the

funded projects included an asphalt

company, livestock products,

manufacturers of steel buildings, boat

manufacturing, fertilizer, mobile home

sales, and a tree nursery. Commercial

loans, guaranteed up to 90% against loss

of principal and interest, are made by

lenders to individuals and corporations to

improve, develop or finance business,

industry, and employment. 

Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program

(RBEG)

Five applicants received $1,063,000 in

Rural Business Enterprise Grant funds this

fiscal year resulting in creating or saving

607 jobs. The program is designed to

assist small and emerging businesses by

providing funding for startup costs. Funds

are designated to community non-profits

or local governmental bodies to provide

infrastructure, technical assistance or

revolving loans to benefit private business

enterprises. 

Intermediary Relending Program (IRP) 

The IRP is designed to provide assistance

to finance business facilities and

community development projects outside

the boundaries of cities with 25,000 or

more in population. Funds are made

available to intermediaries that re-lend to

recipients in rural areas for eligible

purposes. One applicant, with eight enduser recipients, received a guaranteed

loan for $446,370, which in turned

saved/created eight jobs. 

Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)

The RBOG program provides funds for

technical assistance, training, and planning

activities that improve economic conditions

in rural areas. In 2001, four grants

were awarded totaling $162,000. 

5 Year Funding History

for RB-CS

$-

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

$40,000,000

$50,000,000

$60,000,000

$70,000,000

FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01

Building Competitive Cooperatives

Our goal is to help rural residents form

new cooperative businesses and improve

the operations of existing cooperatives so

they can prosper in the global market

place. To accomplish this we assist by

providing technical assistance, conducting

initial feasibility studies and creating and

implementing a business plan.

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT (OCD)

Empowerment Zones, Enterprise and

Champion Communities, and National

Centers for Excellence
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In June 2001, the Texas State Office,

along with staff from Oklahoma and New

Mexico, hosted a one-day training session

for more than 100 community

representatives interested in applying for

the Round III Empowerment Zone

designation. Three Texas communities

applied and one applicant was selected

through a nationwide competition. 

The Rio Grande Valley Empowerment Zone

(RGVEZ), Mercedes, Texas, designated as

an empowerment zone, has infused millions

of dollars into some of the most

economically depressed areas in the state.

 

On January 11, 2002, Ann Veneman,

Secretary of Agriculture, announced that

FUTURO, Inc. was selected as one of two

rural empowerment zones nationwide. The

designation will provide much needed tax

benefits for existing and prospective

employers in the south Texas area. We

are very proud that our existing

enterprise community was selected for

this designation.

National Centers of Excellence

A $20,000 grant was awarded to the

University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA)

in Edinburg, Texas, through OCD’s 

"Centers of Excellence: College/University

Partnership Project." The funds are to

provide technical assistance and training

to representatives of empowerment zones,

enterprise communities and champion

communities in Texas.

The UTPA is one of four institutions of

higher learning serving as pilot projects

for a program of education and training on

rural poverty issues. The UTPA is

strategically located near the Rio Grande

Valley Empowerment Zone and acts as a

cornerstone of a national rural

development network. 
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Texas State Office Information

USDA Rural Development

101 So. Main Street, Suite 102

Temple, Texas 76501

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Telephone: 254-742-9700

Fax: 254-742-9709

TDD: 254-742-9712

Web Site: www.rurdev.usda.gov/tx/

State Director

Bryan Daniel

Phone: 254-742-9710

Fax: 254-742-9709

E-Mail: Bryan.Daniel@tx.usda.gov

KEY PERSONNEL

Director, Administrative Programs Director, Rural Utilities Service

Richard Perryman Francisco (Paco) Valentin, Jr.

Phone: 254-742-9720 Phone: 254-742-9789

Fax: 254-742-9709 Fax: 254-742-9709

E-Mail: Richard.Perryman@tx.usda.gov E-Mail: Francisco.Valentin@tx.usda.gov

Director, Single Family Housing Director, Community Facilities/MultiScooter Brockette Family Housing

Phone: 254-742-9770 Eugene Pavlat

Fax: 254-742-9709 Phone: 254-742-9760

E-Mail: Scooter.Brockette@tx.usda.gov Fax: 254-742-9709

E-Mail: Gene.Pavlat@tx.usda.gov

Director, Rural Business-Cooperative Service Public Information Coordinator

J. Pat Liles Betty Ferguson

Phone: 254-742-9780 Phone: 254-742-9710

Fax: 254-742-9709 Fax: 254-742-9709 

E-Mail: Pat.Liles@tx.usda.gov E-Mail: Betty.Ferguson@tx.usda.gov

USDA Rural Development is an Equal Opportunity Lender, Provider and Employer.

Complaints of discrimination should be sent to:

USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
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TEXAS FIELD OFFICE INFORMATION

Please see the attached map for area and local office jurisdictions:

Abilene Local Office Edinburg Local Office Huntsville Local Office

4400 Buffalo Gap Road, Suite 4150 2514 South I Road, Suite 4 2 Financial Plaza, Suite 745

Abilene, TX 79606 Edinburg, TX 78539 Huntsville, TX 77340

Phone: 915-690-6162, Ext. 4 Phone: 956-383-4928, Ext. 4 Phone: 936-291-1901, Ext. 4

Fax: 915-695-0528 Fax: 956-383-6088 Fax: 936-294-0533

Alice Local Office Edna Local Office Jasper Local Office

2287 N. Texas Blvd., Suite 1 700 N. Wells, Rm. 101 714 West Gibson, Suite 1

Alice, TX 78332 Edna, TX 77957 Jasper, TX 75951

Phone: 361-668-0453, Ext. 4 Phone: 361-782-7151, Ext. 4 Phone: 409-384-5779, Ext. 4

Fax: 361-668-3947 Fax: 361-782-3680 Fax: 409-384-7079

Amarillo Local Office El Paso Local Office Lubbock Local Office

6565 Amarillo Boulevard West, Suite C 11930 Visa Del Sol, Suite C 6113 – 43rd Street. Suite B

Amarillo. TX 79106 El Paso, TX 79936 Lubbock, TX 79407

Phone: 806-468-8600, Ext. 4 Phone: 915-855-1229, Ext. 4 Phone: 806-785-5644, Ext. 4

Fax: 806-468-7248 Fax: 915-857-3647 Fax: 806-785-5974

Angleton Local Office Ft. Stockton Local Office Lufkin Local Office

209 East Mulberry, Suite 500 2306 West Dickinson Blvd, Suite 2 1520 E. Denman, Suite 104

Angleton, TX 77515-4650 Fort Stockton, TX 79735 Lufkin, TX 75901-5817

Phone: 979-849-5251, Ext. 4 Phone: 915-336-7585, Ext. 4 Phone: 936-639-8661, Ext. 4

Fax: 979-849-7190 Fax: 915-336-9620 Fax: 936-634-8140

Bastrop Local Office Fredericksburg Local Office McKinney Local Office

208 Old Austin Hwy., P.O. Box 576 1906 North Llano, Room 102 1406-E North McDonald Rd.

Bastrop, TX 78602 Fredericksburg, TX 78624 McKinney, TX 75071

Phone: 512-321-3428, Ext. 4 Phone: 830-997-8902, Ext. 4 Phone: 972-542-0081, Ext. 4

Fax: 512-321-4177 Fax: 830-997-0837 Fax: 972-542-4028

Brownwood Local Office Georgetown Local Office Mt. Pleasant Local Office

2608 Hwy 377 S., Suite A 505 West University Drive, Suite G 1809 Ferguson Rd., Suite E

Brownwood, TX 76801 Georgetown, TX 78627-0058 Mt. Pleasant, TX 75456-1328

Phone: 915-643-1585, Ext. 4 Phone: 512-863-6502, Ext. 4 Phone: 903-572-5411, Ext. 4

Fax: 915-646-8630 Fax: 512-869-0579 Fax: 903-577-8909

Bryan Local Office Groesbeck Local Office Rio Grande City Local Office

3833 South Texas Avenue, Suite 117 1213 Yeagua, P.O. Box 410 4400 East Highway 83

Bryan, TX 77802 Groesbeck, TX 76642-0410 Rio Grande City, TX 78582

Phone: 979-846-0548, Ext. 4. Phone: 254-729-2310, Ext. 4 Phone: 956-487-5576, Ext. 4

Fax: 979-691-8967 Fax: 254-729-3459 Fax: 956-487-7882

Canton Local Office Hebbronville Local Office San Benito Local Office

North Highway 19, Van Zandt Agl. Bldg. 1700 North Smith Street, Suite A 2315 W. Expressway 83, Room 102

Canton, TX 75103-0578 Hebbronville, TX 78361 San Benito, TX 78586

Phone: 903-567-6051, Ext. 4 Phone: 361-527-3253, Ext. 4 Phone: 956-399-1551, Ext. 4.

Fax: 903-567-4894 Fax: 361-527-5547 Fax: 956-399-9468

Cleburne Local Office Henderson Local Office Seguin Local Office

105-C Poindexter Street 1305 South Main, Suite 103 3251 N. Hwy 123 Bypass

Cleburne, TX 76031 Henderson, TX 75654 Seguin, TX 78155-6115

Phone: 817-641-4481, Ext. 4 Phone: 903-657-8221. Ext. 4 Phone: 830-372-1043, Ext. 4

Fax: 817-641-7629 Fax: 903-657-2571 Fax: 830-372-0020

Decatur Local Office Hillsboro Local Office Uvalde Local Office

1604 W. Business 380, Suite A 1502 Hwy 77 North 101 Weeping Willow

Decatur, TX 76234 Hillsboro, TX 76645-0313 Uvalde, TX 78801

Phone: 940-627-3531, Ext. 4 Phone: 254-582-7328, Ext. 4 Phone: 830-278-9503, Ext. 4

Fax: 940-627-5228 Fax: 254-582-7622 Fax: 830-278-9348
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