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While poverty is a rural, suburban and urban challenge, the reality is that nearly 85 percent of America's persistent poverty counties are in rural areas. USDA's StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity Initiative is part of our commitment to growing economies, increasing investments and creating opportunities in poverty-stricken rural communities. StrikeForce was officially launched in 2010 as a pilot project in persistent poverty areas in rural Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi.
StrikeForce efforts were expanded to persistent poverty counties in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Since its inception, StrikeForce has formed over 400 community based partnerships and supported 80,300 projects and opportunities to strengthen America's rural economy.
These documents require Adobe Acrobat.
StrikeForce Fact Sheet 2014 (PDF) (600 KB)
USDA StrikeForce Report FY2011-FY2013 (PDF) (586 KB)
How to Apply for Programs (PDF) (1,312 KB)
How to Apply for Programs (Spanish) (PDF) (63 KB)
Combined Agencies Pamphlet (PDF) (344 KB)
StrikeForce Counties
StrikeForce is helping us direct needed USDA resources to individuals and communities in Georgia's 60 StrikeForce counties. The counties are:
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Appling
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Crisp
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Miller
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Telfair
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Atkinson
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Decatur
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Mitchell
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Terrell
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Baker
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Dodge
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Montgomery
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Thomas
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Baldwin
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Dooly
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Peach
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Tift
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Ben Hill
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Early
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Pulaski
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Toombs
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Berrien
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Emanuel
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Quitman
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Treutlen
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Bulloch
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Evans
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Randolph
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Turner
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Calhoun
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Grady
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Screven
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Ware
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Candler
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Hancock
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Seminole
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Warren
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Charlton
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Irwin
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Stewart
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Washington
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Clay
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Jefferson
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Sumter
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Wayne
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Clinch
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Jenkins
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Talbot
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Webster
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Coffee
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Johnson
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Taliaferro
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Wheeler
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Colquitt
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Laurens
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Tattnall
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Wilcox
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Cook
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Macon
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Taylor
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Wilkes
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To read success stories about any StrikeForce County please visit our Success Stories page. Learn more...
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