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      "title": "An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative",
      "summary": "For the second consecutive year, the Administration has included in its budget request, a\nproposal\nthat would eliminate a number of federal economic and community development programs. Last\nyear, the Administration's FY2006 budget recommendations included a proposal that would have\nconsolidated the activities of at least 18 existing community and economic development programs\ninto a two-part grant proposal called the \"Strengthening America's Communities Initiative\" (SACI). \nResponsibility for the18 programs now being carried out by five federal agencies (the Department\nof Housing and Urban Development, the Economic Development Administration in the Department\nof Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and\nthe Department of Agriculture) would have been transferred to the Commerce Department, which\ncurrently administers the programs of the Economic Development Administration. Under the\nAdministration's FY2006 proposal, the Department of Commerce would have administered a core\nprogram and a bonus program. The bonus program would have awarded additional funds to\ncommunities that demonstrated efforts to improve economic conditions. \n The FY2006 SACI proposal would have reduced total funding for the 18 programs from $5.6\nbillion in FY2005 to $3.7 billion in FY2006. Congress rejected the Administration's budget proposal\nand funded all 18 programs at a total level of $5.3 billion. Although an outline of the proposal was\nincluded in the Administration's FY2006 budget documents, the Administration did not submit a\nlegislative proposal during the first session of the 109th Congress. Instead, after facing significant\nopposition, an advisory group was established within the Department of Commerce to assist the\nSecretary in developing a detailed legislative proposal. \n The Administration's FY2007 budget request outlines a revamped SACI proposal. Under the\nFY2007 version, two of the 18 programs would be funded -- HUD's Community Development\nBlock Grant (CDBG) program and a new Regional Development Account within Economic\nDevelopment Administration (EDA). The FY2007 budget proposes a SACI funding level of $3.360\nbillion -- nearly $2 billion less than the aggregate appropriation for the 18 programs in FY2006. \n The Administration's FY2007 budget identifies some general elements of the new SACI\nproposal including development of a common set of goals and performance measures for federal\ncommunity and economic development programs by HUD and the Department of Commerce. In\nHUD, the Administration plans calls for a new CDBG allocation formula targeted to the neediest\ncommunities, a bonus fund component, and reforms that address the program's shortcoming outlined\nin the Program Assessment Rating Tool. The Administration budget proposal calls for the creation\nof a new Regional Development Account (RDA) in EDA that would be funded at $257 million and\nwould replace the agency's current budget categories of public works, economic adjustment\nassistance, technical assistance and research, and evaluation. This report will be updated as the\nAdministration offers new details and as Congress reviews the proposal.",
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