1. (a) Headed by State Directors, State Offices report directly to the Under Secretary, Rural Development, and are responsible to the three Rural Development agency Administrators for carrying out agency program operations at the State level, ensuring adherence to program plans approved for the State by the Under Secretary, and rendering staff advisory and manpower support to Area and Local offices. The Rural Development State Directors, for budget and accounting purposes, are housed in the RHS agency.
2. (b) Program Directors within the State Office provide oversight and leadership on major program functions. Major program functions include: Single Family and Multi-Family Housing loans and grants, Community Facility, Water and Waste Disposal, Business and Cooperative, and the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC) programs.

3. (c) The USDA Rural Development State Office locations are as follows:

   State	Location
   Alabama	Montgomery, AL
   Alaska	Palmer, AK
   Arizona	Phoenix, AZ
   Arkansas	Little Rock, AR
   California	Woodland, CA
   Colorado	Lakewood, CO
   Delaware	Camden, DE
   Florida	Gainesville, FL
   Georgia	Athens, GA
   Hawaii	Hilo, HI
   Idaho	Boise, ID
   Illinois	Champaign, IL
   Indiana	Indianapolis, IN
   Iowa	Des Moines, IA
   Kansas	Topeka, KS
   Kentucky	Lexington, KY
   Louisiana	Alexandria, LA
   Maine	Bangor, ME
   Massachusetts	Amherst, MA
   Michigan	East Lansing, MI
   Minnesota	St. Paul, MN
   Mississippi	Jackson, MS
   Missouri	Columbia, MO
   Montana	Bozeman, MT
   Nebraska	Lincoln, NE
   Nevada	Carson City, NV
   New Jersey	Mt. Holly, NJ
   New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM
   New York	Syracuse, NY
   North Carolina	Raleigh, NC
   North Dakota	Bismarck, ND
   Ohio	Columbus, OH
   Oklahoma	Stillwater, OK
   Oregon	Portland, OR
   Pennsylvania	Harrisburg, PA
   Puerto Rico	Hato Rey, PR
   South Carolina	Columbia, SC
   South Dakota	Huron, SD
   Tennessee	Nashville, TN
   Texas	Temple, TX
   Utah	Salt Lake City, UT
   Vermont	Montpelier, VT
   Virginia	Richmond, VA
   Washington	Olympia, WA
   West Virginia	Charleston, WV
   Wisconsin	Stevens Point, WI
   Wyoming	Casper, WY

[62 FR 67259, Dec. 24, 1997; 63 FR 3256, Jan. 22, 1998]