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Countless
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of the billions
of dollars
of funding
the federal
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and associations,
in reaching
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are 1,425
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administered
by 57 federal
agencies.
The
federal
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offers
15 types
of assistance
(seven
of these are financial
types,
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non-financial
types).
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of federal
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for education,
career or business,
can be
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of Federal
Domestic
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(CFDA). You’ll
find
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on each
program.
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can view
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(http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/cfda/ialphall.htm),
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by target or beneficiary
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by
agency
within department
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