Fiscal Intermediary (FI) must be available to assist individuals in exercising budget authority. Individuals can perform some or all of the FI functions themselves. Typically, however, individuals prefer that the FI entity performs these functions for them. FI helps individuals:
88% of FFA members are in grades 9-12; 7% are in middle school; 5% are high school graduates. 70% of FFA members live in rural/farm areas; 19% live in small towns; 10% live in urban/suburban areas. FFA chapters are in 18 of the 20 largest U.S. cities, including New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
1 In 1999, 87 percent of the 1,669 Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas in theUnited States were in non-metropolitan counties and home to over 30 million people 2  **. The suicide rate among rural men is significantly higher than in urban areas, particularly among adult men and children. Hypertension was also higher in rural than urban areas (101.3 per 1,000 individuals in MSAs and 128.8 per 1,000 individuals in non-MSAs.) **. 2  Twenty percent of nonmetropolitan counties lack mental health services versus five percent of metropolitan counties.