Colonias possible funding sectors

Education:
- Texas Workforce Commission's Communities in Schools projects and alternative school programs 
- The Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (DPRS): Social Security funding available for community-based services for children at risk of being placed in foster homes
- Social Security Act: Title XX 

Infrastructure: 
- Texas Department of Commerce: 
    - Texas Capital Fund - works with local governments on economic development projects with federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
   - Texas Capital Fund - Main Street Improvements Program, a federal program designed to improve slums and other blighted areas

Transport: 
- Texas Department of Transportation - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA)
beyond traditional highway and public transportation projects, including landscaping and other scenic beautification and historic preservation projects. ISTEA provides 80 percent of the funding for such projects, with 20 percent coming from the state or local governments

Credit: 
- Texas Capital Fund - Micro-loan program to start or expand small businesses 
- Community centers -  Loan management and business training 

Parks:
- Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife -  Park development program (sports and other recreational park areas)


CHUD can work with colonias, counties, and local metropolitan planning authorities to identify eligible projects, submit application forms, and obtain approvals necessary to secure these funds

information from approximately 1996
source:
http://www.window.texas.gov/tpr/tpr4/c2.hhs/c212.html