Find Programs & Opportunities
Browse funding opportunities, technical assistance, and other programs supporting a broad range of rural community and economic development activities. You can also find assistance for residents, including families, homeowners, seniors, veterans, small businesses, agricultural producers, and more.
Programs & Opportunities
Program Name
Category
Status
Assistance Type
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Infrastructure
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
EDA has authority to provide grants to meet the full range of communities’ and regions’ economic development needs from planning and technical assistance to construction of infrastructure. These grants are made through a series of Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) that can be found on EDA’s website at https://www.eda.gov/funding/funding-…
Financial Assistance Type:
Contract/Cooperative Agreement, Grant, Other
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Project Planning, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Agriculture & Forestry, Broadband & Telecommunications, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Utilities- Other, Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Agriculture & Forestry, Broadband & Telecommunications, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Utilities- Other, Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Appalachian Regional Commission's Area Development program relies on a flexible “bottom up” approach to economic development, empowering Appalachian communities to work with their state governments to design impactful investment opportunities supporting ARC mission and investment priorities. Investment priorities include building:…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Appalachian Regional Commission
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Operations/Staffing, Project Planning, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Family & Children Services, Food & Nutrition
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Family & Children Services, Food & Nutrition
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service can assist veterans by ensuring that they and their families have access to nutritious meals. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP), Women with Infant Children (WIC), Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDRIP), and Summer Food Service Programs are…
Financial Assistance Type:
Individual Payment/Benefit
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Individual Applicant
Use of Funds:
Outreach
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Housing
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Home Loan benefit must be used to purchase a farm. The VA Farm Loan program requires there must be a farm residence on the land, and the Veteran must live in it as his or her primary residence. VA-guaranteed loans can only be used for residential purposes, and not to purchase a business. This means that…
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Veteran Affairs
Eligible Applicants:
Individual Applicant
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Land Acquisition
Agriculture & Forestry
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Agriculture & Forestry
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is the Natural Resource Conservation Service - NRCS’ flagship conservation program that helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners integrate conservation into working lands. EQIP provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Individual Payment/Benefit, Other
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Agricultural Producer, Other
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Housing
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Section 502 Direct Loan Program assists low- and very-low-income applicants obtain decent, safe and sanitary housing in eligible rural areas by providing payment assistance to increase an applicant’s repayment ability. Payment assistance is a type of subsidy that reduces the mortgage payment for a short time. The amount of assistance is…
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Individual Applicant
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Land Acquisition
Infrastructure, Public Safety
Rolling Application
Direct Technical
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Infrastructure, Public Safety
Assistance Type:
Direct Technical
Summary:
A new technical assistance (TA) program assisting rural communities by examining communications barriers and identifying solutions that enhance existing emergency communications infrastructure to improve the delivery of rural medical care.
Agency Provider:
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing, Project Planning, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Environment & Natural Resources
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Environment & Natural Resources
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The objective of this NOFO is to invite sponsors of eligible water reuse projects to request cost-shared funding for planning, design, and/or construction of those projects. The WaterSMART Program provides a framework for Federal leadership and assistance to stretch and secure water supplies for future generations. To stretch scarce water supplies…
Financial Assistance Type:
Contract/Cooperative Agreement
Agency Provider:
Department of the Interior
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government, Other, State, Utility
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Project Planning, Technical Assistance
Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Infrastructure
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
EPA is accepting applications on a rolling basis for $2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding available to support community-driven projects that build capacity for communities to tackle environmental and climate justice challenges, strengthen their climate resilience, and advance clean energy
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Environmental Protection Agency
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Project Planning
Family & Children Services, Food & Nutrition, Health Services
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Family & Children Services, Food & Nutrition, Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The WIC program is designed to serve certain categories of women, infants and children.
Financial Assistance Type:
Individual Payment/Benefit
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Individual Applicant, Other
Use of Funds:
N/A