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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
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program is anticipated to be available in November 2023, pending appropriation of funds. The purpose of the program is to provide medical screening, healthcare referrals, and education to individuals who may have been exposed to radiation as a result of nuclear…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing
Health Services
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Psychostimulant Support (RCORP-PS), is anticipated to be available in December 2023, pending appropriations of funds. The goal of the program is to reduce the prevalence and impact of psychostimulants use in rural communities with a comprehensive integrated…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing, Outreach, Project Planning, Strategic Planning
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Applications Due January 26
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) announced a new funding opportunity that supports organizations in their efforts to develop integrated health networks. Through the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (2024), FORHP will make approximately 30 awards of up to $100,000 each.…
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) announced a new funding opportunity that supports organizations in their efforts to develop integrated health networks. Through the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (2024), FORHP will make approximately 30 awards of up to $100,000 each.…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Project Planning, Strategic Planning
Community Development, Economic & Business Development
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The WORC Initiative, which is a partnership between ETA, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Delta Regional Commission(DRA), and (starting with WORC round 5 in 2023) the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), funds grant projects within the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions. These grants are…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Labor
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Equipment & Materials, Outreach, Project Planning, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Agriculture & Forestry
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Agriculture & Forestry
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
These USDA planning and implementation grants help eligible nonprofits, local and Tribal government organizations, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and school districts improve access to local foods. The program supports innovative agricultural practices such as community gardens, urban farms and agroforests, rooftop farms, food forests,…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government, Other
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Energy
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program is part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which represents the largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936. With $1 billion in funding, PACE helps make clean, affordable, and reliable energy accessible…
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Agricultural Producer, Business, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State, Utility
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Economic & Business Development, Energy
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Economic & Business Development, Energy
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program helps rural Americans transition to clean, affordable, and reliable energy. By reducing air and water pollution, New ERA funding improves health outcomes and lower energy costs for people in rural communities. New ERA program funding is available to member-owned rural electric cooperatives, which have…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation
Agriculture & Forestry, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Education, Employment & Career Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Transportation, Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Agriculture & Forestry, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Education, Employment & Career Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Transportation, Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Forest Economy Program supports the forest-based economy, and assists in the industry’s evolution to include new technologies and viable business models across the 4-state NBRC region. The FEP emphasizes the potential for impact across the entire NBRC region. Infrastructure projects (defined by Congress in NBRC’s authorizing language to be…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Northern Border Regional Commission
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Research/Development, Technical Assistance
Broadband & Telecommunications, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Education, Employment & Career Development, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Family & Children Services, Health Facilities, Health Services, Infrastructure, Public Safety, Transportation, Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Broadband & Telecommunications, Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Education, Employment & Career Development, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Family & Children Services, Health Facilities, Health Services, Infrastructure, Public Safety, Transportation, Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Catalyst Program hopes to revitalize and modernize essential infrastructure in Northern Border region communities, increase access, affordability, and use of high speed telecommunications, stabilize and reduce electric and thermal energy costs, retain, expand and diversify business enterprise that capitalizes on the region’s natural, cultural…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Northern Border Regional Commission
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Land Acquisition, Operations/Staffing