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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
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
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development, Infrastructure
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development, Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) is a new ARC initiative that aims to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through multi-state collaborative projects across Appalachia. With the additional funding provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 (also known as the Bipartisan…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Appalachian Regional Commission
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing, Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development
Employment & Career Development
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Employment & Career Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program (Recompete Pilot Program) will invest $200 million in persistently distressed communities to create and connect people to good jobs. This program will create renewed economic opportunity in communities that have for too long been forgotten. To do so, the program targets areas where prime-age (25-54 years…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Status:
Open
Category:
Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Direct Technical
Summary:
The U.S. Economic Development Administration's Equity Impact Investments (EII), facilitated by the New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN), is uniting Economic Development Organizations (EDO) and Community-Based Organizations (CBO) to advance inclusive economies and foster lasting change. More than 100 EDOs and CBOs will be selected to receive…
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Local Government, Nonprofit, Other
Use of Funds:
Technical Assistance
Status:
Open
Category:
Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
This program provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas.
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Status:
Open
Category:
Housing
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Rural Housing site loans provide loans to purchase and develop housing sites for low- and moderate-income families.
Financial Assistance Type:
Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Status:
Open
Category:
Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Disaster Water Grants help eligible communities pay expenses related to damages to rural water systems as a result of events (Presidentially Declared Disasters) that occurred between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022. For the purposes of this program, the term “water” refers to all water resource infrastructure, including drinking water,…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
USDA provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) who then relend the funds to microenterprises with 10 or fewer employees. The program helps small, rural enterprises get started and grow in rural areas and cities or towns with populations of 50,000 or fewer. Funds may also be used to provide training and technical…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
Equipment & Materials, Operations/Staffing