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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
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Housing
Archived
Financial
Status:
Archived
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Housing
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Choice Neighborhoods program leverages significant public and private dollars to support locally driven strategies that address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public or HUD-assisted housing through a comprehensive approach to neighborhood transformation. Local leaders, residents, and stakeholders, such as public housing authorities,…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, N/A, Outreach, Technical Assistance
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
DOT is now accepting applications for its fiscal year (FY) 2023 Thriving Communities Program (TCP). TCP offers two separate response opportunities for potential applicants: a Letter of Interest and a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which are described below.
Agency Provider:
Department of Transportation
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Outreach, Project Planning, Technical Assistance
Community Development, Health Facilities, Health Services
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development, Health Facilities, Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to identify, engage, educate, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health policy issues and promising practices to improve health care in rural areas nationwide. Program objectives include: 1) Identifying and educating rural stakeholders about national policy issues and promising practices for…
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State, Utility
Use of Funds:
Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development, Technical Assistance
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
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development, Energy
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Under President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and the Justice40 Initiative, the Department of Interior Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs and the Office of Indian Economic Development's (OIED) Tribal Electrification Program (TEP) is announcing a funding opportunity. This funding is for clean energy household electrification that…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of the Interior
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Operations/Staffing, Project Planning, Technical Assistance
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:
Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
EDA’s Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship is committed to furthering tech-based economic development initiatives that accelerate high-skill and high-wage job growth, create economic opportunity, and support the future of the next generation of industry leading companies. Funding is available for organizations that aid companies in…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Other
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Project Planning, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Water & Wastewater Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Several programs administered by USDA help communities improve land and water resources within watersheds as well as relieve imminent hazards to life and property in the event of a natural disaster. These programs include the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program (WFPO), Watershed Rehabilitation Program (REHAB) and Emergency Watershed…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant, Loan/Loan Guarantee
Agency Provider:
Department of Agriculture
Eligible Applicants:
Indian Tribe, Local Government, State
Use of Funds:
Construction/Renovation, Equipment & Materials, Project Planning, Technical Assistance
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Health Facilities, Health Services
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Disaster Relief, Disaster Resilience, Health Facilities, Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Regular Services Program (RSP) is a CCP grant program that provides disaster relief assistance for up to nine months after a major disaster declaration.
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance