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Welcome to Rural Development

• Lyndon S. Nichols
• Area Director
• Our Mission To increase economic opportunity and
  
• improve the quality of life for all rural
  Americans
• Nationally, Rural Development has invested 91
  billion in water/wastewater, electric, and
  telecommunications infrastructure housing
  community facilities and business development
  since 2001. In addition, more than 1.7 million
  jobs have been created or saved through these
  investments.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer
and lender.
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Rural Development Programs

• Administered through three services
• Rural Housing Service
• Rural Utilities Service
• Rural Business Cooperative Development Service
• USDA Rural Development
• The Venture Capitalists of Rural America.

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Section 504 Grants (504)

• Who Applicant must live in an eligible
  community. Must be at least 62 years of age. Own
  and occupy a single-family dwelling. Must be very
  low income and lack the ability to repay a loan
  at a 1 interest rate.
• What Repair or replace roof, winterize, heating,
  structural repairs, and water/sewer connections.
  Maximum life long grant of 7,500.
• Where Rural areas with populations of 20,000 or
  less.
• Why Purpose is for health and safety related
  repairs

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Mutual Self-Help Housing Grants (523)

• Who Non-profits and Public bodies
• What Assist lower income families in building
  their homes.
• Where Rural areas with populations of 20,00 or
  less.
• Why Provide affordable housing.

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Housing Preservation Grants (HPG 533)

• Who Public bodies and non-profit organizations.
• What Provides grants to sponsoring organizations
  for home repairs. Those receiving funds must own
  very low or low income housing as homeowners,
  landlords, or members of a cooperative. Funds
  must be used within a two year period.
• Where Project must be located in rural
  communities of 20,000 or less.
• Why Funding must be used to rehabilitate housing
  for low and very low income people. HPG funds
  received by the sponsors are combined with other
  program funds and used as loans, grants, or
  subsidies for the recipient.

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Farm Labor Housing (514/516)

• Who Individuals, public bodies and private
  non-profit organizations.
• What New construction and substantial
  rehabilitation of rental housing.
• Where No population restrictions.
• Why Safe, well-built affordable rental housing
  for farm workers..

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Community Facilities Grants

• Who Public Bodies, non-profit organizations, and
  Indian Tribes.
• What Build facilities and purchase equipment for
  fire and rescue, early warning systems, police
  stations, health clinics, schools, libraries,
  hospitals, etc.
• Where Rural areas with populations of 20,000 or
  less.
• Why Provide essential community facilities for
  rural communities
• 75 PROJECT LESS THAN 5,000 POPULATION AND 60
  MHI
• 55 PROJECT LESS THAN 12,000 POPULATION AND 70
  MHI
• 35 PROJECT LESS THAN 20,000 POPULATION AND 80
  MHI
• MAXIMUM GRANT 50 OF STATE ALLOCATION OR
  50,000
• Communities MHI must be below the higher of
  poverty line or 80 of State Non Metro Median
  Household Income (SNMHI) AND project is
  necessary to alleviate a health or sanitary
  problem.
• SNMHI is currently 56,354 No communities within
  the 5th District fit this criteria.

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Water and Waste Disposal Grants

• Who Public entities, Indian tribes, and
  non-profit corporations.
• What Build, repair, and improve public water
  systems, and water collection and treatment
  systems. Also other related costs.
• Where Rural areas, districts, villages, cities,
  and towns with up to 10,000 population.
• Why Provide water and waste financing in rural
  areas to the most financially needy applicants
  resulting in reasonable user fees.
• Maximum grant
• 75 percent
• MHI below the higher of poverty line or 80 of
  State Non Metro Median Household Income (SNMHI)
  AND project is necessary to alleviate a health or
  sanitary problem
• 45 percent
• MHI exceeds 80 percent of SNMHI but is not more
  than 100 percent of SNMHI
• SNMHI is currently 56,354

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Solid Waste Management Grants

• Who Public bodies and non-profits.
• What Provide technical assistance and training
  to reduce pollution of water resources and
  improve management of solid waste facilities.
• Where Rural area, districts, townships, cities,
  and towns with up to 10,000 population.
• Why Provide technical assistance and/or training
  to help communities reduce or eliminate pollution
  of water resources and improve planning and
  management of solid waste.

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DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM

• Who Incorporated entities, including municipal
  corporations, on a for profit or not-for-profit
  basis, that operate rural schools, libraries,
  health care clinic, and other organizations that
  operate educational or health care facilities.
• What Equipment for classrooms cameras, video
  monitors, computers, and LAN. Also physician
  consultation, radiology, ex-ray scanners, and
  digital microscopes.
• Where Rural areas with populations of 20,000 or
  less
• Why Development and deployment of advanced
  telecommunication services throughout rural
  America to improve education and health care.

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Renewable Energy/Energy EfficiencyRural Energy
for America Program (REAP)

• Who Rural small businesses and farms
• What Grants and Loan Guarantees to buy renewable
  energy systems (wind, solar, bio, etc.) make
  energy efficiency improvements
• Where Eligible rural areas, must refer to web
  site
• http//eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibilit
  y/welcomeAction.do
• Why Reduce energy costs/consumption and help
  meet the nations critical energy needs

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Biomass Research and Development Initiative

• Who Institutions of higher education, National
  laboratories, Federal or State research agencies,
  private sector entities, and non-profit
  organizations.
• What Research and development of biomass based
  products, bioenergy, biofuels, and related
  processes.
• Where No population restrictions.
• Why Finance the research and development of
  biomass based products, bioenergy, biofuels,
  related processes.

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Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG)

• Who Public bodies, Nonprofit Organizations
• What Ex Revolving Loan Fund, Technical
  Assistance, Job Training, Land Acquisition,
  Feasibility Studies (Typically 25M - 100M)
• Where Eligible rural areas, must refer to web
  site
• http//eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibilit
  y/welcomeAction.do
• Why Grants to help finance support
  community development initiatives to assist rural
  businesses, improve quality of life, create
  save jobs

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Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG)

• Who Public bodies, Nonprofit Organizations
• What Used to provide economic planning for rural
  communities, technical assistance for rural
  businesses, or training for rural entrepreneurs
  or economic development officials (Max 50,000)
• Where Eligible rural areas, must refer to web
  site
• http//eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibilit
  y/welcomeAction.do
• Why Promote sustainable economic development
  in rural communities, create save jobs

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Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG)

• Who Independent producers, Farmers,
  Agricultural producer groups, Majority-controlled
  producer-based business ventures
• What Used for planning activities (feasibility
  study, business plans, marketing), Working
  capital expenses for processing and marketing
  value-added agricultural products.
• Where All areas of Massachusetts are eligible.
• Why Develop businesses that produce and
  market value-added agricultural products.

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Thank You
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer,
and lender.