Project Grant 90EE1390
- The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) to the Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation. This 3-year award, effective September 30, 2023, will fund the Manufacturing Expansion Project. As a subsidiary of the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation, the Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation is a non-profit...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded $800,000 under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) to Montana Community Development Corporation (Mofi) for a Community Economic Development (CED) project effective September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2028. Mofi will deploy these funds to provide a loan to Nomad GCS, a manufacturing business in Libby, Montana,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation received a $199,999 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services, awarded on September 26, 2025, with a completion date of September 26, 2027. As a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), the organization will utilize these funds to promote sustainable economic development and support small and emerging private businesses in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation received a $280,491 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870), awarded September 24, 2025, with a completion date of September 24, 2027. This grant supports the establishment and operation of a microloan revolving fund and related technical assistance services to rural microenterprises in Kentucky,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency, Inc. received an $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) Community Economic Development (CED) funding mechanism, awarded September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2028. The award supports the establishment and expansion of two affordable, high-quality childcare...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Main Street Launch, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Oakland, California, received an $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Community Services under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) on September 30, 2025. The award supports expansion of the San Francisco Business Resilience Loan Fund, an existing initiative providing low-interest loans and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services awarded $800,000 to Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc. (FCCAA) under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) to establish a commercial kitchen incubator in Republic, Pennsylvania. The project, awarded on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2028, provides affordable shared kitchen space, commercial equipment, cold and dry...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Office of Community Services awarded $800,000 in Community Economic Development (CED) funding under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) to the Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) on September 30, 2025, for a three-year project period ending September 29, 2028. CRCD will expand its social enterprise subsidiary, CRCD Enterprises, to create full-time employment in the lead abatement and construction...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission, Inc. (NKCAC) received $796,400 in Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CFDA 93.570) funding from the Office of Community Services, effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. Under the Community Economic Development (CED) component of this program, NKCAC partnered with Aviatra Accelerators to implement the Ready to Hire (R2H) Initiative, designed to create or expand at least ten...
- The Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) received an $800,000 Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CFDA 93.570) project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, awarded September 30, 2025, to support the ECDI Food Manufacturing Job Creation Initiative. ECDI will utilize these Community Economic Development (CED) funds to assist Dos Hermanos, an established Mexican restaurant operating five brick-and-mortar...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $800,000 through the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) to Kentucky Highlands Community Development Corporation (KHCDC) on September 30, 2025, for a project period extending through September 29, 2028. Under this Community Economic Development (CED) funding mechanism, KHCDC is providing below-market-rate working capital financing and comprehensive employee support services to Renfro Supply Company, a century-old wholesale distribution business expanding its operations in Whitley County, Kentucky—a persistent poverty county. Of the $800,000 award, $755,000 supports Renfro's warehouse transition and expansion into fresh, refrigerated, and frozen food distribution for convenience stores and food desert areas across Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, while $45,000 funds a three-year contract with the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program (EKCEP) to deliver wraparound employee services including coaching and 512 annual hours of dedicated employee assistance. The project is designed to create 30 new full-time jobs in the transportation, distribution, and logistics sector, with 75 percent of positions filled by low-income individuals, thereby meeting the CED program's requirement that at least 75 percent of jobs serve individuals below 200 percent of HHS poverty guidelines. KHCDC has established partnerships with the Kentucky Career Center, Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, and the University of the Cumberlands to provide pre-employment education and training opportunities for job candidates. Through this integrated approach combining business financing, workforce development, and targeted support services, the award simultaneously advances rural economic revitalization and food security in underserved communities.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 12/22/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 9/30/25 | ||
| Not listed | $800.0k | 9/26/25 |