The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Chattanooga Area Regional Council Of Governments, doing business as Southeast Tennessee Development District, for the period of September 26, 2022 through September 26, 2024. The grant funding will support the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program, also known as the CFDA 10.766 program, to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve essential community facilities providing services to rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to the Chattanooga Area Regional Council of Governments, doing business as the Southeast Tennessee Development District. This grant will support the construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of community facilities providing essential services to rural residents across the Southeast Tennessee region. The grant will...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $170,974 Project Grant to Mentoring America, Inc. under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433). The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 to July 28, 2022 to assist very low- and low-income rural residents through repairing or rehabilitating individual homes, rental properties (single/multi-unit), and consumer cooperative housing projects. Specifically, the funding will provide necessary assistance to individual...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service awarded a $250,000 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to the Glendora Economic & Community Development Corp on September 28, 2023. This two-year Project Grant will fund initiatives to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the growth of small and emerging private businesses in rural communities. Typical funded activities may include technical assistance, business counseling, market research, workforce...
This federal Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433). The grant was awarded on July 24, 2025 to Aid To Distressed Families Of Appalachian Counties, Inc. (ADFAC), a non-profit organization based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The grant funding will support ADFAC's efforts to provide critical housing rehabilitation and repair services for very low- and...
The Rural Housing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $109,250 Project Grant to Aid To Distressed Families Of Appalachia Inc. under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433). The grant will support rehabilitation and repair assistance to very low- and low-income rural homeowners, rental property owners, and consumer housing cooperatives in Tennessee from July 2023 through August 2024. The Rural Housing Preservation Grants program aims to provide necessary...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $215,050 Project Grant to The Tougaloo College Research And Development, Inc. under the Rural Business Development Grant program. The grant will support rural economic development and small business growth initiatives in Mississippi through July 2024. As described under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351), funding will facilitate the establishment and operation of rural small businesses and cooperatives to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $174,992 Project Grant under the Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grant program (CFDA 10.871) to the Southeast Center For Cooperative Development, a non-profit organization located in Nashville, Tennessee. The grant, awarded on August 28, 2024, will provide technical assistance to socially-disadvantaged groups, with a specific focus on supporting minority agricultural producers and rural economic development...
This federal Project Grant award of $199,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program (CFDA 10.351). The grant funding will support the County of Taos, New Mexico, specifically its Taos County Office of Community Development division, in promoting sustainable economic development and facilitating the growth of small and emerging private businesses in the local...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Main Street of Athens, Inc. on July 20, 2022 through the Rural Business Development Grant program. The grant is intended to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses in rural communities through July 20, 2024. Main Street of Athens will use the funding to support local enterprise and industry growth in Athens, Tennessee by providing...