SEC. 6022 rmap-rural micro develop organizations grants (disc)

The Rural Business Cooperative Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded Mohawk Valley Rehabilitation Corp a $100,000 Project Grant on July 17, 2025, under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870). The award, which extends through July 17, 2027, supports the organization's efforts to provide technical assistance and training services to rural microentrepreneurs in New York who lack access to conventional financing and business support services.

Under this award, Mohawk Valley Rehabilitation Corp will deliver comprehensive technical assistance to microentrepreneurs, including business training, entrepreneurship education, market development assistance, business planning support, and operational guidance. These services are designed to support microenterprise development organizations in establishing and maintaining microloan revolving funds that provide fixed-rate business loans of $50,000 or less to startup and growing rural microenterprises with 10 or fewer employees. Grant funds are provided on a reimbursement basis, and the organization is required to disburse at least one microloan within 30 days of receiving any disbursement.