Community facility grants disaster assistance fund

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $322,500 to the City of Ukiah on April 14, 2026, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The award funds community facility improvements in Ukiah, California, with performance through April 14, 2028.

The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas serving nonprofits, public bodies, and federally recognized tribes. Essential community facilities provide services necessary for orderly community development in primarily rural areas and exclude private, commercial, or business undertakings. Priority for funding is given to projects that enhance public safety, such as fire, police, rescue, ambulance services, and health care facilities.

This is a Project Grant, one of three prime federal grants the City of Ukiah currently holds totaling $7.76 million in award value, concentrated in USDA agencies.