SEC. 6022 rmap-rural micro assistance grants (disc)

The Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded $100,000 to Partner Community Capital, Inc. (doing business as Ncif) on June 23, 2026, under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870), a project grant supporting technical assistance to rural microentrepreneurs.

Ncif, a tax-exempt community development financial institution based in Charles Town, West Virginia, will deliver training, business planning, market development assistance, and related services to rural microentrepreneurs in North Carolina. The program funds technical assistance grants that may be used to provide marketing, management, and other tailored assistance to microentrepreneurs who have received or are seeking microloans. The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program is designed to provide rural microentrepreneurs with the skills necessary to establish new rural microenterprises and to support the successful operation of those enterprises through continuing technical and financial assistance.

The award obligates $100,000 and runs through June 23, 2028. Place of performance is North Carolina. Ncif has received substantial prior federal funding from multiple agencies, including the Small Business Administration, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Appalachian Regional Commission, and Economic Development Administration, to advance microfinance and business development activities in rural and Appalachian regions.