Rural cooperative development initiative grants

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $185,000 Project Grant to Self-Help Enterprises (SHE), a non-profit community development corporation, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant funds will support SHE's efforts to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve essential community facilities and infrastructure serving rural residents in California. SHE has a history of delivering affordable housing solutions, home repair and rehabilitation services, self-help housing construction, rental assistance, community facilities development, and technical assistance programs across disadvantaged rural areas of California. As a sub-awardee, SHE has also partnered with other organizations to expand housing counseling, homelessness services, sustainable communities programming, and related affordable housing and community development initiatives. This grant will enable SHE to continue its mission of building and sustaining healthy homes and communities for low-income families in rural California.