On October 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a Rural Housing Preservation Grants (CFDA 10.433) project grant of $124,937 to North East Community Action Corporation for completion by July 29, 2027. Under this award, the organization delivers housing repair and rehabilitation assistance to very low- and low-income rural residents in Missouri, with a focus on addressing substandard housing conditions in eligible non-metropolitan areas. The grant supports direct housing preservation services to individual homeowners and rental property owners seeking to repair or rehabilitate their dwellings.
North East Community Action Corporation, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Bowling Green, Missouri, integrates this Rural Housing Preservation Grant funding with a complementary workforce development initiative through its ASPIRE Partnership. The partnership trains Missouri correctional facility inmates and parolees in construction trades while simultaneously building homes for lower-income homebuyers, thereby combining housing rehabilitation services with vocational skills training and reentry support. This integrated approach allows the organization to leverage federal funding to address both the affordable housing gap and employment barriers within rural Missouri communities.