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USDA Rural Development sent this bulletin at 03/24/2025 10:00 AM EDT Rural Development Disaster Assistance U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development stands ready to partner with rural communities in their long-term recovery after natural disasters. Rural Development offers programs and services to help people repair and rebuild their homes, businesses, infrastructure, and more.
Learn more about how Rural Development can support your rural recovery needs on our Rural Development Disaster Assistance page . Business and Industry Loan Guarantees U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development offers loan guarantees to lenders to provide loans to rural businesses. Qualified lenders may be located anywhere.
Application deadline: Open Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides funding to develop or improve essential public services and facilities in rural areas.
Projects include fire and rescue stations, town halls, health care clinics, hospitals, childcare centers, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation centers, public buildings, schools, libraries, and many other community-based initiatives.
Application deadline: Open Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development helps eligible communities prepare, or recover from, an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water.
Application deadline: Open Mutual Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides grants to organizations to help them carry out local self-help housing construction projects. Recipients supervise groups of very-low- and low-income individuals and families as they construct their own homes in rural areas.
Application deadline: Open Single Family Housing Direct Home Loans U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development helps low- and very-low-income applicants obtain decent, safe, and sanitary housing in eligible rural areas by providing payment assistance to reduce applicants' mortgage payments.
Application deadline: Open Community and Economic Development Community Connect Grants Program U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides funds to establish broadband service in rural, economically challenged areas where service does not exist.
Application deadline: 4/21/2025 Intermediary Relending Program U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides 1-percent-interest loans to local intermediaries who then relend to businesses to help improve economic conditions and create jobs in rural communities.
Application deadline: 3/31/2025 Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations to provide training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and microentrepreneurs and to provide lending for microenterprise startups and growth.
Application deadline: 3/31/2025 Rural Energy Savings Program U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides loans to rural utilities and other companies that provide energy efficiency loans to qualified consumers to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures.
Application deadline: Open Value-Added Producer Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides funding to help agricultural producers enter value-added activities to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities, and increase producer income.
Application deadline: 4/17/2025 Water and Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage and solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas.
Application deadline: Open USDA Rural Development: Tribal Nations' Partner in Prosperity USDA Rural Development helps Tribes and Tribal members with funding and technical assistance opportunities to start and grow businesses; to buy, build or repair a home; and to build crucial infrastructure.
Grants for Rural and Native Alaskan Villages U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development offers this program to help remote Alaskan villages provide safe, reliable drinking water and waste-disposal systems for households and businesses.
Application deadline: Open Tribal College Initiative Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development provides funding to 1994 Land Grant Institutions to make capital improvements to their educational facilities and to purchase equipment. Tribal colleges can use funds for infrastructure improvements, to purchase equipment, and to develop essential community facilities.
Application deadline: Open Water and Waste Facility Loans and Grants to Alleviate Health Risks on Tribal Lands U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development helps get safe, reliable drinking water and waste-disposal services to low-income communities that face significant health risks.
Application deadline: Open Find Your Local Service Center — USDA Service Centers are locations where you can connect with Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, or Rural Development employees for your business needs. Click on your state and county to find your local service center and agency offices.
USDA Rural Development, Rural America’s Partner to Expand Access to High-Speed Internet — USDA’s telecommunications loans, grants, and technical assistance programs helps connect the people of rural America with reliable, high-speed internet. Learn more by visiting www. usda.
gov/broadband . USDA Rural Development Executive Overview — USDA Rural Development provides an executive overview of its programs and mission. Focusing exclusively on America, Rural Development offers loans and grants to eligible individuals, businesses, and communities, to encourage homeownership, growth in business and manufacturing, and community well-being.
Rural Development also partners with private lenders to offer loan guarantees, providing the backing of the federal government to support rural prosperity and growth.
USDA Rural Development Success Story Public Safety Gets Boost in Ohio Community USDA Rural Development employees attend the 2025 Agricultural Outlook Forum USDA Rural Development presented its session, “ Farm and Rural Workforce Housing Needs and Solutions ” at the 2025 Agricultural Outlook Forum on February 28. This recording, along with other sessions, is now available to all event registrants in the forum's On Demand Recordings site.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Low-income homeowners in eligible rural areas affected by a disaster. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Disaster Assistance Fund is funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Rural Development. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Rural Development. The Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program provides funds to assist small and emerging businesses in rural areas. These grants can be used for projects such as equipment, real estate, training, incubators, planning activities, and establishing revolving loan funds.
Electric Programs (USDA Rural Development) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Rural Development. This program aims to accelerate system improvements and upgrades required to improve electric service in rural areas, as well as demand side management, energy efficiency and conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems.
USDA's Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant funds nonprofits to capitalize a revolving loan fund for household wells and septic systems: 1 percent fixed, 20-year terms, $15,000 maximum per household. The application window closes September 30, 2026. The program is chronically under-subscribed for one structural reason — the 10 percent priority-point contribution cannot be in-kind. Here is the full instrument analysis and what it takes to win.
Read articleWhile applicants chase fixed federal deadlines, USDA Rural Development keeps roughly $4.1 billion moving through programs with no deadline at all — Community Facilities, Water & Waste Disposal, and Business & Industry loans that accept applications year-round. But 2026 brought a quiet shake-up: REAP grants paused, RBDG's competitive window closed. Here is the map of what's open, what's frozen, and how rural organizations should work a rolling pipeline.
Read articleOn July 2, 2026, USDA Rural Development rescinded the FY2025 RCDI funding notice to rewrite it around new policy priorities — voiding pending applications for a small-but-strategic program that builds the capacity of rural nonprofits. Here is what RCDI funds, why the mid-cycle pull fits a larger 2026 pattern, and the concrete moves intermediaries should make now so they are ready the day a new NOFO drops.
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