The US Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for its Rural Community Development Initiative grants providing technical assistance and training funds to organizations developing their capacity to undertake housing, community facilities, and community and economic development projects in rural areas.
Approximately $6.2 million of grant funds will be awarded to projects that involve a nonprofit, public, or tribal group receiving (and matching) the RCDI grant, and using these funds to provide capacity-building technical assistance to other rural nonprofits or communities for housing, community, or economic development projects.
RCDI grants can range from $50,000 to $300,000. Awards will be made via a national competition among applicants.
The application deadline is September 24, 2009.
Click here for further details about the program and the application rules
Application materials can be downloaded by clicking here
For additional information, contact John Brugger of the USDA's Oregon office for rural development at 503.414.3362 or john.brugger@or.usda.gov