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USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities and create jobs in rural communities. Together, America prospers.

Washington, DC
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Joined March 2010
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  1. 1 hour ago

    ICYMI: USDA is seeking applications to improve or repair off-farm labor housing to ensure farmworkers have equitable access to safe, affordable places to live. Deadline for pre-applications is April 25. Learn more here:

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Funding is available through 's Community Facilities Technical Assistance & Training Grant Program to help rural communities expand their capacity to access the needed resources that can help provide essential community facilities. Learn more here:

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  3. 3 hours ago

    It's MainStreetMonday! Check out the City of Forks (pop. 3,922) in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Incorporated Aug. 7, 1945, Forks gained popularity for being the setting in Author Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series about vampires & werewolves.

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  4. Mar 20

    Now's a good a day as ever to spring into action and check out if RD's programs are right for you or your community! Single-family housing? Business loans? Infrastructure for water or broadband? We can help with all of this:

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  5. Mar 18

    Week in Review: - Seeking Apps for Grants to Support Community Facilities: - and Expand Access to Placemaking Resources: -USDA Invests in Communities Vital to Energy Production:

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  6. Mar 18

    JUST RELEASED: Invests in Communities Vital to Energy Production:

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    Mar 17

    ARC's POWER Initiative just awarded ~$21M to 21 projects serving 211 coal-impacted counties 🎉 This brings POWER to a grand investment total of $316.6M & we're awarding another ~$25M this fall! Congrats to today's awardees ⬇️ Learn about their work at .

    ARC's POWER Initiative Awards ~$21M to Coal Communities
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  8. Mar 17

    ICYMI: we at Rural Development are inviting applications for a program to help property owners make improvements to rural multi-family and farmworker housing properties financed by :

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  9. Mar 17

    Rural Development's OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative is all about streamlining service to increase investment in rural businesses and economic development projects, and to improve customer service within four flagship loan guarantee programs. Learn more:

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    Mar 17

    🍀 St. Patrick’s Day has us thinking green! A Bar A Ranch near Encampment used ’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to purchase and install solar panels to offset its energy costs and use. REAP info:

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  11. Mar 16

    New on our YouTube page: Harlowton, MT modernized their wastewater system with assistance from our Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program. Funds were used to transition to UV technology & process the city’s waste into water clean enough to drink:

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  12. Mar 16

    STAKEHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT: Seeks Applications to Rehabilitate and Preserve Rural Multi-Family and Farmworker Housing:

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  13. Mar 16

    Our Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. And the best part is- we are now accepting applications! Learn more about VAPG:

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  14. Mar 15

    Our Rural Energy for America Loan and Grant Program (REAP) is all about renewable energy- whether you are an ag producer or small business owner, wanting to build a new energy system or upgrade an existing one, take a look and see if we can help:

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    Mar 15

    📢📢📢Now hiring! 📢📢📢 If you would like to help us support rural communities and be part of a great team, this might be for you! We are currently hiring 5 Loan Technicians in the Findlay and Hillsboro area offices. Apply by March 21!

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  16. Mar 15

    STAKEHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT: and to Expand Access to Placemaking Resources, Create More Livable Communities for People in Rural America:

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  17. Mar 15

    Now that's infrastructure! recently toured the Cargill-Westgo Grain Elevator and port facility at Nine Mile Point, Louisiana. Barges of grain are being both filled and offloaded in the background.

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  18. Mar 14

    STAKEHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT: is Seeking Applications for Technical Assistance Grants to Support Rural Community Facilities:

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  19. Mar 14

    Rural Development's YouTube page is a great resource for all of our programs, so subscribe today if you haven't already! Our latest upload is a recording of last week's Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program Application webinar📺:

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    Mar 14

    We are now accepting applications for our popular Value-Added Producer Grants. Learn more at:

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