USDA Rural Development

Summary of Programs

Together, America Prospers
USDA Rural Development at a Glance

Rural America’s Partner 

in Prosperity

USDA Rural Development invests in 

rural America with loan, grant, and 

loan guarantee programs because 

we understand a strong community is 

rooted in its people. The commitment 

and resources we bring to rural 

communities helps drive economic 

security and prosperity. Our programs 

expand access to high-speed 

internet, electric, and transportation 

infrastructure, and support business 

growth, healthcare, education, housing, 

and other community essentials.

We stand ready to be your partner in 

prosperity for rural America. Contact us 

today to learn more and connect with the 

local USDA Rural Development team that 

serves your area:

Website: www.rd.usda.gov

Phone: 1-800-670-6553

Twitter: @usdaRD 

We have more than 70 

programs to support 

rural America.

Single Family Housing

Multifamily Housing

Community Programs

Energy and Electric 

Programs

Telecommunications 

Programs

Water and Environmental 

Programs

Business and Cooperative 

Programs

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USDA Rural Development Summary of Programs 

Rural Housing Service | Single Family Housing

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Housing 

Preservation 

Grants

Repairs housing owned or 

occupied by low income 

rural families. Funds can 

be used to operate a 

program that finances repair 

activities for single-family 

and small rental properties.

State and local 

governments, 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes 

Rural areas with 

populations of 

20,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant 

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDsY

Individual 

Water and 

Wastewater 

Grants for 

Colonias

Provides funding to offset 

the cost of connecting 

residential water and waste 

service lines, pay utility 

hook-up fees, and install 

plumbing and related 

fixtures

Must own and 

occupy a home 

in an eligiblearea Colonia 

recognized prior 

to October 1989, 

and have a 

taxable income 

below the most 

recent poverty 

guidelines

Colonias must 

be located in an 

unincorporated 

rural area with 

a population of 

10,000 or fewer. 

Program Type: Grant 

Terms and Conditions: Only 

available in designated 

Colonias in Arizona, 

California, New Mexico, 

and Texas.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDH9

Mutual SelfHelp Housing 

Technical 

Assistance 

Grants

Provides funding to qualified 

organizations who offer 

technical assistance to 

train groups how to build 

their own and each others’ 

homes

Private 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

government 

organizations, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Rural areas with 

populations up to 

20,000

(In special 

circumstances, 

communities with 

populations up 

to 35,000 can 

apply.)

Program Type: Grant

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzD6T

Single Family 

Housing 

Direct Home 

Loans

Provides mortgage 

financing for applicants 

to buy, build, improve, or 

repair an eligible rural home 

as their primary residence 

Families and 

individuals with an 

adjusted income 

at or below the 

low-income limit 

for the area

Rural areas with 

populations up to 

20,000

(In special 

circumstances, 

communities up 

to 35,000 can 

apply).

Program Type: Direct Loan

Terms and Conditions: 

Loans can cover up to 

100 percent of the home’s 

market value, with terms 

of 33 – 38 years. Applicant 

may be eligible for payment 

assistance (subsidy) on the 

loan.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzD6P

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Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Single Family 

Housing 

Home Loan 

Guarantees

Helps low- to moderate-income 

applicants buy a home by 

guaranteeing loans made 

by private lenders. Eligible 

applicants can get up to 100 

percent financing to buy, build, 

improve, or even relocate a 

dwelling.

Families and 

individuals with 

an income not 

exceeding 115 

percent of the 

median household 

income for the 

purchase area of 

the home 

Rural areas with 

populations up to 

20,000

(In special 

circumstances, 

communities with 

populations up 

to 35,000 can 

apply.)

Program Type: Loan 

Guarantee

Terms and Conditions: 

A down payment is not 

required.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/

xzD66

Single Family 

Housing 

Repair Loans 

and Grants

Helps lower-income 

homeowners to repair, improve, 

or modernize their home. Loan 

funds can be used for roofing, 

heating and cooling systems, 

structural repairs or to offset the 

cost of water or waste disposal 

connection fees.

Homeowners 

who occupy the 

house, and have a 

household income 

that does not 

exceed the verylow income limit 

in the county in 

which your home is 

located

Rural areas with 

populations up to 

20,000

(In special 

circumstances, 

communities up 

to 35,000 can 

apply).

Program Type: Direct 

Loan and grant.

Terms and Conditions:

1-percent-interest 

loans up to $40,000. 

Grants available to 

very-low-income 

applicants ages 62 

years or older unable 

to pay a 1 percent 

loan.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/

xhq24

Rural Housing 

Site Loans

This revolving loan fund 

provides site loans for 

applicants below the moderate 

income limit using conventional 

construction methods or the 

self-help housing method, 

in which families build each 

other’s homes. Conventional 

building sites can be 

developed and sold to low- and 

moderate-income applicants 

using USDA Rural Housing 

Service programs or any other 

mortgage financing program 

that serves those applicants 

below the moderate income 

limit.

Conventional 

building sites: 

Private and 

public nonprofit 

organizations, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Self-help method 

sites: Private and 

public nonprofit 

organizations 

solely dedicated to 

self-help housing, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Check the 

Income and 

Property 

Eligibility at this 

site: 

https://go.usa.

gov/xhqbC

Program Type: Loan

Terms and Conditions: 

Self-help method loans 

are for 2 years at a 3 

percent, fixed-interest 

rate. Conventional 

construction method 

loans are published 

monthly and fixed at 

closing.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/

xzDFn

Rural Housing Service | Single Family Housing (continued)

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Rural Housing Service | Multifamily Housing

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Housing 

Preservation 

Grants 

(multifamily 

component)

Repairs housing owned or 

occupied by low income rural 

families. Grants can be used to 

repair or replace roofs, insulation, 

heating and cooling systems, or 

water and waste disposal systems, 

or to build or improve accessibility 

features.

Rental property 

owners, 

government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, and 

federally recognized 

Tribes

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

up to 20,000

Program Type: Grant

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/

xzDsY

Multifamily 

Housing 

Direct Loans

Finances affordable multifamily 

rental housing for low-income, 

elderly, or disabled individuals and 

families. Funds can be used to buy 

and improve land, and to build, 

improve, or purchase existing 

multifamily housing.

Government 

organizations, 

federally recognized 

Tribes, individuals, 

trusts, associations, 

partnerships, forprofit organizations, 

nonprofits and 

cooperatives

Designated 

eligible 

rural places 

and RD 

Multifamily 

Housing 

contacts 

available 

at: https://

go.usa.gov/

xh3mB.

Program Type: Direct 

Loan 

Terms and Conditions: 

Up to a 30-year 

payback period. 

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/

xzDJc

Multifamily 

Housing Loan 

Guarantees

Guarantees loans from privatesector lenders to increase the 

availability of affordable rental 

housing for low- and moderateincome people. Funds can be 

used to buy and improve land, and 

to build, rehabilitate, or purchase 

existing multifamily housing.

Private lenders 

may apply for a 

loan guarantee 

on loans made to 

eligible borrowers 

who are building 

or preserving 

affordable rural 

rental housing.

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

of 35,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Loan 

Guarantee 

Terms and Conditions: 

Minimum term of 25 

years and maximum 

term of 40 years. 

Total development 

cost borrowed cannot 

exceed 90 percent 

(for-profits); 97 percent 

(nonprofits) 

Website: https://

go.usa.gov/xzDSB

Multifamily 

Preservation 

and 

Revitalization 

Loans and 

Grants

Funds loan restructuring for 

existing USDA Rural Rental and 

Off-Farm Labor Housing projects 

to improve safe, affordable rental 

housing. Funds can be used 

for debt deferral, soft-second 

mortgage or zero-interest loans.

Current owners of 

USDA Multifamily 

Direct or Farm 

Labor Housing 

properties, and 

certain prospective 

buyers

N/A Program Type: Loan or 

grant.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/

xzDzw

Multifamily 

Nonprofit 

Transfer 

Technical 

Assistance 

Grants 

Provides assistance to preserve 

affordable rental housing by 

transferring existing RD Multifamily 

Housing Direct Loan properties 

from current owners to nonprofits 

or PHAs. Funding can be used 

for consultation, non-construction 

services, financial analysis, 

appraisals, and market surveys.

Public and private 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

public housing 

authorities, Tribal 

housing nonprofits, 

and Triballydesignated housing 

organizations

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

up to 20,000

Program Type: Grant

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/

xzDSs

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Rural Housing Service | Multifamily Housing (continued)

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Multifamily 

Housing 

Rental 

Assistance 

Program

Provides rental assistance 

payments paid directly to the 

owners of USDA-financed Rural 

Rental or Farm Labor Housing 

projects on behalf of eligible 

tenants who cannot afford to 

pay their full rent

New or existing, 

nonprofit or 

limited-profit 

USDA-financed 

properties

N/A Program Type: Rental 

assistance 

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDhB

Multifamily 

Housing 

Tenant 

Vouchers

Rent vouchers can be used to 

supplement rent payments at a 

former USDA-financed property, 

or at any nonsubsidized rental 

unit in the United States that 

meets USDA standards and 

agrees to accept the voucher

Tenants in rental 

properties in which 

a USDA-financed 

Multifamily 

Housing Direct 

Loan ended earlier 

than its original 

maturity date

N/A Program Type: Rental 

assistance

Terms and Conditions: 

Funds are paid directly to 

property owners on the 

tenant’s behalf.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzDhd

Off-Farm 

Labor 

Housing 

Direct Loans 

and Grants

Provides affordable financing 

to develop housing for farm 

workers. Funds can be used to 

buy or improve land, for new 

construction, to rehabilitate 

existing rental housing in lowerincome areas, or to purchase 

household furnishings.

Farmers and 

family farm 

corporations, 

farmers’ or 

farm workers’ 

associations, 

nonprofits, 

state and local 

governments, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

N/A Program Type: Direct loans 

and grants

Terms and Conditions: 

33 years at a 1 percent 

interest rate. Loans can 

cover up to 100 percent of 

total development costs. 

Grants are need-based and 

cannot exceed 90 percent of 

the total project cost.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDtP

Off-Farm 

Labor 

Housing 

Technical 

Assistance 

Grants

Provides funds for applicants 

of USDA RD Farm Labor 

Housing loans and grants. 

Funds can be used to pay for 

technical assistance during 

the application process, loan 

underwriting and closing, and to 

offset certain transaction costs.

Public and 

private nonprofit 

organizations

N/A Program Type: Grant

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWqA

On-Farm 

Labor 

Housing 

Loans

Provides financing to develop 

or rehabilitate rental housing for 

lower-income domestic, migrant, 

and seasonal farm laborers

Individuals, 

partnerships, 

and family farm 

corporations

N/A Program Type: Loan

Terms and Conditions: 

33 years at a 1 percent 

interest rate. No loan 

minimum. Loans can cover 

up to 100 percent of the 

total development cost.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzW3q

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Rural Housing Service | Community Facilities

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Community 

Facilities 

Direct 

Loans, 

Grants and 

Guarantee 

Loans

Funds to improve, construct, 

develop, or finance essential 

community facilities for rural 

communities such as hospitals, 

clinics, nursing homes, certain 

schools, child care centers, 

fire and rescue, public safety 

facilities, libraries, and town 

halls

Government 

organizations, 

communitybased nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Rural areas with 

populations of 

20,000 or fewer 

for direct loans 

and grants; 

50,000 or 

fewer for loan 

guarantees

Program Type: Direct loans, 

grants and loan guarantee

Direct loan and grant 

website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDvz

Loan Guarantee website

https://go.usa.gov/xzDw7

Community 

Facilities 

Relending 

Program

Loans to lenders who then 

re-lend to applicants to fund 

essential community facilities 

in high- or persistent-poverty 

rural areas. Funds can be 

used to buy, build, or improve 

facilities such as hospitals, 

clinics, nursing homes, town 

halls, courthouses, child care 

centers, fire departments, 

museums, and libraries.

Government 

organizations, 

community 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Lenders can 

be located 

anywhere 

in the U.S. 

Community 

facility must 

be in a rural 

area with a 

population of 

20,000 or fewer.

Program Type: Loans

Terms and Conditions: 

Fixed interest rates and 

terms up to 40 years. Terms 

of the loan from the relender to the applicant are 

negotiated between those 

parties.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDfD

Community 

Facilities 

Technical 

Assistance 

and 

Training 

Grants

Grants to identify and plan for 

community facility needs. Grant 

funds can be used to identify 

public and private financial 

resources, prepare reports, 

surveys, and applications, and 

to improve the operational 

and financial management of 

existing community facilities

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Rural areas with 

populations of 

20,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum grant award is 

$150,000, with no match 

required. However, award 

preference is given to 

applicants who can provide 

cash matching funds.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDG9

Economic 

Impact 

Initiative 

Grants

Develops essential 

community facilities in rural 

communities enduring extreme 

unemployment and severe 

economic depression. Funds 

can be used to build, improve, 

or enlarge facilities used for 

health care, public safety, and 

public service.

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Rural areas 

outside of cities 

or towns with 

populations of 

20,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

EIIGs can be combined with 

USDA Community Facilities 

Direct or Guaranteed 

Loans, an applicant 

contribution, or other 

sources of funding 

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzD7g

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Rural Housing Service | Community Facilities (continued)

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Rural 

Community 

Development 

Initiative 

Grants

Facilitates housing, community 

facilities, and community 

and economic development 

projects. Grant funds can 

cover training sub-grantees 

to conduct homeownership or 

minority business entrepreneur 

education, providing technical 

assistance to sub-grantees on 

strategic plan development, 

researching and identifying 

alternative funding sources, 

preparing boards of directors, 

and creating training tools 

such as videos, workbooks or 

reference guides.

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

and certain 

private, for-profit 

organizations in 

rural areas

Rural areas with 

populations of 

50,000 or fewer 

including any 

urbanized area 

neighboring it

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Grants range from 

$50,000 - $250,000, and 

there is a matching fund 

requirement equal to 

the amount of the grant 

award. 

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzD7M

Tribal 

College 

Initiative 

Grants

Funds capital improvements 

to educational facilities and 

for cultural projects at 1994 

Land Grant Institutions (Tribal 

Colleges). Funds can be used 

for infrastructure development 

or upgrades, along with 

equipment purchases for 

schools, libraries, and 

dormitories.

Tribal Colleges 

listed in Section 

7402 of the 

Agricultural Act of 

2014

(Available at 

this link: https://

go.usa.gov/xzDAK

- PDF) 

N/A Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Grants of up to $250,000. 

A minimum five percent 

match is required. 

Partnerships with other 

federal, state, local, 

private, and nonprofit 

organizations are 

encouraged.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzD7S

Rural Utilities Service | Electric

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Denali 

Commission 

High Energy 

Cost Grants

Assists the Denali 

Commission to lower 

energy costs for people 

who live in areas with 

exceptionally high, 

per-household energy 

bills – at least 275 

percent higher than the 

national average. Grants 

can be used to finance 

energy generation, 

transmission, and 

distribution. 

For-profit 

organizations, 

nonprofits, sole 

proprietors, 

government 

organizations, and 

federally recognized 

Tribes

N/A Program Type: Grant 

Denali Commission Website: 

https://www.denali.gov/

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWcc

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Rural Utilities Service | Electric

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Distributed 

Generation 

Energy 

Project 

Financing

Provides loans and loan 

guarantees to eligible 

developers of distributed 

energy projects that provide 

wholesale or retail electricity 

to existing USDA RD Electric 

Program borrowers, or to 

rural communities serviced 

by other utilities

Energy project 

developers for 

distributed energy 

projects, and USDA 

RD Electric Program 

borrowers or other 

utilities that serve 

rural areas

N/A Program Type: Loans 

and loan guarantees

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWc5

Electric 

Infrastructure 

Loans 

and Loan 

Guarantees

Finances the construction 

of electric distribution, 

transmission, and generation 

facilities so rural communities 

an access affordable, highquality electric service

Government 

organizations, 

federally recognized 

Tribes, nonprofits, 

cooperatives and 

limited dividend or 

mutual associations, 

for-profit corporations 

and LLCs

Areas served 

by an existing 

rural electric 

borrower 

in a city or 

town with a 

population 

of 20,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Loans 

and loan guarantees

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWxc

Empowering 

Rural America 

Program

Funds energy efficiency 

improvements to eligible 

generation and transmission 

systems, to purchase, build, 

or deploy renewable energy, 

zero-emission systems, 

carbon capture storage 

systems, or to purchase 

renewable energy

Current or former 

Rural Utilities 

Service or former 

Rural Electrification 

Administration 

borrowers, rural 

electric cooperatives, 

and subsidiaries.

N/A Program Type: Loans 

and grants

Website: https://tinyurl.

com/3d96vxuf

Energy 

Efficiency and 

Conservation 

Loans

Provides pass-through 

funding for energy efficiency 

and conservation projects for 

residential, commercial, and 

industrial consumers in rural 

areas 

Electric utility 

companies serving 

rural areas, existing 

Rural Utilities Service 

Electric Program 

borrowers

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

20,000 and 

fewer.

Eligible 

communities 

can be 

combined into 

larger service 

areas

Program Type: Loans

Terms and Conditions: 

Repayment period 

is 15 years unless 

geothermal ground-loop 

source investments or 

technology have a longer 

lifespan.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWxP

Energy 

Resource 

Conservation 

Program

Helps current Rural Utilities 

Service borrowers make 

funds available to their 

consumers for energy 

conservation and renewable 

energy projects by deferring 

payment of principal and 

interest

Current Rural Utilities 

Service Electric 

Program borrowers 

with direct loans

N/A Program Type: Loan

Terms and Conditions: 

Deferment terms vary, 

and are based on the 

principal balance of the 

existing loan.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWa2

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Rural Utilities Service | Electric (continued)

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

High Energy 

Cost Grants

Helps energy providers 

lower energy costs for 

people in areas with 

extremely high perhousehold energy costs. 

Among other things, funds 

can be used to finance the 

acquisition, construction, 

or improvement of 

electric generation and 

transmission facilities, and 

to implement renewable 

energy generation and 

energy efficiency and 

conservation measures

Power supply 

providers serving 

eligible rural areas 

including government 

organizations, 

federally recognized 

Tribes, cooperatives 

and limited dividend or 

mutual associations, 

and for-profit 

businesses

N/A Program Type: Grant

Website: https://go.usa.

gov/xzWaF

Powering 

Affordable 

Clean Energy

Finances wind, solar, 

hydropower, geothermal, 

or biomass renewable 

energy projects. Energy 

storage projects related to 

a renewable energy project 

are also eligible.

Corporations, 

government 

organizations, Indian 

Tribes and Alaska 

Native corporations, 

utility districts, 

cooperatives, 

nonprofits, for-profit 

corporations and LLCs

At least 50 

percent of the 

population 

served 

must live in 

communities 

with 

populations 

of 20,000 or 

fewer.

Program Type: Loans

Terms and Conditions: 

Up to 60 percent of the 

loan can be forgiven if 

the project meets certain 

criteria.

Website: https://tinyurl.

com/bdh3599h

Rural Energy 

Savings 

Program

Provides loans to 

rural utilities and other 

companies that offer 

energy efficiency loans 

to qualified consumers to 

implement durable costeffective energy efficiency 

measures

Entities that provide 

retail electric service 

to rural areas, current 

and former USDA 

Rural Development 

Rural Utilities Service 

Electric Service 

program borrowers or 

their subsidiaries

N/A Program Type: Loans

Terms and Conditions: 

20 years at 0 percent 

interest, and up to 5 

percent interest for 

relending to qualified 

consumers for up to 10 

years

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWCt 

State Bulk Fuel 

Revolving 

Loan Fund

Helps state governments 

establish revolving loan 

funds to provide a costeffective way to purchase 

bulk fuel for remote 

communities not served 

year-round by standard 

surface transportation such 

as highways, railways, or 

waterways

State governments N/A Program Type: Loans

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWrk

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Rural Utilities Service | Telecommunications

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Broadband 

Technical 

Assistance 

Grants

Supports project 

planning, community 

engagement, financial 

sustainability, 

environmental 

compliance, construction 

planning and 

engineering, accessing 

federal resources, and 

data collection and 

reporting for broadband 

projects.

Nonprofits, 

for-profit 

corporations, LLCs, 

cooperatives, 

partnerships, 

government 

organizations, 

federally 

recognized Tribes

Rural areas where 

– depending on the 

funding category 

– 50 to 90 percent 

of the households 

lack sufficient 

broadband access

Program Type: Grants

Website: 

https://tinyurl.com/2p95jduf

Community 

Connect Grants

Provides broadband 

service in rural, 

economically-challenged 

communities where 

internet service does not 

yet exist. Funds can also 

cover costs to provide 

broadband service 

to critical community 

facilities for 2 years.

Government 

organizations, 

federally 

recognized 

Tribes, nonprofits, 

cooperatives, 

private 

corporations, forprofit entities

Rural areas with 

low-speed or 

no broadband 

services

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzWYZ

Distance 

Learning and 

Telemedicine 

Grants

Funds development and 

deployment of advanced 

telecommunication 

services throughout 

rural America to 

improve education 

and healthcare. Funds 

can be used to buy 

equipment to deliver 

distance learning and 

telemedicine services 

and pay for instructional 

programming, technical 

assistance, and training.

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized Tribes

Rural areas 

outside 

incorporated or 

unincorporated 

cities with 

populations up to 

20,000.

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Minimum 15 percent match 

required that cannot come 

from other federal sources

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzWYU

ReConnect 

Loans and 

Grants

Expands broadband 

service to rural areas 

without sufficient 

broadband access. 

Funds can be used 

to construct, improve, 

acquire broadband 

and terrestrial satellite 

broadband facilities and 

equipment, and for preapplication expenses.

Nonprofits, 

for-profit 

corporations, LLCs, 

cooperatives, 

partnerships, 

government 

organizations, 

federally 

recognized Tribes

Rural areas where 

– depending on the 

funding category 

– 50 to 90 percent 

of the households 

lack sufficient 

broadband access 

Program Type: Loans, 

grants

Website: 

https://www.usda.gov/

reconnect

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Rural Utilities Service | Telecommunications (continued)

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Rural Broadband 

Loans, Loan and 

Grant Combinations, 

and Loan 

Guarantees

Provides funds for 

the construction, 

improvement, 

or purchase of 

facilities and 

equipment needed 

to provide service 

at the broadband 

lending speed in 

eligible rural areas

Nonprofits, 

corporations, 

LLCs, cooperatives 

or mutual 

organizations, 

government 

organizations, 

federally recognized 

Tribes

Individuals and 

partnerships are 

not eligible.

For loan 

and grant 

combinations, 

at least 90 

percent of the 

households in 

the proposed 

service area 

must not have 

access to 

broadband 

service. For 

loans and loan 

guarantees, 

the service 

threshold is 50 

percent.

Program Type: Loans, 

Grants, Loan Guarantees

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzWYG

Telecommunications 

Infrastructure 

Loans and Loan 

Guarantees 

Funds to build, 

maintain, improve, 

or expand 

telephone and 

broadband service 

in rural areas

Telecommunications 

providers

Rural areas 

with a 

population of 

5,000 or fewer

Program Type: Loans and 

loan guarantees

Terms and Conditions:

Cost-of-money loans: 

Fixed rate at current rates 

depending on loan maturity 

at time of each advance

Loan Guarantees: Fixed rate 

primarily from the Federal 

Financing Bank (FFB). 

Interest rates (Treasury rate 

plus 1/8 of a percent) vary 

depending on call options 

and the interim maturity rate 

selected at each advance

Hardship loans: Fixed 

interest rate of 5 percent 

for up to 20 years; requires 

special qualifications

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzWgX

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Rural Utilities Service | Water and Environment 

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Circuit Rider 

Program – 

Technical 

Assistance 

for Rural 

Water 

Systems

Provides technical assistance 

to rural water systems 

experiencing day-to-day 

operational, financial or 

managerial issues

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, or 

Tribes with 

legal authority 

to own and 

operate the 

water facility

Rural areas with 

a population of 

10,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Rural water system officials 

may request assistance 

from the National Rural 

Water Association State 

Association or the local 

Rural Utilities Service office.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzBKr

Emergency 

Community 

Water 

Assistance 

Grants

Helps eligible communities 

prepare – or recover from – an 

emergency that threatens the 

availability of safe, reliable 

drinking water. Grants can be 

used for maintenance, to build 

waterline extensions, repair 

breaks or leaks in existing 

distribution lines, and to build 

intake or treatment facilities.

Local 

government 

organizations, 

nonprofits 

and federally 

recognized 

Tribes

Rural areas with 

a population of 

10,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant 

Terms and Conditions: 

Water transmission 

line grants maximum is 

$150,000. Water source 

grants maximum is $1 

million. Partnerships with 

other federal, state, local, 

private and nonprofit entities 

are encouraged

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzB8U

Grants 

for Rural 

and Native 

Alaskan 

Villages

Provides remote Alaskan 

villages provide safe, reliable 

drinking water and waste 

disposal systems to households 

and businesses. Must be used 

to improve dire sanitation 

conditions like waterborne 

communicable disease, hauling 

water to – or human waste from 

– homes, or using outhouses 

because no community-wide 

water and sewer system exists.

Rural Alaskan 

villages or 

hubs

The State of 

Alaska also 

can apply 

on behalf of 

eligible villages 

or hubs.

Rural areas with 

a population of 

10,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xh3pd

Revolving 

Funds for 

Financing 

Water and 

Wastewater 

Projects

Provides revolving loan funds 

to extend and improve water 

and waste disposal systems. 

Funds can be used for predevelopment costs, and 

for short-term small capital 

improvement projects not 

part of regular operations and 

maintenance.

Nonprofits Rural areas with 

populations less 

than 10,000 or 

fewer 

Program Type: Loan

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum loan per borrower 

is $200,000. Maximum term 

is 10 years. Interest rate 

determined by the nonprofit 

that manages the revolving 

loan fund

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xJDZu

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Rural Utilities Service | Water and Environment (continued) 

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Rural 

Decentralized 

Water 

Systems 

Grant 

Program

Increases access to clean, 

reliable water and septic 

systems for households in 

eligible rural areas. Funds can 

be used to build, refurbish, 

or service individually owned 

household water well and 

wastewater systems.

Nonprofits, 

Colonias, 

and federally 

recognized 

Tribes

Rural areas with 

populations of 

50,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions:

A 10 percent match is 

required and may not be an 

in-kind match. 

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzBn5

Special 

Evaluation 

Assistance 

for Rural 

Communities 

and 

Households 

Grant 

(SEARCH)

Helps small, financially 

distressed rural communities 

pay for predevelopment 

feasibility studies, design, 

and technical assistance on 

proposed water and waste 

disposal projects. Funds can 

be used to support proposed 

projects to build or improve 

rural water, wastewater, solid 

waste disposal, or storm water 

disposal facilities, or to make 

public or private improvements.

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized 

Tribes

Rural areas with 

populations of 

2,500 or fewer 

and with median 

household 

incomes below 

the poverty line 

or less than 

80 percent of 

the statewide 

nonmetropolitan 

median 

household 

income

Program Type: Grant

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzBQD

Solid Waste 

Management 

Grants

Reduces or eliminates water 

pollution by providing funding 

for technical assistance 

or training to improve the 

planning and management of 

solid waste sites. Funds can 

be used to provide technical 

assistance and training and to 

evaluate and improve current 

landfill conditions to protect 

against threats to nearby water 

resources.

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits 

federally 

recognized 

Tribes, and 

academic 

institutions

Rural areas with 

populations of 

10,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Projects should be 

completed in 12 months. 

Matching funds are not 

required for this grant, 

however, applicant and 

in-kind contributions are 

recommended.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzBE7

Technical 

Assistance 

and Training 

for Innovative 

Regional 

Wastewater 

Treatment 

Solutions 

Grant Pilot 

Program

Helps historically impoverished 

rural communities find 

innovative solutions to 

wastewater treatment systems 

in areas with nonoptimal soil 

conditions

Consortias, 

academic 

health and 

research 

institutes, and 

economic 

development 

organizations

Rural areas with 

populations of 

10,000 or fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Applicants must include a 

regional university – or the 

scope of work must include 

coordinating with a regional 

university.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzBPX

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Rural Utilities Service | Water and Environment (continued)

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Water and Waste 

Disposal Grants 

to Alleviate 

Health Risks on 

Tribal Lands and 

Colonias

Helps low-income communities 

facing significant health risks 

get safe, reliable drinking water 

and waste disposal facilities and 

services. Funds can be used to 

build basic drinking water and 

waste disposal systems.

Local 

governments, 

nonprofits, utility 

districts serving 

Colonias, 

and federally 

recognized 

Tribes

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

fewer than 

10,000, 

Colonias and 

Tribal lands

Program Type: Grant

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/

xzBmK

Water and Waste 

Disposal Loans 

and Grants

Provides funding for clean and 

reliable drinking water systems, 

sanitary waste water and solid 

waste disposal, and storm water 

drainage to households and 

businesses. Funds can be used 

to buy, build, repair, and improve 

public water and waste treatment 

and collection systems.

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized 

Tribes

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

fewer than 

10,000, 

Colonias and 

Tribal lands

Program Type: Loans, 

grant (if available)

Terms and Conditions: 

The loan term will not 

exceed 40 years.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/

xzBUD

Water and Waste 

Disposal Loan 

Guarantees

Helps private lenders provide 

affordable financing to improve 

access to clean, reliable water 

and waste disposal systems for 

households and businesses in 

rural areas. Funds can be used 

to build or improve facilities 

for drinking water, wastewater 

treatment and solid waste 

disposal, and storm water 

drainages.

Banks, savings 

and loans 

institutions, 

farm credit 

banks,credit 

unions

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

of 50,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Loan 

guarantee

Terms and Conditions: 

The loan term will not 

exceed 40 years. Interest 

rates negotiated between 

the lender and borrower.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzBUs

Water and 

Waste Disposal 

Predevelopment 

Planning Grants

Helps low-income communities 

with the initial planning and 

development of applications for 

USDA Rural Development Water 

and Waste Disposal Direct Loan 

and Grant or Loan Guarantee 

programs

Governments 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

and federally 

recognized 

Tribes

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

of 10,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum grant amount 

is $30,000, or 75 percent 

of predevelopment 

planning costs

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzBym

Water and 

Waste Disposal 

Technical 

Assistance and 

Training Grants

Funds technical assistance 

and training to water and waste 

disposal operations to identify 

solutions to sourcing, storage, 

treatment, distribution, collection, 

and disposal. Helps applicants 

prepare water and waste disposal 

loan and grant applications, and 

helps associations improve the 

operation and maintenance of 

water and waste facilities

Nonprofits Rural 

areas with 

populations 

of 10,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

This is a reimbursement 

grant.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzBym

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Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Agriculture 

Innovation 

Center 

Program

Funds technical assistance 

for agriculture innovation 

centers to develop and 

market value-added 

agricultural products. Funds 

can be used for center 

operations, development, 

marketing, financial or 

engineering services, and 

connecting producers to 

distribution and processing 

facilities and more. 

Government 

organizations, 

federally 

recognized Tribes, 

institutions of 

higher education, 

nonprofits for-profit 

organizations

N/A Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum grant amount in $1 

million. Matching funds are 

required for at least one-third 

of the total project budget. 

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzDXm

Business 

and Industry 

Loan 

Guarantees

Provides loan guarantees 

to lenders for their loans 

to rural businesses and 

agricultural producers. 

Funds can be used for real 

estate, buildings, equipment, 

supplies, working capital, 

and some debt refinancing.

Banks, savings 

and loans 

institutions, farm 

credit banks,credit 

unions.

Businesses 

receiving loan 

guarantees must 

be in rural areas 

with populations 

of 50,000 or 

fewer. (Lenders 

can be located 

anywhere in the 

U.S.)

Program Type: Loan 

Guarantee

Terms and Conditions: Loan 

terms negotiated between the 

lender and the borrower, not 

to exceed 40 years. Maximum 

loan amount is $25 million.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzDXv

Delta 

Health Care 

Services 

Grants

Provides financial assistance 

to address ongoing, unmet 

health needs in the Delta 

Region. Funds can be used 

to develop health care 

services, education, job 

training programs, and to 

develop or expand public 

health-related facilities in the 

region.

Regional 

institution of 

higher education, 

academic health 

and research 

institute, and 

economic 

development 

organization in the 

Delta Region

A list of Delta 

Region states is 

available at this 

link: 

https://go.usa.

gov/xzTf7.

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum grant amount 

is $1 million. Minimum 

grant amount is $50,000. 

There is no matching funds 

requirement.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzDXf

Fertilizer 

Production 

Expansion 

Program

Increases or expands 

the manufacturing and 

processing of fertilizer, 

nutrient alternatives, and 

other nutrient management 

products and technologies 

in the United States and its 

territories

For-profit businesses 

nonprofits, Tribes, 

producer-owned 

cooperatives and 

corporations, certified 

benefit corporations, 

and government 

organizations

N/A Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: Grant 

term is 5 years. Maximum 

award amount is $100 

million. Minimum award 

amount is $1 million

Website:

https://tinyurl.com/jmm2rza4

Intermediary 

Relending 

Program

Provides 1 percent, lowinterest loans to local 

lenders or “intermediaries” 

that re-lend to businesses 

to improve economic 

conditions and create jobs in 

rural communities

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, federally 

recognized Tribes, 

and cooperatives

Rural areas with 

populations of 

50,000 or fewer

Program Type: Loan

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum loan to borrowers 

is $400,000

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzDXs

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Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Rural 

Business 

Development 

Grants

Supports small and 

emerging private businesses 

to start or expand. Funds 

can be used to purchase 

or develop land, buildings, 

and equipment; to cover 

costs for feasibility studies 

and business plans and 

provide other technical 

assistance; to improve rural 

transportation, establish 

revolving loan funds, and 

support rural distance 

learning programs that 

provide educational or job 

training

Towns, 

communities, 

state agencies, 

nonprofits, 

institutions of 

higher education, 

federally 

recognized 

Tribes and rural 

cooperatives

Rural areas 

outside of any 

city with a 

population of 

50,000 or more

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

There is no maximum grant 

amount. Smaller requests 

are given higher priority, 

and there is no cost-sharing 

requirement.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDXt

Rural 

Business 

Investment 

Program

Provides a Rural Business 

Investment Company 

(RBIC) license to newly 

formed developmental 

capital organizations to fill 

the need for business and 

development capital in rural 

areas. The program works 

with for-profit developmental 

capital funds

For-profit 

developmental 

capital 

organizations (or 

their subsidiaries) 

with experience 

in venture capital 

or community 

development 

financing

75 percent of 

funds must be 

used in rural 

areas with a 

population of 

50,000 or fewer. 

Applicants can 

be located 

anywhere. 

Program Type: Other

Terms and Conditions: 

Applicants must raise a 

minimum of $10 million in 

private equity capital.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDXJ

Rural 

Cooperative 

Development 

Grants

Helps establish and 

operate cooperative 

development centers. 

Cooperative development 

centers provide technical 

assistance, conduct 

feasibility studies, develop 

business plans, provide 

training, and facilitate 

strategic planning.

Nonprofits and 

institutions of 

higher education

Centers can 

be in any area, 

but must serve 

areas with 

populations of 

50,000 or fewer.

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum grant is $200,000 

with a 25 percent matching 

requirement of total project 

costs.

Website: 

https://tinyurl.com/383r77nt

Rural 

Economic 

Development 

Loan and 

Grant 

Program

Supports economic 

development and job 

creation in rural areas by 

providing zero-interest loans 

to eligible local utilities. 

Funds are then used to 

establish revolving loan 

funds (RLFs) that make 

pass-through funding 

available to ultimate 

recipients that back projects 

to create or retain rural jobs.

Electric and 

telephone utilities

The utility 

company must 

service rural 

areas with 

populations of 

50,000 or fewer.

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Grant terms are 10 years 

and require a 20 percent 

match from the utility. The 

grant must be repaid when 

the RLF is expended or 

terminated.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzD5r

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Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Rural 

Innovation 

Stronger 

Economy 

(RISE) Grant 

Program

Helps create high-wage jobs 

and accelerate the formation 

of new businesses. It also 

supports industry clusters 

and maximizes the use of 

local assets in lower-income 

rural areas. Grants can be 

used to build or support a 

business incubator facility, 

provide trainings, and improve 

opportunities for workers to 

get high-wage jobs in new or 

existing local industries.

Government 

organizations, 

nonprofits, 

federally 

recognized 

Tribes, and 

institution 

of higher 

education

N/A Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: Grants 

range from $500,000 - $2 million 

with a four-year-term.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzD5b

Rural Microentrepreneur 

Assistance 

Program

Supports the startup 

and growth of small rural 

businesses. Loans can be 

used to establish revolving 

microloans for small, rural 

businesses, working capital, 

debt refinancing, equipment 

and supplies, and real estate 

improvements. Grants can 

be used to provide training 

and technical assistance to 

microloan borrowers and 

microentrepreneurs.

Nonprofits, 

federally 

recognized 

Tribes, and 

institutions 

of higher 

education 

(Borrowers 

must be 

businesses 

with 10 or 

less full-time 

employees.) 

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

of 50,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Loan, grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Loans: Loans range from 

$50,000 to $500,000. Maximum 

20-year term with two year 

payment deferral.

Grants: Maximum grant of 

$205,000 annually

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzD5Z

Socially 

Disadvantaged 

Groups Grants

Provides financial support to 

co-ops and their associations 

or development centers 

for technical assistance to 

small, socially disadvantaged 

groups. Funds can be used 

for feasibility studies, business 

plans, strategic planning, and 

leadership training.

Rural 

cooperatives 

and 

cooperative 

development 

centers

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

of 50,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: Maximum 

grant amount is $175,000

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzD58

Strategic 

Economic and 

Community 

Development

Bolsters participating USDA 

Rural Development program 

funds by supporting projects 

that promote and implement 

strategic community 

investment plans. Funds can 

be used to help amplify a rural 

community’s unique strengths, 

identify additional resources, 

convene partners, and 

leverage other federal, state, 

local, and private funding.

Applicant 

requirements 

vary 

depending 

on the RD 

program 

under which 

you are 

applying.

Population 

requirements 

vary 

depending 

on the RD 

program 

under which 

you are 

applying. 

The following RD programs 

participate in this program: 

Community Connect and Rural 

Business Development Grants; 

and both Community Facilities 

and Water and Waste Disposal 

Direct Loans, Grants, and Loan 

Guarantee programs.

Program Type: Grant, loan, or 

guarantee based on program is 

being used

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzD5n

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Rural Business-Cooperative Service (continued)

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Value-Added 

Producer 

Grants

Helps independent agricultural 

producers begin processing 

and marketing activities that 

add value to their products. 

Grant and matching funds 

can be used for planning 

activities, or working capital 

expenses related to producing 

and marketing a value-added 

agricultural product. Examples 

include conducting feasibility 

studies, developing business 

plans, offsetting processing 

costs, handling marketing, 

advertising expenses, and 

paying certain inventory and 

salary expenses.

Independent 

producers, 

farmer and 

rancher 

cooperatives, 

producer 

groups, and 

majoritycontrolled, 

producerbased 

business 

ventures

N/A Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum planning grant is 

$75,000; maximum working 

capital grant is $250,000

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzD5E

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Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Advanced 

Biofuel 

Payment 

Program

Increases production 

of advanced biofuels 

through quarterly 

payments to eligible 

producers. This program 

helps increase American 

energy independence 

and the private-sector 

supply of renewable 

energy. 

Advanced biofuels 

producers and 

sellers, including, 

individuals, 

corporations, 

companies, 

foundations, 

associations, 

governments, and 

schools

N/A Program Type: Payments

Terms and Conditions: 

Payment amount depends 

on the number of eligible 

producers, the amount of 

advanced biofuel produced, 

and the amount of funds 

available

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzDUX 

Biorefinery, 

Renewable 

Chemical, 

and Biobased 

Product 

Manufacturing 

Assistance 

Program

Helps develop, build, 

or retrofit facilities 

to support new and 

emerging technologies, 

and produce advanced 

biofuels, renewable 

chemicals, and 

biobased products

Individuals, federally 

recognized Tribes, 

government 

organizations, 

cooperatives, 

associations 

of agricultural 

producers, national 

laboratories, 

institutions of 

higher education, 

rural electric coops, public power 

organizations, and 

credit unions

N/A Program Type: Loan 

guarantee

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum loan guarantee 

is $250 million. Rates and 

terms are negotiated between 

the lender and the borrower. 

The borrower must make 

a significant cash equity 

contribution investment.

Website:

https://go.usa.gov/xzDUw 
Rural Business-Cooperative Service | Energy (continued)

Program Overview Applicant Population Additional 

Information

Higher Blends 

Infrastructure 

Incentive 

Program

Increases the sale and 

use of higher blends 

of ethanol (such as 

E15) and biodiesel 

(B20) by expanding the 

infrastructure supporting 

renewable fuels created 

from U.S. agricultural 

products

Transportation 

fueling facilities such 

as fueling stations, 

convenience stores, 

hypermarket fueling 

stations,fleet facilities 

and fuel distribution 

facilities

N/A Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: Costshare grants of up to 50 

percent of the total eligible 

project costs but not more 

than $5 million 

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDfN

Rural Energy 

for America 

Program 

Energy 

Audit and 

Renewable 

Energy 

Development 

Assistance 

Grants

Assists rural small 

businesses and 

agricultural producers 

by conducting and 

promoting energy audits 

and providing Renewable 

Energy Development 

Assistance

Government 

organizations, 

federally recognized 

Tribes, institutions 

of higher education, 

rural electric 

cooperatives, 

public power 

entities, resource 

conservation and 

development councils

Businesses 

must be in 

rural areas with 

populations 

fewer than 

50,000. 

(Population

restrictions 

do not apply 

to agriculture 

producers)

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

Maximum grant amount is 

$100,000 per year

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDwc

Rural Energy 

for America 

Program 

Renewable 

Energy 

Systems 

and Energy 

Efficiency 

Loans and 

Grants

Provides funding to 

agricultural producers 

and rural small 

businesses for renewable 

energy systems or to 

make energy efficiency 

improvements

Agriculture 

producers, small 

businesses

Rural 

areas with 

populations 

50,000 or 

fewer

Program Type: Loan, grant

Terms and Conditions: Loan 

term not to exceed 40 years. 

Interest rates negotiated 

between the lender and 

borrower. Loans receive an 

80 percent guarantee. (This 

number is subject to change.)

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDwa

Rural Energy 

Pilot Program 

Grant

Helps rural communities 

develop renewable 

energy

Rural Energy 

Community 

Partnerships

See eligible 

areas at this 

link: 

https://go.usa.

gov/xz7kz.

Program Type: Grant

Terms and Conditions: 

3-year, cost-sharing grant. 

Covers up to 80 percent of 

total project costs up to $2 

million.

Website: 

https://go.usa.gov/xzDwZ

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Rural Development Program Purposes

Program

Land 

and 

Buildings

Machinery 

and 

Equipment

Working 

Capital Infrastructure

Technical 

Assistance 

and Training

Rural Housing Service,

Single Family Housing

Housing Preservation Grants x x

Mutual Self-Help Housing

Technical Assistance Grants x

Single Family Housing Direct Loans x

Single Family Housing

Home Loan Guarantees x

Single Family Housing

Repair Loans and Grants x

Rural Housing Site Loans x

Rural Housing Service,

Multifamily Housing

Multifamily Housing Direct Loans x x

Multifamily Housing Loan Guarantees x x

Multifamily Housing Rental Assistance x

Multifamily Housing Tenant Vouchers x

Multifamily Preservation and 

Revitalization Loans and Grants x x

Multifamily Nonprofit Transfer 

Technical Assistance Grants x

Off-Farm Labor Housing

Direct Loans and Grants x x

Off-Farm Labor Housing

Technical Assistance Grants x

On-Farm Labor Housing Loans x x

Rural Housing Service,

Community Facilities

Community Facilities Direct Loans, 

Grants and Loan Guarantees x x x

Community Facilities 

Relending Program x x x

Community Facilities Technical 

Assistance and Training Grants x

Economic Impact Initiative Grants x x x

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Rural Development Program Purposes

Program

Land 

and 

Buildings

Machinery 

and 

Equipment

Working 

Capital Infrastructure

Technical 

Assistance 

and Training

Community Facilities (continued)

Rural Community Development 

Initiative Grants x

Tribal College Initiative Grants x x x

Rural Utilities Service, Electric

Denali Commission 

High Energy Cost Grants x x x x x

Distributed Generation 

Energy Project Financing x x x x

Electric Infrastructure Loans and 

Loan Guarantees x x x x

Empowering Rural America Program x x x

Energy Efficiency and 

Conservation Loans x x x x

Energy Resource 

Conservation Program x x x

High Energy Cost Grants x x x x x

Powering Affordable Clean Energy x x x

Rural Energy Savings Program x x x x

State Bulk Revolving Loan Fund x

Rural Utilities Service, 

Telecommunications

Broadband Technical Assistance x

Community Connect Grants x x x

Distance Learning and 

Telemedicine Grants x x x

Rural Broadband Loans, Loan and 

Grant Combinations, and Loan 

Guarantees

x x x x

Telecommunications Infrastructure 

Loans and Loan Guarantees x x x x

ReConnect Loans and Grants x x x x

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Rural Development Program Purposes

Program

Land 

and 

Buildings

Machinery 

and 

Equipment

Working 

Capital Infrastructure

Technical 

Assistance 

and Training

Rural Utilities Service, Water and 

Environment

Circuit Rider Program – Technical 

Assistance for Rural Water Systems x

Emergency Community Water 

Assistance Grants x

Grants for Rural and 

Native Alaskan Villages x

Individual Water and Wastewater 

Grants for Colonias x x

Revolving Funds for Financing Water 

and Wastewater Projects x

Rural Decentralized 

Water Systems Grant x x

Special Evaluation Assistance for 

Rural Communities and Households x x

Solid Waste Management Grants x

Technical Assistance and Training 

for Innovative Regional Wastewater 

Treatment Grant (Pilot)

x

Water and Waste Disposal Grants to 

Alleviate Health Risks on Tribal Lands 

and Colonias

x

Water and Waste Disposal 

Loans and Grants x x x

Water and Waste Disposal 

Loan Guarantees x x x

Water and Waste Disposal 

Predevelopment Planning Grants x x

Water and Waste Disposal Technical 

Assistance and Training Grants x

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Agriculture Innovation Center Program x

Business and Industry 

Loan Guarantees x x x

Delta Health Care Services Grants x x x x

Fertilizer Production 

Expansion Program x x x

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Rural Development Program Purposes

Program

Land 

and 

Buildings

Machinery 

and 

Equipment

Working 

Capital Infrastructure

Technical 

Assistance 

and Training

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

(continued)

Intermediary Relending Program x x x x

Rural Business Development Grants x x x

Rural Business Investment Program x

Rural Cooperative 

Development Grants x

Rural Economic Development 

Loan and Grant Program x x x x

Rural Innovation Stronger Economy 

(RISE) Grant Program x x

Rural Microentrepreneur 

Assistance Program x x x x

Socially Disadvantaged 

Groups Grants x

Value-Added Producer Grants x x

Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Energy

Advanced Biofuel Payment Program x

Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, 

and Biobased Product Manufacturing 

Assistance Program

x x x x

Higher Blends Infrastructure 

Incentive Program x x x

Rural Energy for America Program 

Energy Audit and Renewable Energy 

Development Assistance Grants

x

Rural Energy for America Program 

Renewable Energy Systems and 

Energy Efficiency Loans and Grants

x x x x

Rural Energy Pilot Program Grant x x x x

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Revised August 2023