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Vol. 86, No. 22 

Thursday, February 4, 2021 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Public Quarterly Meeting of the Board 

of Directors 

AGENCY: United States African 

Development Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The US African Development 

Foundation (USADF) will hold its 

quarterly meeting of the Board of 

Directors to discuss the agency’s 

programs and administration. This 

meeting will occur at the USADF office. 

DATES: The meeting date is Tuesday, 

February 9, 2021, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

teleconference. Please contact the 

Agency Contact listed below for 

conference details. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nina-Belle Mbayu, (202) 233–8808, 

nbmbayu@usadf.gov. 

(Authority: Public Law 96–533 (22 U.S.C. 

290h)) 

Dated: February 1, 2021. 

Nina-Belle Mbayu, 

Acting General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02321 Filed 2–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket No. RBS–BUSINESS–0042] 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for Inviting Applications for the Rural 

Business Development Grant 

Programs for Fiscal Year 2021 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to invite 

applications for grants under the Rural 

Business Development Grant (RBDG) 

Program for fiscal year (FY) 2021, 

subject to the availability of funding. 

This notice is being issued in order to 

allow applicants sufficient time to 

leverage financing, prepare and submit 

their applications, and give the Agency 

time to process applications within FY 

2021. Successful applications will be 

selected by the Agency for funding and 

subsequently awarded to the extent that 

funding may ultimately be made 

available through appropriations. An 

announcement on the website at https:// 

www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/noticessolicitation-applications-nosas will 

identify the amount available in FY 

2021 for RBDG applications. 

All applicants are responsible for any 

expenses incurred in developing their 

applications. 

DATES: Applications must be submitted 

to the USDA Rural Development State 

Office for the State where the Project is 

located. Complete applications may be 

submitted in paper or electronic format 

to the appropriate Rural Development 

State Office and must be received by 

4:30 p.m. local time on March 31, 2021. 

A list of the USDA Rural Development 

State Offices can be found at: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/page/state-offices. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

submitted to the USDA Rural 

Development State Office for the State 

where the Project is located. For Projects 

involving multiple states, the 

application must be filed in the Rural 

Development State Office where the 

Applicant is located. Applications may 

be submitted in paper or electronic 

format to the appropriate Rural 

Development State Office and must be 

received by 4:30 p.m. local time on the 

deadline date. Applicants are 

encouraged to contact their respective 

Rural Development State Office for an 

email contact to submit an electronic 

application prior to the submission 

deadline date. A list of the USDA Rural 

Development State Office contacts can 

be found at: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

page/state-offices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Chestnut, Branch Chief, Program 

Management Division, at (202) 692– 

5233, or david.chestnut@usda.gov, 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, MS 3226, 

Room 5801-South, Washington, DC 

20250–3226, or call (202) 720–1400. For 

further information on this notice, 

please contact the USDA Rural 

Development State Office in the State in 

which the applicant’s headquarters is 

located. A list of Rural Development 

State Office contacts is provided at the 

following link: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/page/state-offices. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agency encourages applications that will 

help advance equity and improve 

outcomes in rural America. Applicants 

are encouraged to consider projects that 

provide measurable results in helping 

rural communities build robust and 

sustainable economies through strategic 

investments in infrastructure, 

partnerships and innovation. Please 

note that this Notice does not award 

points for these strategies. 

Overview 

Solicitation Opportunity Type: Rural 

Business Development Grant. 

Announcement Type: Initial 

Solicitation Announcement. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 10.351. 

Dates: The deadline for completed 

applications to be received in the USDA 

Rural Development State Office has 

been established as no later than 4:30 

p.m. (local time) on March 31, 2021. A

list of the USDA Rural Development

State Offices can be found at: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/page/state-offices.

Set Aside Funding: 

The Further Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2020, DIV III, Title 

B—Agriculture, Rural Development 

designated funding for FederallyRecognized Native American Tribes, 

Rural Empowerment Zone/Enterprise 

Communities/Rural Economic Area 

Partnerships, and projects in Persistent 

Poverty areas, Native American 

Persistent Poverty areas and for 

Strategic Economic and Community 

Development (SECD) projects in Fiscal 

Year 2020. Set aside funding may 

ultimately be made available through 

appropriations in FY2021 where 

continued emphasis is given to financial 

assistance for projects located in these 

areas. Eligible applicants for the set 

aside funds, if available, must 

demonstrate that at least 75 percent of 

the benefits of an approved grant will 

assist beneficiaries in the designated 

areas. The completed application 

deadline for these set aside funds, if 

available, is consistent with the 

application deadline date of March 31, 


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