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23 Federal Programs to Assist the Fishing Industry
http://www.educationmoney.com/fishing_industry.html
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce administer programs and provide funding to development and enhance the nation's various fish stocks. These agencies also compensate U.S. commercial fishermen for losses caused by natural and man-made disasters. EducationMoney.com repackages information from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance in an interesting manner.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Building Better Rural Places
Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Conservation, and Community Development
http://www.attra.org/guide/
When farmers, entrepreneurs, and others in agriculture ask for sources of funds, grants, money, resources, assistance, etc, this is a great place to send them. Original Authors: Romana A. Vysatova and Laurie S.Z. Greenberg; revised by George Kuepper and Karen McSpadden, National Center for Appropriate Technology; edited by Margaret Krome, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute. January 2001.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Cooperative Development Foundation
http://www.cdf.coop/
The Cooperative Development Foundation promotes self-help and mutual aid in community, economic, and social development through cooperative enterprise. CDF works to bring together the funds and partners to incubate and replicate cooperative solutions to people's needs. CDF administers a number of funds supporting cooperative activities ranging from helping people move from welfare to work, creating affordable housing co-ops for rural seniors, and creating value-added agriculture co-ops to help farmers increase their market share.
Also listed under Grants for Nonprofits : Community Development
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Farm Aid
http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723595/k.BEE7/Home.htm
Since its beginning in September of 1985, Farm Aid has granted over $17 million to farm organizations. Grants are awarded to organizations that work to maintain a family farm system of agriculture. Farm Aid supports projects that help farm families stay on their land and find solutions to the challenges rural communities face. Farm Aid grants are awarded in the following categories: (1) Emergency Needs, (2) Hotlines, (3) Legal, (4) Education, and (5) Outreach/Organizational Development.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Farm Foundation Funding Guidelines
http://www.farmfoundation.org/ourwork.aspx?m=Guidelines&a=357
New project guildelines and funding criteria will be available by June 1, 2009
Farm Foundation is currently reviewing its project portfolio. The Board of Trustees has endorsed a new programming approach that focuses the Foundation’s resources on fewer and larger projects that address critical current policy uses. Of particular focus are projects in which the Foundation has a significant leadership role, and which generate outputs directly addressing the Foundation's current priorities.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Farm Grants Available through the State of Michigan, try the Michigan Electronic Grants Administration and Management System Portal (EGrAMS).

Federal Funding Sources for Rural Areas
http://grande.nal.usda.gov/ric/funding.php
A database of resources from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance compiled by the Rural Information Center Program of the National Agricultural Library. Be sure to contact the agencies involved to see if the programs are still being offered.
Listed under Business and Economic Development; Government Funding.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Federal Grant Opportunities Relevant to Rural Health
http://ric.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=5&tax_level=2&tax_subject=211&topic_id=1157
This web page compiles resources related to rural health, including grants, broken out into the following topics : Agricultural Safety, Children, Clinics and Centers, Dental, Emergency Medical Services, Health Professional Education, Health Professional Recuitment and Retention, Hospitals, Insurance and Managed Care, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Special Populations, and Telemedicine. Courtesy of the National Agricultural Library.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Federal Grant Programs for Farmers
http://www.educationmoney.com/farming.html
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administers the following programs for eligible farmers and ranchers to make efficient use of their land, as well as provide loans and grants to producers who suffer losses due to natural disasters. EducationMoney.com repackages information from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Financing and Sustaining Out-of-School Time Programs in Rural Communities
http://www.financeproject.org/publications/OSTRuralYouth.pdf
Leaders of rural out-of-school time programs need to act strategically to ensure the long-term success of their initiatives. This brief describes the funding landscape and highlights the unique resource challenges confronting rural out-of-school time programs. It also describes various public and private resources that can support out-of-school time programming and identifies effective strategies that can be used by program leaders to create sustainable approaches to their work. A compilation by Kate Sandel and Soumya Bhat, The Finance Project, January 2008.
(Last checked 01/24/08)

Michigan Agricultural Preservation Fund
http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1567_1599_2558-11788--,00.html
http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1567_1599_2558---,00.html
A fund established to assist local units of government in implementing a local purchase of development rights program.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

National Rural Health Association
Grants and Funding Opportunities
http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/go/rural-health-topics/grants-and-funding/
Also listed under Grants for Nonprofits - Health.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Rural Assistance Center
Capital Funding Sources
http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/funding/capital.php
Rural Capital Assistance Funding is funding used to expand or renovate a building, purchase major equipment or construct a new facility for a rural health provider. Funding for capital expenditures usually needs to be secured from a variety of sources, both public and private.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Rural Development Online
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides this web page to pull together information on grant and loan programs primarily for rural communities. Click on the state programs office for information about funding programs in Michigan.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Rural Housing Preservation Grants Program (CFDA 10.433)
https://cfda.symplicity.com
Search by CFDA number : 10.433
This program helps very low- and low-income rural residents individual homeowners, rental property owners (single/multi-unit) or by providing the consumer cooperative housing projects (co-ops) the necessary assistance to repair or rehabilitate their dwellings. These objectives will be accomplished through the establishment of repair/rehabilitation, projects run by eligible applicants. This program is intended to make use of and leverage any other available housing programs which provide resources to very low and low-income rural residents to bring their dwellings up to development standards. Contact your local office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Rural Information Center
Starting a Small Business
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/small_business.htm
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Rural Information Center
Small Farm Funding Resources
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/small_farm_funding.htm
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Rural Partners of Michigan (RPM)
http://www.ruralmich.org/
A public/private partnership that works on finding innovative ways to address the issues and meet the needs of small-town and rural Michigan.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

Rural Resources Guide : A Directory of Public and Private Assistance for Small Communities
http://magic.msu.edu/record=b6177380~S39a
Designed to help rural officials, including tribal governments and community leaders, quickly identify sources of assistance for rural development, this guide catalogs approximately 440 sources of public and private national level technical and financial resource assistance. The sources of assistance listed generally focus on local governments and communities rather than individuals. Only those sources that are available in at least a 3-state area are included. Although the federal government has by far the largest number of listings, the guide is unique in its inclusion of private nonprofit resource providers--interest groups, service and civic clubs, professional and trade associations, churches, and foundations. Sources are listed in six broad categories: Community Facilities, Services (including education), General Community Improvement, Natural Resources, Information/Research/Liaison, and Multipurpose Foundations. Within each topic, sources of technical and then financial assistance are presented. Each reference includes the resource, resource title, resource provider, who may apply, special conditions (if any), resource provided, and resource contact. The appendix lists federal agencies' state and regional offices, state government development agencies, and other useful federal and state contacts, as well as regional offices for private providers. A comprehensive subject index provides a listing of key words to help locate specific information. Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1984.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency
Disaster Assistance Programs
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=diap&topic=landing
Natural disaster is a constant threat to America's farmers and ranchers and rural residents. The Farm Service Agency provides assistance for losses that result from drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other calamities.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

USDA Rural Development
Notice of Funds Availability
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/RD_NOFAs.html
(Last checked 01/19/11)

USDA Rural Development
Community Facilities Loans and Grants
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/HCF_CF.html
Community Programs provide loans, grants and loan guarantees for projects to develop essential community facilities for public use in rural areas. This may include hospitals, fire protection, public safety, libraries, schools, day care centers as well as many other community-based initiatives. Visit the following sites for information and/or assistance...
•Community Facilities Direct Loan Program
•Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program
•Community Facilities Grants
•Rural Community Development Initiative
For more information about these programs, or to file an application, contact the local Rural Development office in your area.
(Last checked 01/19/11)

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RURAL RESOURCES GUIDE : A DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES. John R. Block. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Rural Development Policy, 1985. 476pp. plus appendices. Funding Center (1 East) S494.5 .I47 B56 1985
Also available electronically.
A guide designed for rural officials, including tribal governments and community leaders, for locating sources of financial assistance. Covers approximately 440 sources, public and private.
Listed under Business and Economic Development.

WORKING TOGETHER : A GUIDE TO FEDERAL AND STATE RESOURCES FOR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. [Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Small Business Administration, [1991]. 298pp. Government Documents Library U.S. Documents Collection (3 West) SBA 1.19:W 89/2/991
A description of federal and over 700 state programs designed to assist rural economic development.
Listed under Business and Economic Development.

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