USDA – Rural and Community Development
Business Opportunities
USDA works with private sector and community-based organizations to provide financial assistance and business planning in rural areas to create or preserve quality jobs and promote a clean rural environment in under-served areas. Recipients include individuals, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, public bodies, nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes, and private companies.
• Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans
• Intermediary Relending Program
• Rural Business Enterprise Grants
• Rural Business Opportunity Grants
• Rural Economic Development Loans and Grants
• Rural Economic Development Grants
Community Development Opportunities
USDA provides loans and grants to develop essential public community facilities such as schools, libraries, childcare, hospitals, medical clinics, assisted living facilities, fire and rescue stations, police stations, community centers, public buildings and transportation in rural areas.
• Community Facilities Direct Loans
• Community Facilities Guaranteed Loans
• Community Facilities Grants
• Rural Community Development Initiative
• Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
• National Rural Development Partnership
