ORGANIZATION
Rural Development
Phone:
800-670-6553
202-690-4730
Mailing Address:
National Office
USDA Rural Development, Room 5045-S
Mail Stop 3201
1400 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20250-3201
Sponsored and Affiliated Programs
"The Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program provides funding to rural projects through local utility organizations.
"The REAP Renewable Energy System and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grant and Loan Guarantee provides financial assistance to agriculture producers and rural small business to purchase, install, and construct renewable energy systems; make energy
"The Rural Energy for America Program Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grant provides grant assistance to entities that will assist agriculture producers and small rural businesses by conducting energy audits and providing
"The purpose of the Business & Industry Guaranteed Loan Program (B&I) is to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment and improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities.
"The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program provides payments to producers to support and expand production of advanced biofuels refined from sources other than corn kernel starch.
The Repowering Assistance Program provides payments to eligible biorefineries to replace fossil fuels used to produce heat or power to operate the biorefineries with renewable biomass.
"As the call for increased production of homegrown, renewable forms of fuels has grown, so has the need to develop and produce them.
"The REAP/Feasibility Grant Program provides grants for energy audits and renewable energy development assistance.
"Formerly known as the Small, Minority Producer Grant Program, the primary objective of the SSDPG program is to provide technical assistance to small, socially-disadvantaged agricultural producers through eligible cooperatives and associations of
"The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides both loan guarantees and grants to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to install renewable energy systems such as solar panels or anaerobic digesters, make energy efficiency imp
"Grants may be used for planning activities and for working capital for marketing value-added agricultural products and for farm-based renewable energy.