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RCDI
Notice of Funds Availability
New Release
09/09/2008
List of Recipients
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RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
(RCDI)
The Rural Community
Development Initiative (RCDI) program provides technical assistance and
training funds to qualified intermediary organizations to develop their
capacity to undertake housing, community facilities, and community and
economic development projects in rural areas.
The $6,286,500 in RCDI grant funds are
available to intermediaries and have a dollar for dollar matching fund
requirement, intended to double the impact of the grants. Qualified
organizations can be public or private (including tribal organizations) that
have been legally organized for at least three years and have experience
working with eligible recipients. Recipients of assistance from the
intermediary can be non-profit organizations, low-income communities, or
federally recognized tribes.Key program points are:
1. The purpose of this initiative is to
provide a program of technical assistance to recipients to develop or
increase their capacity to undertake projects in the areas of housing,
community facilities, and community and economic development in rural areas.
2. The RCDI grant, which has a
dollar-for-dollar matching funds requirement, is made to an intermediary.
The intermediary provides a program of technical assistance to recipients to
build their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing,
community facilities, and community and economic development in rural areas.
3. The intermediary can be a private or
public organization, including tribal, that has been legally organized a
minimum of 3 years and has experience working with the recipients eligible
for this program.
4. The recipients can be nonprofit
organizations, low-income communities, or federally recognized tribes, based
on the definitions in the Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA). Recipients
must be located in eligible rural areas, as defined in the NOFA.
5. Matching funds must
be in the form of cash or confirmed funding commitments and be at least
equal to the grant amount. In-kind contributions cannot be used as matching
funds.
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