Grant SpotlightUSDA Rural Development Hosts Workshops for the Value Added Producer and Rural Energy for America Program The USDA Rural Development Nevada State Office will host several workshops throughout Nevada to provide critical information about the submission of competitive applications for upcoming FY 2009 application period. Information will be presented on program changes, program priorities, eligibility requirements, and the application process. Also, general assistance in the writing of a competitive narrative for a department's grant application will be discussed. The Value Added Producer Program provides assistance to agricultural producers to develop businesses that produce and market value-added agricultural products. Funds can be used for planning activities, including feasibility studies and development business plans for processing and marketing value-added products, as well as working capital such as inventory, salaries, and office supplies. For more information about the Value Added Producer Grants (VAPG) visit USDA Rural Development website at: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm. The Rural Energy for America Program provides funding to rural businesses or agriculture producers (farmers and ranchers) for the purchase of renewable energy systems or the implementation of energy efficiency improvements. For more information about the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/9006loan.htm. Date, time and location for the grant workshops Wednesday February 11, 2009 10:00 a.m. –2:00 p.m. Humboldt County Library 85 East Fifth Street Winnemucca, NV Wednesday February 18, 2009 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. UNR Cooperative Extension 504 South Main Street Yerington, NV Tuesday February 24, 2009 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension 360 Lincoln Street Caliente, NV Thursday February 26, 2009 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Nevada State FSA Office 1755 E. Plumb Lane, Suite 202 Reno, NV For information about the workshop and to RSVP please contact Laura Melara at (775) 887-1222 Ext. 24 or e-mail laura.melara@nv.usda.gov.
USDA Rural Development Invites Applications For Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants The USDA Rural Development announced recently the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) deadline for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants. Eligible entities include incorporated organizations or partnership, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, state or local units of Government, a consortium, other legal entity, including a private corporation organized on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis. Individuals are not eligible for DLT program financial assistance directly. Grants, which are awarded through a competitive process, may be used to fund telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment, computer hardware and software, computer network components, terminal equipment, data terminal equipment, inside wiring, interactive video equipment and related advanced technologies which extend educational and medical applications into rural locations. Grants are made for projects where the benefit is primarily delivered to end users that are not at the same location as the source of the education or health care service. In past years grants have been awarded to Elko County School District and White Pine County School District for the upgrade of equipment. Complete applications must be received by March 24, 2009. For further details about eligibility rules and application procedures, see the December 24, 2008, Federal Register, page 79041. Materials including an application guide and full details about the program can also be obtained at www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm. Applications for grant only must be postmarked no later than April 14, 2008. The grant announcement and application guide for this grant program can be found at http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm and at http://www.grants.gov/. The minimum grant amount will be $50,000.00 and the maximum $500,000.00. Applications for loan-grant combinations are accepted year-round and processed as received. USDA Rural Development Announces Rural Business Enterprise (RBEG) Grant Writing Workshops Carson City, NV – December 5, 2008– Larry Smith, State Director for USDA Rural Development announced today community workshop schedules for Rural Business Enterprise Grants (RBEG). Rural Business Enterprise Grants are available to eligible public bodies, private nonprofit corporations, and federally recognized Indian Tribal Groups to finance and facilitate development of small and emerging private business enterprises, (a private business which will provide or save 50 or less jobs and has less than $1 million in projected gross revenues) located in rural areas. For Nevada this includes most areas outside of Carson City, Reno and Las Vegas. The public bodies, private nonprofit corporations and federally recognized Indian tribes receive the grant. The grant funds do not go directly to the small business. Grant funds may be used for technical assistance (providing assistance for marketing studies, feasibility studies, business plans, training, etc.) to small businesses, purchasing machinery and equipment for lease to a small and emerging business, creating a revolving loan fund (providing partial funding as a loan to a small and emerging business for the purchase of equipment, working capital, or real estate), or to construct a building for a business incubator for small and emerging businesses. Date, time and location for the grant writing workshops Lyon County Offices 34 Lakes Blvd Dayton NV 89403 Tuesday January 27, 2009 3 pm to 5 pm – ELKO Great Basin College 1500 College Parkway Health Science Rm 108 Elko NV 89801 No fees are required for the workshops, which are sponsored by USDA Rural Development. For more information about the Rural Business Enterprise Grants visit USDA Rural Development’s website at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/busp/rbeg.htm. For more information about the workshops or to RSVP please contact Laura Melara at (775) 887-1222 Ext. 24 or Email laura.melara@nv.usda.gov. Further information on rural programs can be found on USDA Rural Development’s web site athttp://www.rurdev.usda.gov. USDA Development has three offices located in Nevada: Elko Area Office, (775) 738-8468 x 4; Las Vegas Area Office, (702)262-9047 x 4; and the State and Area Office located in Carson City at (775)887-1222. Grants and Federal Domestic Assistance
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