Program Name: Capacity Building Initiative Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance Description: Expands technical assistance and training opportunities for CDFIs nationwide and significantly boosts the ability of CDFIs to deliver financial products and services to underserved communities. Established community development firms are hired to...
Program Name: Guaranteed Farm Loans Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: FSA guaranteed loans provide lenders (e.g., banks, Farm Credit System institutions, credit unions) with a guarantee of up to 95 percent of the loss of principal and interest on a loan for both ownership...
Program Name: Jobs Accelerator Clusters Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance Description: Funding is used to provide technical and management assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged firms, firms located in a high unemployment or low-income areas, firms owned by a low-income individual, or firms...
Program Name: CAPLines Working Capital Loan Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: Help small businesses meet their short-term and cyclical working capital needs. Finances seasonal working capital needs; the direct costs of performing certain construction, service and supply contracts; the direct cost associated...
Program Name: Entitlement Communities Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: HUD awards grants to entitlement community grantees to carry out a wide range of community development activities directed toward revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, and providing improved community facilities and services. Website: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/communitydevelopment/programs/entitlement...
Program Name: Disaster Recovery Assistance Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: HUD provides flexible grants to help cities, counties, and States recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low-income areas, subject to availability of supplemental appropriations. These funds usually supplement the disaster relief provided...
Program Name: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grants Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: DOT is authorized to award $500 million in TIGER Discretionary Grants pursuant to the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112-055, Nov. 18, 2011). This appropriation is similar,...
Program Name: Small Shipyard Grants Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: In 2012 approximately $10 million was granted to 15 small shipyards throughout the U.S. to help with modernization that will make them more competitive. The funds are used to improve infrastructure and...
Program Name: New Markets Tax Credits Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Tax Incentive Description: Attracts investment capital to low-income communities by permitting individual and corporate investors to receive a tax credit against their Federal income taxes in exchange for equity investments in specialized financial institutions...
Program Name: Community Development Block Grant Program Resource Type: Federal State: USA Agency: Program Source: Economic Development Entity Description: A flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. Beginning in 1974, the CDBG program is one of the longest continuously...
