USDA Rural Development Calls for Applications for the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program
FARIBAULT, Minn. – USDA Rural Development is currently accepting applications for loans and grants offered through the Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program. Public Entities (Counties, Township & Communities), Non-Profit Organizations and Tribal Communities with a population of 20,000 or less are eligible to apply. Interest rates for this program are at historically low levels of 2.875{b5761be34e80a16b6d0e4dabc1869c131a263f96a745c82bebdd3b8a4330bfa9} (April 2016). The terms for these loans are based on the useful life of the security and can be up 40 years. The loan and grant purpose under this program is for essential community facilities. Some examples of essential community facilities include:
Health care facilities: hospitals, medical clinics, dental clinics, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation centers or boarding homes for the elderly.
Public facilities: town halls, city or county offices, courthouses, airport hangars or street improvements, bridges, dams, sidewalks, parking lots, or parks
Community support services: child care centers, community centers, fairgrounds or transitional housing.
Public safety services: fire departments, fire trucks, emergency warning systems, police stations, rescue vehicles and equipment, prisons, police vehicles, public works vehicles or equipment.
Educational services: libraries, schools, museums, educational camps, or colleges.
Utility services and energy transmission & distribution: telemedicine & distance learning equipment, natural gas distribution, electrical system related improvements & buildings.
Local food systems: such as community gardens, food pantries, community kitchens, food banks, food hubs or greenhouses.
Funding is based upon an annual appropriation and currently there is a significant amount of funding available for eligible projects.
For more information pertaining to the counties of Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, LeSueur, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Scott, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca and Winona, please contact Laurie Balata or Charles Phillips at 507.332.7418, ext. 4 or visit:
USDA, Rural Development
1810 30th Street NW Suite #3
Faribault, MN 55021
Information is also available on the web at www.rd.usda.gov/mn.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.
