Resource Directory

Rural Economic Development

RESOURCES AND GRANTS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES

Whether you’re an individual, a business or a community organization, you can use the directory below to search a vast library of resources, tools and services. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), its economic development partners and other organizations around the state offer a range of resources on all aspects of economic well-being, from childcare and education to businesses and housing. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Reach out to us directly, we want to help.

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  • Models and Practices for Meaningful Community Engagement

    Citizen’s Institute on Rural Design

    Arts & Culture

    This is a crowdsourced resource guide for creative community engagement.

  • Multifamily Housing Loan Guarantees

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Housing

    Provides financing to qualified borrowers to increase the supply of affordable rental housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and families in eligible rural areas and towns.

  • Multifamily Housing Programs Hub Page

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Housing

    Multifamily Housing assists rural property owners through loans, loan guarantees, and grants that enable owners to develop and rehabilitate properties for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals and families as well as domestic farm laborers.

  • Multifamily Housing Rental Assistance Program

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Housing

    This program provides payments to owners of USDA-financed Rural Rental Housing or Farm Labor Housing projects on behalf of low-income tenants unable to pay their full rent.

  • Multifamily Tenant Voucher

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Housing

    This program provides vouchers to protect eligible tenants in Multifamily Direct Loan properties who may face hardship when the loan on the property is prepaid, or the property is foreclosed.

  • Mutual Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance Grants

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Housing

    Grant recipients supervise groups of very low- and low-income individuals and families as they construct their own homes in rural areas.

  • National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP)

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Health & Mental Health

    The NDPRP allows APHIS to collaborate with animal health partners throughout the nation to implement high-value projects that enhance prevention, preparedness, detection, and response to the most damaging emerging and foreign animal diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture.

  • National Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grant Program

    U.S. Department of Commerce

    Other, Sustainability

    These grants protect and restore ecologically significant habitats, including conserving lands that play a critical role in helping communities become more resilient to natural hazards.

  • National Trust for Historic Preservation Funds

    Arts & Culture

    Grants from National Trust Preservation Funds (NTPF) are intended to encourage preservation at the local level by providing seed money for preservation projects.

  • Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants

    Institute of Museum and Library Services

    Education & Schools, Health & Mental Health, Native Peoples, Workforce

    This program is designed to assist Native American tribes in improving core library services for their communities.

  • Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grants

    U.S Department of Transportation

    Energy, Sustainability, Transportation, Workforce

    The grant funding is to be made available to a municipality or community owned utility (not including for-profit entities) to repair, rehabilitate, or replace its natural gas distribution pipeline systems or portions thereof or to acquire equipment to (1) reduce incidents and fatalities and (2) to avoid economic losses.

  • NEA Grants for Arts Projects

    National Endowment for the Arts

    Arts & Culture, Health & Mental Health

    Through project-based funding, this program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education.