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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  • Disabled-Veteran Owned Business (DVB) Program

    Wisconsin Department of Administration

    Business, Start-Up & Entrepreneur, Veterans

    The DVB Program certifies businesses that are at least 51% owned, controlled, and actively managed by an identified service-disabled veteran and serve a useful business function.

  • Disaster Supplemental Funding

    U.S. Department of Commerce

    Other

    This program helps communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction and construction project to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued.

  • Diverse Business Development Program

    Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

    Business, Workforce

    The goal of the Diverse Business Development (DBD) Program is to support existing, new and expanding minority-, woman-, LGBT- and veteran-owned businesses in the state of Wisconsin.

  • Division of Food and Recreational Licensing

    Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

    Arts & Culture, Business, Parks & Outdoor Recreation

    Licensing Specialists help potential operators of food, lodging, or recreational businesses understand which license is required for their business, and steps to take in obtaining that license.

  • DOI National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program

    U.S. Department of the Interior

    Sustainability

    The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program supports long-term wetland conservation by awarding up to $1 million for wetland conservation projects.

  • DOI North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Grants: US Small Grants Program

    U.S. Department of the Interior

    Sustainability

    The Small Grants Program is a competitive, matching grants program that supports public-private partnerships carrying out projects in the United States that further the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.

  • Dream Up! Grant Program

    Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

    Business, Child Care, Start-Up & Entrepreneur

    This grant awards funds to teams of community stakeholders that work to evaluate, plan, sustain, and expand existing child care and support new child care programs.

  • E-Cycle Wisconsin Collection Grant Program

    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

    Sustainability

    To provide more electronics recycling opportunities in underserved areas of the state, grants under this program must be used for hosting an electronics collection site or event or series of collection sites or events.

  • Economic Development Administration Program

    Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.

    Native Peoples

    GLITC’s EDA program assists tribes in planning and implementing economic development strategies derived from their own comprehensive development planning.

  • Electric Infrastructure Loan & Loan Guarantee Program

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Broadband & Internet, Education & Schools, Energy

    The electric program makes insured loans and loan guarantees to finance the construction of electric distribution, finance generation, and transmission facilities in rural areas.

  • Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP)

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Business

    ELAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease, certain adverse weather events or loss conditions.

  • Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants

    U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Sustainability

    This program helps eligible communities prepare, or recover from, an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water.