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Opportunity Information: Apply for RDBCP 09 RBEG ARRA

• The Business and Cooperative Programs in the business and commerce community development recovery act sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rural Business Enterprise Grant Programs (RBEG)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 27, 2009 and posted on Mar 27, 2009.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Applications submitted for ARRA funding may be submitted to the USDA Rural Development State Office until funds are depleted or until a date to be published in Fiscal Year 2010, whichever occurs earlier.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Applicants eligible for RBEG funds are public bodies and private nonprofit corporations, such as States, counties, cities, townships, and incorporated towns and villages, boroughs, authorities, districts and Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations which will serve rural areas. Rural area for this program is defined as a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of 50,000 inhabitants or less, other than an urbanized area immediately adjacent to a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population in excess of 50,000 inhabitants. Applications will only be accepted from eligible entities. Applications will not be considered for funding if they do not provide sufficient information to determine eligibility or are missing required elements. Applications must be submitted in paper format to the USDA Rural Development State Office where the project is located. Applications may not be submitted by electronic mail. All applicants must have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number which can be obtained at no cost via a toll free request line at 1 866 705 5711. An application must contain all of the required elements. Each application received in a USDA Rural Development State Office will be reviewed to determine if it is consistent with the eligible purposes contained in section 310B(c) of the CONACT. Each selection priority criterion outlined in 7 CFR 1942.305(b)(3), must be addressed in the application. Failure to address any of the criteria will result in a zero point score for that criterion and will impact the overall evaluation of the application. Copies of 7 CFR part 1942, subpart G, will be provided to any interested applicant making a request to a USDA Rural Development State Office listed in this notice. The program is administered on behalf of RBS at the State level by the USDA Rural Development State Offices. Assistance provided to rural areas under this program may include on site technical assistance to local and regional governments, public transit agencies, and related non profit and for profit organizations in rural areas the development of training materials and the provision of necessary training assistance to local officials and agencies in rural areas. Awards under the RBEG program will be made on a competitive basis using specific selection criteria contained in 7 CFR part 1942, subpart G, and in accordance with section 310B(c)(2) of the CONACT. Information required to be in the application package includes the following documents SF 424, Application for Federal Assistance RD 1940 20, Request for Environmental Information Scope of Work Narrative Income Statement Balance Sheet or Audit for previous 3 years AD 1047, Debarment/Suspension Certification AD 1048, Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion AD 1049, Certification Regarding Drug Free Workplace Requirements Restrictions on Lobbying RD 400 1, Equal Opportunity Agreement RD 400 4, Assurance Agreement Letter stating Board authorization to obtain assistance Letter certifying citizenship, as referenced in 7 CFR 1942.307(b). The project that scores the greatest number of points based on the RBEG selection criteria and the discretionary points will be selected for each grant. The RBEG program is administered through State allocations. Applications will be received, reviewed, scored and funded at the State Office level. All applicants will be notified by USDA Rural Development of the Agency s decision on the awards. All projects requesting assistance through ARRA grant funds are to be conspicuously identified when the applications are submitted to the USDA Rural Development State Office.

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