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Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/usda-community-facilities-funding/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • USDA Rural Development
  • US Department of Agriculture

Government (US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development)

Summary

USDA describes loans and competitive grants for essential rural community facilities, including equipment, with eligibility limited by applicant, place and income.

Key findings

  • Eligible applicants include public bodies, community-based nonprofit corporations and federally recognised Tribes; eligible rural communities have no more than 20,000 residents. Private commercial or business undertakings are outside its definition of essential community facilities.
  • Funds can purchase, construct or improve essential facilities, buy equipment and pay related project expenses. Examples include town halls, courthouses, community centres, museums and libraries; assistive listening is not specifically named.
  • Maximum grant shares are 75%, 55%, 35% or 15% of eligible project costs according to population and median household income. The 75% tier requires population of 5,000 or fewer and income below the higher of the poverty line or 60% of the state nonmetropolitan median household income. Funds must be available.
  • Applicants must be unable to fund the project from their own resources or commercial credit on reasonable terms, show substantial community support and complete an acceptable environmental review.
  • The archived page says applications are accepted year round and asks applicants to discuss the specific project with the local Rural Development office before applying.

Limits

Read through a Wayback Machine capture of 1 January 2026 because direct USDA requests returned 403. Date is the captured page’s exact modification date in structured metadata, 1 July 2025. This older copy cannot establish the October 2026 application window, rates or fund balance. General capital funding guidance does not establish eligibility of a specific listening installation.

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www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/community-facilities/community-facilities-direct-loan-grant-program

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USDA Rural Development. Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program. US Department of Agriculture. 1 July 2025. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/community-facilities/community-facilities-direct-loan-grant-program (accessed 13 October 2026).

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