USDA Rural Development Sustaining Relationships in Indian Country

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USDA Rural Development

Sustaining Relationships in

Indian Country

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2009 - 2014 Summary of Investments

$2.6 billion benefitting American Indians

& Alaska Natives

Including:

• _{Home Ownership Loans = $742.2 million (5,801 loans)}

• _{Water and Environmental = $442 million}

• _{Community Facilities = $380.3 million}

• _{Broadband/Telecom = $303.8 million}

• _{Electric = $581.7 million}

• _{Rural Business and Cooperative Programs = $133.1 million}

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Grants

• FY 15 ~ $13.7 Million

• Tribal College Initiative ~ $4 Million

• Economic Impact Grants ~ $6.7 Million

Direct Loans

• Poverty, Intermediate and Market Rates • FY 15 ~ $2.2 Billion

Guaranteed Loans

• Negotiate interest rate • FY 15 ~ $135.4 Million

Rural Community Development

Initiative (RCDI)

• FY 15 ~ $10.4 Million

Contact:

– State and/or Local

Office

Community Facilities Programs

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Water & Waste Disposal Loans & Grants

• FY 15 Direct Loans ~ $917.8 Million • FY 15 Grants ~ $372.6 Million

− Another $27 million for federally recognized Tribes − Another $25 million for Rural Alaska Village Grants

Technical Assistance & Training Grants

• FY15 ~ $13.8 million

Solid Waste Management Grants

• FY15 ~ $4 million

Contact

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• State and/or Local Offices Chehalis Tribe Water Towers

Water & Environmental Programs

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-waste-disposal-loan-grant-program

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Telecommunications Programs

• Broadband Loans

− FY15 ~ On hold to implement Farm Bill Changes

• Community Connect Grants

− FY15 ~ $11 million

• Distance Learning &

Telemedicine Grants

− FY 15 ~ $22.5 million − Applications due: TBD

• Telecomm Infrastructure Loans

− FY15 ~ $690 million available

Contact:

• Telecommunications General Field Representatives (GFRs)

• National Office

Additional information:

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-programs#Telecom

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Electric Programs

Electric Loans

• FY15 ~ $5 Billion

• Energy Efficiency Program

High Energy Cost Grant Program

• FY15 ~ $26.6 Million

Contact:

• Electric General Field

Representatives

• National Office

Additional information:

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Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loans

• FY15 ~ $1.2 billion

Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

• Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements • Grants and Loan Guarantees

Value Added Producer Grant

• FY 15 ~ $19.4 million

Cooperative Development Programs

Contact: State and/or Local Office

Rural Business & Cooperative Programs

Rural Business Development Grants

(RBDG) = RBOG + RBEG • FY15 ~ $19.5 million

Intermediary Relending Program

(IRP)

• FY15 ~ $11.2 million

FY15 ~$3.7 million

FY15 ~$1.7 million

Set Asides for Federally Recognized Tribes

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Rural Business & Cooperative Programs

Value-Added Producer Grant

National Competition

Maximum Award Amounts

$75,000 Planning

$200,000 Working Capital

Matching Requirement

1-to-1 match (50 percent of total project costs) cash or eligible in-kind contributions to be used only for eligible

project purposes.

Grant Period

Up to 36 months, depending on project complexity.

Contact:

State and/or Local Offices

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Rural Business & Cooperative Programs

Rural Energy of America Program

REAP Program Reduces

Energy Costs for Ag Producers

and Small Businesses

The 2014 Agricultural Act (2014

Farm Bill) authorized the Rural

Energy for America Program with

$50 Million in mandatory funding

each fiscal year.

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National American Indian Housing Council June 2014

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National Competition

Maximum Award Amounts

$75,000 Planning

$200,000 Working Capital

Matching Requirement

1-to-1 match (50 percent of total project costs) cash or eligible in-kind contributions to be used only for eligible

project purposes.

Grant Period

Up to 36 months, depending on project complexity.

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Four Eligible Applicant Types

• Independent Producers

• Agricultural Producer Groups

• Farmer or Rancher Cooperatives

• Majority-Controlled Producer-Based

Businesses

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All Four Applicant Types Must :

• Currently produce and own more than 50

percent of the raw commodity that will be

used for the Value-Added product.

• Own the product from its raw commodity

state through the production of the

Value-Added product during the Project (except

for MTVC).

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Project Eligibility

• Value-added product methodology

• Expansion of customer base

• Greater portion of revenue from the

process returned to the producer

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Change in Physical State

An irreversible processing activity that alters the raw

agricultural commodity and enhances its value and is

something other than a post-harvest process that

primarily acts to preserve the commodity for later sale.

Examples include, but are not limited to-

• milk into cheese

• wheat into flour

• wool into clothing or rugs

• corn into E-85 ethanol

• livestock into packaged meat

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Purpose Eligibility

2 Types of VAPG Grants

1) Planning Grant

To pay a qualified (third-party) consultant for development of

feasibility, marketing, business plan related to the processing and/or marketing of a value-added product.

2) Working Capital Grant

To pay eligible project expenses related to the processing and/or marketing of a value-added product.