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Description of Modification
Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
RDBCP-09-RBEG-ARRA
Opportunity Category:
Mandatory
Posted Date:
Mar 27, 2009
Creation Date:
Mar 27, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
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.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
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.
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Business and Commerce
Community Development
Recovery Act
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
10.783
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Rural Business Enterprise Grants - ARRA
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
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.
Agency Name
Business and Cooperative Programs
Description
Notice: “In addition to meeting the requirements of the RBEG program, applicants must also comply with applicable provisions of the ARRA and any related regulations and guidance. For non-construction projects, this will include ARRA reporting requirements. For construction projects, this will include the ARRA reporting requirements as well as the Davis-Bacon and "Buy America" requirements”.Type of Award: GrantMatching Funds: Not requiredFiscal Year Funds: FY 2009 and 2010Total Funding: $20,000,000.Approximate Number of Awards: Estimate 200Average Award: $99,000Anticipated Award Date: Ongoing as projects are funded.
The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis
with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is
arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the
current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown
in a light grey background.
