USDA making $5.6M to help rural businesses create jobs
September 12, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday it is making $5.6 million available in grants through the Rural Community Development Initiative to help rural businesses create jobs and spur economic development.
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USDA announces $40M in funding for farmer housing
August 22, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week the availability of nearly $40 million to provide housing for farm workers and their families.
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5 Puerto Rico farms get $208K for solar energy projects
August 15, 2013
Four Puerto Rico farms will receive about $160,000 combined to develop on-site photovoltaic solar systems to slash their energy bills through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which is authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill, the agency announced.
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Lexus grants 3 emerging Puerto Rican artists $9K each
August 15, 2013
The Lexus Grants for Artists Program bestowed a total of $27,000 in grants split equally among Puerto Rican artists Julio E. Amill-Martínez, Tari Beroszi and Omar Velázquez-Román to support their emerging careers.
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USDA grants $750K to Puerto Rico for jobs, opens energy grant cycle
August 7, 2013
Puerto Rico is getting $750,000 in funding to create jobs and boost economic development from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency announced Tuesday.
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USDA to fund rural digital public TV projects
July 19, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday it is accepting applications for grants to help rural public television broadcasters complete the transition to digital signals. Funding is available through the agency’s “Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant” program.
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USDA opens grant cycle for better rural educational, health services
July 16, 2013
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday the agency is accepting applications for grants to provide access to education, training and healthcare resources in rural areas.
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Toyota Foundation opens environmental grant cycle
July 12, 2013
Nonprofit community organizations with proposals to conserve the environment can get the resources they need to implement their projects through the Toyota Foundation Environmental Grants, which for the past 16 years has been contributing to environmental causes.
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Puerto Rico farmers get $720K from USDA
July 11, 2013
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing payments totaling $720,560 to nearly 400 farmers in Puerto Rico through the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers.
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USDA opens grants cycle to improve rural housing quality
June 24, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for grants to help low- and very-low-income rural residents repair their homes.
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Ford grants $40K for environmental conservation projects
June 21, 2013
Fourteen local non-profit organizations in Puerto Rico will be expanding their environmental conservation efforts this year after being awarded a total of $40,000 by Ford Motor Company’s Environmental Grants Program.
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USDA to grant support to small-socially disadvantaged producers
June 18, 2013
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday that the agency is seeking applications from cooperatives to provide technical assistance to small, socially disadvantaged agricultural producers in rural areas.
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USDA to grant $21M for rural broadband deployment
June 12, 2013
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday that applications are being accepted for grants to finance broadband deployment in remote, rural areas, including Puerto Rico. The announcement is one part of the agency’s efforts to strengthen the rural economy, he said.
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USDA offers tech assistance grants to rural businesses
May 20, 2013
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the agency is seeking applications from organizations that will provide technical assistance to rural businesses, through the Rural Development’s Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) program.
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EPA grants $50K to 2 Puerto Rico nonprofits
December 28, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $50,000 to two Puerto Rico organizations, Leaders of the World and the Scuba Dogs Society, to educate low-income communities about effective waste management, recycling and the negative effects of improper waste disposal on people’s health and water quality.
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