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USDA Resource Guide for Rural Workforce Development

Updated: 
December 4, 2023
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The USDA Resource Guide for Rural Workforce Development is a great tool for planning workforce development projects. The guide covers 4 major assistance areas and includes recommended practices, sample success stories, and a list of USDA resources, including grants, for each. Additionally, the guide includes a list of resources in other federal agency programs and contact information for the USDA departments.

The four assistance areas the guide covers are 

  1. Workforce development planning 
  2. Infrastructure and equipment financing 
  3. Industry and employer engagement, entrepreneurship and local business development 
  4. Education, training and apprenticeship

You can download this free tool and others here: https://www.rd.usda.gov/resources/publications/resource-guides

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