SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households in Kentucky

Funding Opportunity

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.

Funds may be used to pay predevelopment planning costs, including:

  • Feasibility studies to support applications for funding water or waste disposal projects
  • Preliminary design and engineering analysis
  • Technical assistance for the development of an application for financial assistance

The predevelopment planning costs must be related to a proposed project that meets the following requirements:

  • Construct, enlarge, extend or improve rural water, sanitary sewage, solid waste disposal and storm wastewater disposal facilities
  • Construct or relocate public buildings, roads, bridges, fences or utilities, and to make other public improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
  • Relocate private buildings, roads, bridges, fences, or utilities, and other private improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
Deadline:
Amount:
Assistance:
Funding and Direct TA
Location:

Eligibility:

  • Most state and local governmental entities
  • Nonprofits
  • Federally recognized tribes

Areas to be served must be rural and financially distressed:

  • Rural areas with a population of 2,500 or less
  • Have a median household income below the poverty line or less than 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan median household income based on latest Census data

Timing:

Applications for this program are accepted year round through the Kentucky Rural Development Office.

Cost Share / Match:

SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households in Kentucky

Funding Opportunity

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.

Funds may be used to pay predevelopment planning costs, including:

  • Feasibility studies to support applications for funding water or waste disposal projects
  • Preliminary design and engineering analysis
  • Technical assistance for the development of an application for financial assistance

The predevelopment planning costs must be related to a proposed project that meets the following requirements:

  • Construct, enlarge, extend or improve rural water, sanitary sewage, solid waste disposal and storm wastewater disposal facilities
  • Construct or relocate public buildings, roads, bridges, fences or utilities, and to make other public improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
  • Relocate private buildings, roads, bridges, fences, or utilities, and other private improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
Dates:
-
Date:
Time:
Cost:
Assistance:
Funding and Direct TA
Location:

Eligibility:

  • Most state and local governmental entities
  • Nonprofits
  • Federally recognized tribes

Areas to be served must be rural and financially distressed:

  • Rural areas with a population of 2,500 or less
  • Have a median household income below the poverty line or less than 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan median household income based on latest Census data

Cost Share / Match:

Timing:

Applications for this program are accepted year round through the Kentucky Rural Development Office.

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Government Grant - Federal

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Deadline
Amount
Up to $50,000,000
Assistance
Grant
Location

EDA Disaster Supplemental Grant Program

Government Grant - Federal

Funding will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Up to $50,000,000
Assistance:
Grant
Location:

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Deadline
Amount
$35,000 average award
Assistance
Grant
Location

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Private Foundation

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Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
$35,000 average award
Assistance:
Grant
Location:

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Deadline
Amount
Assistance
Grant Match
Location

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Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Assistance:
Grant Match
Location:

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Deadline
Amount
Partial value of relief mobile unit - roughly $10,000
Assistance
In-kind - donation of pet disaster relief mobile units
Location

AKC Pet Disaster Relief Mobile Units

Private Foundation

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Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Partial value of relief mobile unit - roughly $10,000
Assistance:
In-kind - donation of pet disaster relief mobile units
Location:

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Deadline
Amount
$5,000 - $20,000
Assistance
Grant
Location

The Folke H. Peterson Foundation

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Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
$5,000 - $20,000
Assistance:
Grant
Location:

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Deadline
Amount
Minimum $5,000; Maximum $15,000 (dependent upon funding)
Assistance
Grant
Location

South Arts Cross-Sector Impact Grants: Art & Health and Wellness

South Arts’ mission is advancing Southern vitality through the arts, and this program addresses a strategic goal to cultivate and strengthen deep, cross-sector partnerships that are artist and community centered. This year's focus is The Arts & Health and Wellness.

Date:
Dates:
-
Cost:
Minimum $5,000; Maximum $15,000 (dependent upon funding)
Assistance:
Grant
Location: