The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services announces the availability of approximately $ 9. 2 million in the Rural Community Development (RCD) discretionary grant funds.
RCD funds must be used to provide training and technical assistance to:
Increase access
for low-income families to water supply and waste disposal services, preserve affordable water and waste disposal services in low-income rural communities, increase local capacity and expertise to establish and maintain needed community facilities, increase economic opportunities for low-income rural communities by ensuring they have basic water and sanitation, utilize technical assistance to leverage additional public and private resources, and promote improved coordination of Federal, state, and local agencies and financing programs to benefit low-income communities.