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4/27 UPDATE: Coming webinar, workshop, opportunities

SC Promise Zone

New funding opportunities and resources for the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone

OVERVIEW

logo_updateIn this update, you will find new information and recent news on a variety of topics, including:

RECENT NEWS:  Below you’ll find two broadband briefs — one on a new program offered by AT&T to provide low-cost broadband Internet to qualified households and another from the USDA that seeks grant applications to develop broadband in rural areas.

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Learn about almost a dozen new funding opportunities that to grow jobs, curb substance abuse, build capital in communities and more.

COMING EVENTS:  Check out the host of new webinars and events that can benefit Promise Zone stakeholders.

RESOURCES:  Read recent articles and studies that support Promise Zone activities.

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2/25 UPDATE: HUD offers new funding guide

SC Promise Zone

New funding opportunities and resources for the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone

Great new starting resource available through HUD

PromiseZone_logo_80wTo provide Promise Zone communities with a better idea of current, future and past funding opportunities, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has compiled a list of funding and technical assistance opportunities of the Promise Zone partner agencies.

There are more than 90 different entries in four tabs of an Excel spreadsheet includes a list of:

  • Programs that provide priority points or priority consideration.
  • Programs that do not provide preferences but will help further the goals outlined in Promise Zone plans.
  • HUD NOFA (Notice of Funding Availability) Forecast.

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1/20: Promise Zone opportunities

SC Promise Zone

New resources, webinars, funding information for the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone

PromiseZone_logo_80wUSDA DEADLINE EXTENDED:
Grant applications sought to help repair rural housing

Deadline: Extended to March 15, 2016

USDA Rural Development is seeking applications for grants to make housing repairs for low- and very-low-income rural residents, and has extended the deadline to March 15, 2016. The grants are being provided through USDA Rural Development’s Housing Preservation Grant Program.

This program are intended to help rural homeowners and rental housing owners repair and improve their properties. Funds may be used to resolve health or safety issues, make accessibility modifications for people with disabilities, or make energy efficiency improvements to reduce utility costs. Read more →

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1/15: Promise Zone funding opportunities, resources, events

SC Promise Zone

An update for the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

PromiseZone_logo_80wDISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE:
Grant process open

Deadline: Applications due by March 14, 2016

USDA Rural Development is seeking applications for grant funding in its Distance Learning and Telemedicine program to help rural communities use the unique capabilities of telecommunications to connect to each other and the world to overcome the effects of remoteness and low population density. “For example, this program can link teachers and medical service providers in one area to students and patients in another,” according to USDA RD. Read more →

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