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READY Appalachia Grants to Grow

Sponsor
Appalachian Regional Commission
Deadlines
Letter of Intent (Required): Nov 1, 2024
Application: Feb 14, 2025
Contact

Megan Robinson
Ready@arc.gov

Purpose

READY Appalachia Grants to Grow will provide funding to organizations seeking to build individual, organizational, and/or community capacity across the region.

Program priorities:

  • Building Appalachian businesses - Strengthen and diversify the region's economy through inclusive economic development strategies and investments in entrepreneurship and business development
  • Building Appalachia's workforce ecosystem - Expand and strengthen community systems (education, healthcare, housing, childcare, and others) that help Appalachians obtain a job, stay on the job, and advance along a financially sustaining career pathway
  • Building Appalachia's infrastructure - Ensure that the residents and businesses of Appalachia have access to reliable, affordable, resilient, and energy-efficient utilities and infrastructure in order to successfully live and work in the region
  • Building regional culture and tourism - Strengthen Appalachia's community and economic development potential by preserving and investing in the region's local cultural heritage and natural assets

Projects should help build:

  • Individual capacity, including staff training or professional development
  • Organizational capacity, including internal strategic planning or expanding services
  • Community capacity, including launching a community-led planning process or hiring a planning contractor

Capacity building program priorities are listed in the application instructions.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants:

  • Local development districts (LDDs)
  • Tribes or a consortium of Tribes
  • States, counties, cities, or other political subdivisions of a state, including a special purpose unit of a state or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions
  • Institutions of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education
  • Public or private nonprofit organizations or associations, including labor unions

Applicants must be located in and serve within the Appalachian Regional Commission service area.

Geographic coverage
Appalachian Regional Commission service area
Amount of funding

Award range: Up to $100,000 for planning grants and between $100,000-$500,000 for implementation grants
Project period: 18 months for planning grants and up to 3 years for implementation grants
Estimated total program funding: $9,000,000

Application process

A link to the application instructions is available on the program website.

Submit a letter of intent using the online form by November 1, 2024. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, with a deadline of February 14, 2024.

Applicant webinar
(Registration required)
October 10, 2024
10:00 a.m. Central

Tagged as
Community and economic development · Infrastructure · Needs assessment methods and resources · Networking and collaboration · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Alabama · Georgia · Kentucky · Maryland · Mississippi · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Virginia · West Virginia

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