Delta States Rural Development Network Program

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities including domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area and must have demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, populations in rural areas within the eight Mississippi Delta Region States (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee). The applicant organization may not previously have received an award under 42 U.S.C. 254c(f) for the same or a similar project unless the entity is proposing to expand the scope of the project or the area that will be served through the project. | applicant types: For profit organizations other than small businesses; Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Independent school districts; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"; County governments; City or township governments; Small businesses; Special district governments; Private institutions of higher education; State governments; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)