BY USDA | March 2, 2021
Courtesy of USDA Rural Development.
LINCOLN, NE March 1, 2021   Rural Nebraska communities in FEMA declared disaster counties have utilized $1.3 million of the $2.2 million provided by USDA for disaster recovery. These funds may be used for non-disaster projects also. The grants are available through the Community Facilities Program.
A sample of the funded projects include emergency type (siren, firetruck, ambulance, pumper truck, sheriff mobile and computer equipment, police vehicle, police department body cameras), electronic signage, dump truck, public works and utility truck, new auditorium equipment, and renovations to essential community facilities.
More than 100 types of projects are eligible for Community Facilities funding. Eligible applicants include municipalities, public bodies, nonprofit organizations and federally recogni