GRANTS – USDA

USDA grants are available as equipment grants for every club in Vermont. These USDA grants are called Rural Cooperative Development Grants.

RCDG grants are due to the USDA office no later than April 15, at 4:30pm.

In 2015 they had $154,000 of money to give to Vermont counties not in a REAP Zone and they had $641,000 worth of requests. The most they will give for an equipment grant in these non-REAP zones is $100,000, but this year they are telling folks to limit their requests to $30,000 because there is not enough money to go around.

For 2016 the pot of money in REAP zones is 1.8 million and their max individual grants are $100,000-$250,000 and up per year.

REAP Zones in Vermont are only in the following counties: Orleans, Caledonia and Essex.

For information on these USDA grants you can go to the website or call.

 http://www.rd.usda.gov/contact-us/state-offices/vt

USDA

Montpelier Office Staff
87 State Street, Suite 324
P. O. Box 249
Montpelier, VT 05601 

Business Programs Staff
(802) 828-6031
Cheryl Ducharme, Business&Cooperative Programs Director, cheryl.ducharme@vt.usda.gov (802) 828-6083
Susi Poland, Business Programs Specialist, susan.poland@vt.usda.gov (802) 828-6002

Brattleboro Office Staff
28 Vernon Street, Suite 333
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Andrea Ansevin-Allen, Community Programs Specialist,  andrea.ansevinallen@vt.usda.gov (802) 257-7878 x 113