Community Planning, Development and Services

Provides funding to local agencies to assist low-income households to meet the cost of heating and cooling through utility payment assistance.

Provides funding to local agencies to help lower monthly utility bills for low-income households by improving the energy efficiency of their home.

Provides resources to local agencies to help low-income individuals become more self-sufficient through education, job training, and referrals.

Provides funding to local agencies to assist low-income households to meet the cost of water and wastewater through utility payment assistance.

Provides competitive grants to counties and municipalities for economic development initiatives and to support community revitalization, and rehabilitation.

Provides competitive grants to counties and municipalities for economic development initiatives and to support community revitalization, and rehabilitation.

Supports communities following disasters by addressing long-term recovery needs for housing, infrastructure and economic development.

Provides resources to counties and municipalities to help them purchase and rehabilitate vacant homes, sustain local housing markets, create jobs, and grow local economies.

REDI

Various programs are available to help small businesses including loans, loan guarantees and technical assistance.

Per s. 288.0656 a rural county is defined as a county with a population of 75,000 or less, a county with a population of 125,000 or less which is contiguous to a county with a population of 75,000 or less and any municipality within a county as described above.

Rural Areas of Opportunity (RAO) are defined as rural communities, or a region composed of rural communities, that have been adversely affected by extraordinary economic events or natural disasters.

The private and public sectors use special districts to finance, construct, operate, and maintain basic capital infrastructure, facilities, and services.