COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide
USDA and its Federal partners have programs that can be used to provide immediate and long-term assistance to rural communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. These programs can support recovery efforts for rural residents, businesses and communities through: • technical, training, and management assistance; • financial assistance; and • state and local assistance.
This resource matrix organizes funding opportunities identified in stimulus bills and other federal resources that can help support ruralAmerica. Opportunities are categorized by customer and assistance type.
For more information on the immediate actions USDA is taking to respond to COVID-19, visit usda.gov/coronavirus.
To learn about USDA’s COVID-19 response for rural communities, visit rd.usda.gov/coronavirus.
For the latest news from the CDC on COVID-19, visit coronavirus.gov.
NEW: Resources to address substance use disorder (SUD) and the opioid crisis, visit Rural Community Toolbox ruralcommunitytoolbox.org.
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Rural Technical Assistance/ Financial General State/ Customer Training/Management Assistance Local Resources For-Profit Businesses: • USDA Agriculture Marketing Service: • USDA Rural Development Business • Guidance for Businesses and Corporations, Limited FAQ’s: Related to COVID-19 impact and Industry Loan Guarantee Employers to Plan and Respond Liability Companies, on the Fruit and Vegetable industry • USDA Farm Service Agency: • Coronavirus.Gov-Breakdown sole proprietorships, • SBA: COVID-19 Small Bus Microloan Programs of Assistance Lenders, etc. Guidance and Loan Resources • SBA Paycheck Protection Program • USDA Multi-Family Housing Direct • Small Business Development • SBA COVID-19 Economic Injury Loan COVID-19 Fact Sheet Centers: Small Business Resources Disaster Loan • NEW: SBA Federal Contracting • Service Corps of Retired • SBA: COVID-19 Small Bus Guidance for Small Businesses Executives (SCORE): Guidance and Loan Resources impacted by COVID-19 Small Business Resource Hub • DOL: National Health Emergency • NEW: SBA-Economic Injury • SCORE: Remote mentoring Dislocated Worker Grants Disaster Loan (EIDL) and • Benefits.gov Coronavirus resources EIDL Advance for qualified • DOL: Wage and Hour small businesses and • DOL: Families First Coronavirus Division: COVID-19 and the U.S. agricultural businesses Response Act Notice-FAQS American Workplace • FDA-COVID-19-Related Guidance • IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief and Documents for Industry, FDA Staff, Economic Impact Payments and Other Stakeholders • USDA RD Rural Energy for • NEW: FEMA Planning Starter Kit American Program-Renewable for Returning to Full Operations Energy & Energy Efficiency Fact Sheet • USDA RD Single Family Home Loan Guarantees Fact Sheet • NEW: USDA RD Business and Industry CARES Act Program • NEW: National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership Grants
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Rural Technical Assistance/ Financial General State/ Customer Training/Management Assistance Local Resources Agricultural Producers • USDA Continues Focus on Service • Farmers.gov: Funding for Farmers, • Farmers.gov Latest Updates and Ranchers: During COVID-19 Outbreak Ranchers, and forest landowners and Resources • H-2A Visa Program COVID-19 • Farm Loan Discovery Tool • AMS-USDA Farmers to Families Related Resources • USDA Farm Service Agency: Food Box (part of Coronavirus • Farm Loan Discovery Tool Microloan Programs Farm Assistance Program) • Farm Service Agency: Guaranteed • Find your local Natural Resources • NEW: US Dept. of Veterans Loans-Lender Toolkit Conservation Service office Affairs-COVID-19 Response • USDA Agriculture Marketing Service: • SBA Paycheck Protection Program • NEW: USDA FSA Expands FAQ’s: Related to COVID-19 impact Set-Aside Loan for • IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief and Customers Impacted on the Fruit and Vegetable industry Economic Impact Payments • NEW: SBA-Economic • USDA Rural Energy for American Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program-Renewable Energy and EIDL Advance for qualified & Energy Efficiency Fact Sheet small businesses and • NEW: USDA Coronavirus Food U.S. agricultural businesses Assistance Program • NEW: USDA RD Business and Industry CARES Act Program • NEW: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Overview of Local & Regional Food Funding
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Rural Technical Assistance/ Financial General State/ Customer Training/Management Assistance Local Resources Government Entities: • USDA Foreign Agricultural Service • USDA Food and Nutrition Service • U.S. Interagency Council on State, County or (FAS) Data and Analysis (FNS) Response to COVID-19 Homelessness (USICH) - COVID-19 local governments • USDA FAS Overseas • Meals to You: Baylor Collaborative Resources on Hunger and Poverty (FNS Office Directory Announcement) • FCC: Home Network Tips for the Coronavirus Pandemic • USDA FAS Programs • USDA Rural Development: • FNS Coronavirus Website COVID-19 Resource Website • Appalachian Regional Commission: • USDA Rural Development Real-Time Data Maps Spread of • National Park Service Public ReConnect Program Coronavirus at Regional Level Health Update • VA Homeless Housing Assistance • USA.Gov State Specific COVID-19 • FEMA: Coronavirus • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Resources: Links to each State (COVID-19) Response Services Administration (SAMHSA): from this site Coronavirus Resources • FEMA Coronavirus Rumor Control • Food and Nutrition Service: • Interim Guidance for Emergency • Emergency Medical Services Response to COVID-19 EMS.gov: Coronavirus/COVID-19 Medical Services (EMS) Systems Resources (WIC/SNAP etc) and 911 Public Safety Answering • HUD: COVID-19 Resources • USDA RD Community Facilities Points: CDC and Fact Sheets Direct Loan & Grant Deferral • FCC: Service Providers Pledge(s) • EPA: Water Utility Resources Fact Sheet • Cybersecurity & Infrastructure • DOJ: Office of Community • CDC Resources for Parks and Security Agency: Critical Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Recreational Facilities Infrastructure Guidance • DOJ: Office of Justice • NEW: CDC Communication • NEW: US Dept. of Veterans Programs (OJP) Toolkit for Migrants, Refugees, Affairs Support of States • DOJ: Office on Violence Against and Other Limited English Women (OVW) • NEW: FEMA Planning Starter Kit Proficient Populations • USDA RD Water and Environmental for Returning to Full Operations Programs COVID-19 Fact Sheet • NEW: NOAA Fisheries Coronavirus Funding-those with coastal and • NEW: US Economic Development Administration CARES Act Recovery marine fishery participants Assistance • NEW: EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs including CARES Act Funding
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Rural Technical Assistance/ Financial General State/ Customer Training/Management Assistance Local Resources Nonprofits: • USDA National Institute of Food and • USDA Rural Development. Distance • FNS: How to become a Summer Economic Dev. Corps., Agriculture Coronavirus (COVID-19) Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Site Sponsor universities, schools, Resources • SBA COVID-19 Economic Injury • DOE COVID-19 Information and Disaster Loan libraries, faith-based • FNS: How to become a Summer Site Resources for Schools and School organizations, etc. Sponsor • U.S. Economic Development Personnel Administration • U.S. Interagency Council on • US Dept of Labor: The National • FEMA: COVID-19 Response-How Homelessness (USICH) - Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) can I help? COVID-19 Resources Career Services and Training Grants • Food and Nutrition Service: • CDC: Information for Healthcare and Housing Grants Response to COVID-19 Professionals • NIFA Grant: Rapid Response to (WIC/SNAP etc) Novel Coronavirus Impacts across • US Dept. of Health & Human Food and Agricultural Systems • FCC-COVID-19 Services: Child Care and • USDA RD Community Facilities Telehealth Program Development Fund Direct Loan & Grant Deferral • AMS-USDA Farmers to Families • FNS: COVID-19 Congregate Meal Fact Sheet Food Box (part of Coronavirus Waivers & Q&As on Summer Meal • NEW: National Endowment for Farm Assistance Program) Delivery Using Existing Authority the Arts-CARES Act Grants for Organizations • USDA Multi-Family Housing Direct • NEW: FEMA Planning Starter Kit • NEW: US Economic Development Loan COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Returning to Full Operations Administration CARES Act • NEW: SBA and Treasury Recovery Assistance Department Announce $10 Billion • NEW: EDA Public Works and for CDFIs to Participate in the Economic Adjustment Assistance Paycheck Protection Program Programs including CARES Act Funding
Cooperatives • USDA Cooperative Programs Site: • SBA Paycheck Protection Program • USDA RD Funded Rural Publications and Research • SBA COVID-19 Economic Injury Cooperative Development Disaster Loan Center listing • Farm Service Agency: Loans to • USDA Multi-Family Housing Direct For-Profit Farm Cooperatives Loan COVID-19 Fact Sheet
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Rural Technical Assistance/ Financial General State/ Customer Training/Management Assistance Local Resources Individuals/Households: • USDA Coronavirus Disease • Food Finder: Connects families to • FEMA: COVID-19 Response-How (COVID-19) feeding sites can I help? • ChooseMyPlate: Food Planning • USDA RD Single Family Guaranteed • USDA National Hunger Hotline during the Coronavirus Pandemic Housing Loan Program Website • Foods and Nutrition Service: • VA: Novel Coronavirus Disease • USDA Meals for Kids Site Finder Find Meals for Kids (COVID-19) • DOL: Wage and Hour Division: • US Dept of Health and Human • COVID-19: Social Insurance and COVID-19 and the American Services: Administration for Other Income-Support Options for Workplace Community Living (Older Adults Those Unable to Work • VA: Housing Assistance and People with Disabilities) • Workplace Leave and • VA: Homeless Housing Assistance • Medicare.gov’s COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance for information for beneficiaries Individuals Affected by COVID-19 • IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief and Economic Impact Payments • Consumer Financial Protection • Food Safety and Inspection Service: Bureau Protecting Finances Common questions about Food • USDA RD Rural Home Loans (Direct Information/Resources Program) Fact Sheet Safety and COVID-19 • USAJobs hiring to help respond • US. Dept of Health and Human • USDA Multi-Family Housing Direct to COVID-19 national emergency Loan COVID-19 Fact Sheet Services: American Sign Language • NEW: National Park Service Find COVID-19 Resource links • HUD Single Family Home your Park-Operating Status • NEW: Coronavirus and Mortgage Resource Other Disability Focused Federal Resources
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Rural Technical Assistance/ Financial General State/ Customer Training/Management Assistance Local Resources Health: Hospitals • Substance Abuse and Mental Health • Centers for Medicaid and • HHS-CMS Long-Term Care Nursing Services Administration SAMHSA: Medicare Services Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Coronavirus (COVID-19) • HHS Awards $100 Million to Health Tool Kit • Centers for Medicaid and Centers for COVID-19 Response • Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Medicare Services • VA Public Health Response Frequently Asked Questions – • CDC-COVID-19 Fact Sheet to COVID-19 Federal Office of Rural Health Policy • Medicare Telehealth Frequently • HHS COVID-19 Tribal funding • NEW: National Institute of Asked Questions Environmental Health • IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief and Sciences Worker Training Program/ • HHS Partnership Office-Preventive Economic Impact Payments Protecting Yourself Resources Practices and FAQs for Faith-based • USDA RD Community Facilities (also En Español) and Community Leaders Direct Loan & Grant Deferral • HHS-What do Older Adults Fact Sheet and People with Disabilities • USDA Rural Development. Distance Need to Know? Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) • Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Deadline July 13th Program (CTAP) • FCC-COVID-19 Telehealth Program
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Rural Technical Assistance/ Financial General State/ Customer Training/Management Assistance Local Resources Federally recognized • USDA Food and Nutrition Service • Food Distribution Program on • Housing and Urban Development Tribes, or (FNS) Response to COVID-19 Indian Reservations (FDPIR) (HUD) COVID-19 Resources and Tribal organizations • Intertribal Agriculture Council: • USDA Rural Development. Fact Sheets ReConnect Program COVID-19 Resources • EPA: Water Utility Resources • USDA Rural Development. Distance • Indian Health Service: Coronavirus Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) • DOJ: Office of Community Oriented (COVID-19) • Institute of Museum and Library Policing Services (COPS) • FEMA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Services: Grants to expand digital • DOJ: Office of Justice Programs network access etc. Response (OJP) • HUD Native American Programs: • COVID-19 Resources for Indian IHBG and ICDBG funds • DOJ: Office on Violence Against Country: National Congress of • Indian Health Services: Increased Women (OVW) American Indians funding in multiple programs • FCC-COVID-19 Telehealth Program • HUD COVID-19 Resources and Fact • Bureau of Indian Affairs: Indian • USDA Multi-Family Housing Direct Affairs Operation of Indian Programs Sheets Loan COVID-19 Fact Sheet • $8 billion set-aside for tribal nations • Federal Reserve Bank of from the Coronavirus Relief Fund • NEW: HUD Office of Native Minneapolis COVID-19 to use for expenditures incurred American Programs Recovery Resources for Indian Country due to the COVID-19 public health Programs-FAQS updated emergency • US Dept. of Health & Human • NEW: SBA and Treasury Resources: Office of Child Care- • SBA: COVID-19 Small Bus Guidance and Loan Resources Department Announce $10 Billion Child Care and Development Fund • USDA RD Community Facilities Direct for CDFIs to Participate in the • Native American Finance Officers Loan & Grant Deferral Fact Sheet Paycheck Protection Program Association (NAFOA) • USDA RD Water and Environmental • NEW: Coronavirus and • NEW: FEMA Planning Starter Kit Programs COVID-19 Fact Sheet Other Disability Focused for Returning to Full Operations • NEW: US Economic Development Federal Resources Administration CARES Act Recovery Assistance • NEW: USDA Agricultural Marketing • NEW: NOAA Fisheries Coronavirus Service (AMS) Overview of Local Funding-those with coastal and & Regional Food Funding marine fishery participants • NEW: EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs including CARES Act Funding
8 usda.gov/coronavirus Glossary of Terms
CARES Act: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
FAQS: Frequently Asked Questions Data
• NEW: Census Bureau Launches COVID-19 Data Hub • ESRI Impact Planning for COVID-19: Community Indicators related to decision making around COVID-19 Impact • Tableau Data Visualization Hub (looking at data from multiple perspectives) • COVID-19 Data Repository • COVID-19 Model by Johns Hopkins University • John Hopkins Corona Virus Resource Center - COVID Tracking • COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic – world aggregate of cases and by country breakdown • COVID-19 Data Center from Data World
NEW: Denotes a new resource link added since last version 07/07/2020.
9 usda.gov/coronavirus Additional Federal Agency COVID-19 Resources Acronym Definition Acronym Definition CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) FTA Federal Transit Administration (FTA) CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid FDA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) CHCO Chief Human Capital Officers Council GSA General Services Administration (GSA) CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) IA Indian Affairs CNCS Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) IMLS Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) CISA Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency IRS Internal Revenue Service (IRS) DAU Defense Acquisition University MSPG Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) DeCA Defense Commissary Agency MCFP Military Community and Family Policy USDA Department of Agriculture (USDA) NA National Archives DoD Department of Defense (DoD) NCPC National Capital Planning Commission DOE Department of Energy (DOE) NPS National Park Service HHS Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory DHS Department of Homeland Security (DHS) NSF National Science Foundation (NSF) HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) NMCPHC Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center Drug Enforcement Administration Diversion DEA USNRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission Control Division Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness ASPR DOL Department of Labor (DOL) and Response DOS Department of State (DOS) OPM Office of Personnel Management USDOT Department of the Treasury SBA Small Business Administration (SBA) ODNI Director of National Intelligence USDA RD USDA Rural Development EPA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) TSA Transportation Security Administration EXIM Export-Import Bank of the United States USAID U.S. Agency for International Development FAA Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) BOP Federal Bureau of Prisons USFA U.S. Fire Administration FCC Federal Communications Commission (FCC) USNORHCOM U.S. Northern Command FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) USPTO U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ED Federal Student Aid USSOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command FTC Federal Trade Commission (FTC) WHS Washington Headquarters Services USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
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