Funding and Grants

USDA Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant

USDA Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant is a federal funding program available in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. Loans and grants for essential community facilities- clinics, fire and police stations, libraries, child care, town halls, public works equipment, and more.

LevelFederal
AdministratorUSDA Rural Development (Scottsbluff area office)
Who can applyRural Areas up to 20,000 Population (Direct/Grant); Public Bodies, Nonprofits, Tribes

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Who qualifies

The applicant is a public body, community-based nonprofit, or federally recognized tribe in a rural area of up to 20,000 residents.
The project buys, builds, or improves an essential community facility (no private or commercial undertakings).

This program is available throughout Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.

Funding terms

Low fixed-rate direct loans (up to about 40-year term) and grants; the grant share is tiered by community size and median household income (up to 75 percent for the smallest, lowest-income communities).

What you need to apply

Community Facilities Application
Project Budget and Need Documentation

The rule behind this program

Every eligibility statement on this page traces to first-party authority (corpus version 2026.06).

Program Guidance: USDA Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant (Nebraska)

Need help applying? Build Scotts Bluff offers lending coordination for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. See lending coordination services.

Advisory only. Eligibility is a deterministic read of public program rules as of the cited corpus version and is not legal advice or a guarantee of funding; every determination must be reviewed against the live program and counsel.