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Michigan Community Action Agency Association
Office Park West, 516 S. Creyts Road, Suite A, Lansing MI 48917, PH: (517) 321-7500 FAX: (517) 321-7504

Helping People. Changing Lives

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service
 
Inviting Applications for Rural Business Opportunity Grants

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service, an Agency within

the Rural Development mission area, announces the availability of 
grants of up to $50,000 per application from the Rural Business 
Opportunity Grant (RBOG) program for fiscal year (FY) 2008, to be 
competitively awarded. For multi-state projects, grant funds of up to 
$150,000 will be available on a competitive basis. These limits do not 
apply to specific funding as discussed below.

DATES: The deadline for the receipt of applications in the Rural 
Development State Office is March 31, 2008. The RBOG appropriation for 
FY 2008 provides specific funding for Native American, Empowerment 
Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Rural Economic Area Partnerships, 
and these applications must also be received in the Rural Development 
State Office by March 31, 2008. The Agency reserves the right to extend 
this application deadline. Any applications received at a Rural 
Development State Office after these dates for this type of assistance 
will not be considered for FY 2008 funding.