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29 | Page December 13 I ssuefunding include rural towns, communities, state agencies, authorities, nonprofits, federally recognized Tribes, public colleges and non-profit cooperatives. Funds may be used to establish business support centers or to finance job training and leadership development in rural areas. They may also be used to purchase or develop land; repair or modernize buildings; finance feasibility studies or business plans; or purchase equipment to lease to small or emerging businesses. Applications must be submitted to nearest USDA Rural Development office by 4:30 p.m. local time on Feb. 28, 2025.HUD Offers Self-Help Homeownership FundingThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces the availability of $12 million to expand access to affordable housing and homeownership opportunities in rural and urban communities. Grant funding awarded to organizations through HUD%u2019s Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) allows eligible organizations to purchase land, improve infrastructure, and develop housing. Organizations can use SHOP grant funds to construct new homes or rebuild existing structures. This includes land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and reasonable and necessary planning and administration costs. The average SHOP expenditure for the combined cost of land acquisition and infrastructure improvements cannot exceed $25,000 per SHOP unit. SHOP units must be sold to homebuyers at prices below the prevailing market price and prospective homeowners must leverage other public and private funds to pay for the remainder of construction or rehabilitation costs. For additional information on the Fiscal Year 2024 SHOP Notice of Funding Opportunity, including eligibility requirements, and to apply, visit grants.gov. Applications are due by 11:59 PM EST on December 17, 2024.U.S. Forest Service Wildfire Defense GrantThe purpose of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities and Indian Tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. The CWDG helps communities in the wildland urban interface (WUI) implement the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. There are two primary project types for which the grant provides funding: The development and revision of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP); The implementation of projects described in a CWPP that is less than 10 years old. Click HERE to learn more. USDA Fire Capacity Wildfire Hazard Mitigation GrantThe Community Wildfire Defense Grant program prioritizes at-risk communities that are in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster, declared, designated or recognized by a government authority as having caused damage, loss or destruction to an extent and scale that an unusual or abnormal increase in wildfire risk or hazard potential to a community has occurred. The program also helps communities in the wildland urban interface meet the three goals of the%u202fNational Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy to maintain resilient landscapes, create fire-adapted communities, and improve wildfire response. Applicants are strongly encouraged to develop proposals in consultation with state or Forest Service regional cooperative fire contacts listed in the Notices of Funding Opportunity. Click HERE to learn more. National Archives Projects and Collaboration FundingThe National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks Archives Collaboratives of three or more repositories working together to make their collections more readily available for public discovery and use. The Commission welcomes collaborations that target institutional advancement for small and underserved local archives and repositories. Eligible applicants are: Private institutions