Rural Development:
Committed to the future of rural communities

Whether digging in to build rural communities, or helping towns digging out from a local disaster, USDA Rural Development has the know-how to help:

Clearing debris from clogged waterways, restoring vegetation and stabilizing stream banks through funds available to local sponsors.
Emergency Watershed Protection

Disaster designations from the President or Secretary of Agriculture offer qualified farm operators to qualify for low interest emergency (EM) loans to help cover part of their actual losses.
Emergency Loans

Rural housing loan assistance after a disaster, helping minimize potential delinquency or liquidation, possible moratorium on repayment.
Rural Housing Service

Repairing conservation damage caused by natural disasters, wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, as well as running emergency water conservation measures during periods of severe drought. Only for new conservation problems created by a natural disaster.
Emergency Conservation Program

Small rural businesses can receive financial relief available through regular programs, even though they do not target disaster assistance.
Rural Business Programs