Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program
Recovery Goals
Through the implementation of the ARRA, the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) Program will provide grants to achieve the following goals:
- Promote economic development in rural areas
- Assist businesses and create and/or save jobs in rural areas.
Performance Measurements
| Outcome | Output/Measure | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Economic development for the creation or retention of rural jobs and provision of assistance of rural business | Provision of grants in the approximate amount of $19.4 million to eligible entities to assist businesses and create or retain jobs in rural areas | $19,398,942 |
| Completion of benchmarks will include the number of completed projects within a three-year period, as evidenced by the amount of grants fully disbursed | 192 total projects:
|
† Outputs based on estimated market share of total projected premises receiving new or improved access.
Funding
RD ARRA Program Funding
| Total RD Program-Level ARRA Funding: | $21,482,204,278 |
| RBEG Program-Level ARRA Funding: | $19,400,000 |
RBEG ARRA Obligated Funds
| RBEG Program-Level ARRA Funding: | $19,400,000 |
| Obligated: | $19,398,942 |
RBEG ARRA Obligated Projects
| Number of RBEG ARRA Projects: | 192 |
| Number of States and Territories Awarded: | 50 |
| From: | To: | |
|---|---|---|
 |
$0 | $0 |
 |
$1 | $96,399 |
 |
$96,400 | $198,999 |
 |
$199,000 | $524,582 |
 |
$524,583 | $1,919,538 |
| State | Number of RBEG ARRA Grants | Funding Obligated |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2 | $199,000 | ||
| Alaska | 2 | $170,000 | ||
| American Samoa | 0 | $- | ||
| Arizona | 1 | $30,000 | ||
| Arkansas | 1 | $96,400 | ||
| California | 3 | $238,500 | ||
| Colorado | 2 | $85,000 | ||
| Connecticut | 1 | $60,620 | ||
| Delaware | 1 | $41,000 | ||
| Florida | 0 | $- | ||
| Georgia | 22 | $1,919,538 | ||
| Guam | 4 | $192,400 | ||
| Hawaii | 2 | $197,608 | ||
| Idaho | 3 | $40,000 | ||
| Illinois | 4 | $311,900 | ||
| Indiana | 0 | $- | ||
| Iowa | 7 | $753,899 | ||
| Kansas | 1 | $95,000 | ||
| Kentucky | 3 | $765,000 | ||
| Louisiana | 2 | $189,332 | ||
| Maine | 4 | $578,000 | ||
| Maryland | 4 | $309,038 | ||
| Massachusetts | 1 | $75,000 | ||
| Michigan | 2 | $140,000 | ||
| Minnesota | 10 | $1,070,381 | ||
| Mississippi | 2 | $186,510 | ||
| Missouri | 5 | $403,350 | ||
| Montana | 6 | $166,914 | ||
| State | Number of RBEG ARRA Grants | Funding Obligated |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 7 | $471,742 | ||
| Nevada | 2 | $108,878 | ||
| New Hampshire | 1 | $46,000 | ||
| New Jersey | 2 | $184,000 | ||
| New Mexico | 2 | $977,750 | ||
| New York | 4 | $352,800 | ||
| North Carolina | 4 | $344,942 | ||
| North Dakota | 1 | $181,000 | ||
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | $47,499 | ||
| Ohio | 4 | $797,872 | ||
| Oklahoma | 4 | $886,749 | ||
| Oregon | 10 | $1,021,799 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $299,490 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $50,000 | ||
| Rhode Island | 0 | $- | ||
| South Carolina | 10 | $1,282,277 | ||
| South Dakota | 7 | $524,583 | ||
| Tennessee | 14 | $772,499 | ||
| Texas | 4 | $1,200,000 | ||
| Utah | 1 | $99,900 | ||
| Vermont | 1 | $65,000 | ||
| Virgin Islands | 0 | $- | ||
| Virginia | 5 | $436,600 | ||
| Washington | 3 | $287,373 | ||
| West Virginia | 1 | $200,000 | ||
| Wisconsin | 4 | $385,799 | ||
| Wyoming | 1 | $60,000 | ||