Funding to purchase wetland reserve easements to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible private or tribal lands while maximizing wildlife habitat benefits and wetland functions and values.
Provides financial assistance to address the continued unmet health needs in the Delta Region through cooperation among health care professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and economic development entities.
Funds rural communities to drive measurable improvements in access to integrated, coordinated treatment and recovery services for substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD). Its long-term aim is to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with SUD and enable sustained recovery and well-being.
Funding for economic development and job creation projects in two separate categories, business opportunity grants and business enterprise grants, for use in funding various business and community projects that serve rural areas.
The purpose of this program is to engage elementary, middle, and high school students in real-world problem-solving that builds technical and professional skills needed to succeed in college and/or the workforce. This program provides funding to schools and school districts to implement or expand Project Lead the Way (PLTW) programs consisting of a series of modules, units, or courses that utilize hands-on, project-based learning. PLTW includes career and technical education (CTE)- and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-aligned curriculum intended to empower students to discover and explore interests; imagine and design solutions to real-world challenges; and become independent, confident problem solvers. Programs also include in-depth professional development for teachers as well as live classroom support.
Offers federal grant funding for projects that help Appalachian communities that have been affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain industries. ARC prioritizes POWER funding for projects that will produce economic opportunities.