Grant - General Terms and Conditions
Recipients and any subrecipients of USDA Rural Development Federal Financial Assistance must comply with the applicable Rural Development general terms and conditions provided below. Award terms and conditions are determined by statutory, regulatory, and agency requirements, as well as each grant’s circumstances. Terms and conditions dictate important items related to the grant, including method of payment, reporting frequency and content, and prior approval requirements.
Grant & Cooperative Agreement Templates - effective October 1, 2024
These terms and conditions are effective to Federal Financial Assistance Awards made on or after October 1, 2024.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
- Rural Business-Cooperative Service Financial Assistance Agreement
- Rural Economic Development Grant Letter of Conditions
- Renewable Energy System or Energy Efficiency Improvements Letter of Conditions
- Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Letter of Conditions
- Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grant Letter of Conditions - Final
- Standardized Conditional Commitment for Business & Industry and Rural Energy for America Program
- Standardized Conditional Commitment for Business & Industry and Rural Energy for America Program-REAP Site
- Energy Audit or Renewable Energy Development Assistance Letter of Conditions
- Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program Letter of Conditions
- Rural Business Development Grant Letter of Conditions
- Rural Energy Pilot Program Letter of Conditions
Rural Housing Service
Community Facilities Programs
- Community Facilities Grant Agreement
- Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant Agreement
- Rural Community Development Initiative Grant Agreement
- Community Facilities Congressionally-Directed Spending Letter of Conditions Template
- Community Facilities Grant Letter of Conditions Template with Build America, Buy America Act
- Community Facilities Loan-Grant Letter of Conditions Template with Build America, Buy America Act
Multifamily Housing Programs
Single Family Housing Programs
- Grant Agreement (504)
- Housing Preservation Grant Agreement
- Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant Agreement
- RD Instruction 1944-I Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant Exhibit L Letter of Conditions
- RD Instruction 1944-N Housing Preservation Grant Agreement Exhibit L-5 Letter of Conditions
Rural Utilities Service
Electric Programs
Telecom Programs
- Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Agreement
- ReConnect Program Grant and Security Agreement
- Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant and Security Agreement
Water and Environmental Programs
- Rural Alaska Village Grants Program Grant Agreement
- Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Agreement
- Solid Waste Management Grant Agreement
- Technical Assistance and Construction for Innovative Reginal Wastewater Treatment Solutions Grant Agreement
- Technical Assistance and Training Grant Agreement (Water and Waste)
- Water and Waste System Grant Agreement (Including Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households (SEARCH) and Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (ECWAG))
- WEP- Letter of Conditions- BABA Waiver
- CY 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Disaster Technical Assistance
Grant & Cooperative Agreement Templates - legacy
These terms and conditions are effective to Federal Financial Assistance Awards made prior to October 1, 2024.