Rural Capacity Grants (RCG) Overview
Rural Capacity Grants (RCG) were created to generate partnerships and leverage resources in rural Indiana communities. In 2006, OCRA created a grant process that challenged communities to develop creative ways to build capacity in workforce and educational development and in rural entrepreneurship.
Rural Entrepreneurial Support grants help promising rural entrepreneurs find mentoring, training and resources. OCRA will ensure that entrepreneurs know where to turn for funding, business plan development, marketing, and information needed to build or expand successful businesses.
Workforce and Educational Development grants bring Hoosiers' skills up to globally competitive levels by creating opportunities for workers to move at least one step up the talent scale. Those steps range from increasing literacy to developing strategic skills.
Communities who have questions should contact their Community Liaisons.
2008 Workforce and Educational Development
- Access to Public Records Request
- Community Focus Fund application
- Planning Grant application
- Microenterprise application
- Workforce and Educational Development Rural Capacity Grant application
- Entrepreneurial Support Rural Capacity Grant application
- Indiana Main Street Active Community Application
- Community Economic Development Fund Application
- What grants are available for my community?
- How do I know if my community is defined as “rural”?
- How can my community get involved in the Indiana Main Street Program?
- Is broadband Internet service available in my area?
- How do I sign up for the Lt. Governor’s newsletter?
- How can the Ombudsman benefit my community?
- How can OCRA help my community address issues of diversity?
