Rural catalyst grant program - Eligibility - Use of funds - Postaward monitoring - Report to legislative management and legislative assembly
N.D. Cent. Code § 54-40.1-08
in effect54-40.1-08. Rural catalyst grant program - Eligibility - Use of funds - Postaward
monitoring - Report to legislative management and legislative assembly.
1. The department shall administer the rural catalyst grant program to support quality of
life improvement and economic development projects for rural communities in the
state.
2. Grant funding may be awarded for projects that will address a critical need in the areas
of community and economic development, education, health and wellness, or for the
purpose of preserving or reopening rural grocery stores in a rural community with a
population of four thousand five hundred or fewer individuals. The maximum grant
award under the program is five hundred thousand dollars. At least fifty percent of the
grant funds must be allocated to communities with populations of fewer than
one thousand five hundred individuals.
3. By September first of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit a report
to the legislative management regarding the results of the program, including the
number of projects requested and supported through the program, information on
projects receiving funding, matching funds raised for each project, and how the project
has affected local communities. The department shall provide this report to the
appropriations committees of the next legislative assembly.
4. The department shall maintain a database on the department's website regarding data
and the status of each approved project.
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