USDA Rural Development · Economic Development · General
Strategic Economic and Community Development (SECD) Priority Set-Aside
Funding priority across multiple USDA RD programs for projects that support multi-jurisdictional plans for economic and community development. Cities benefit from increased scoring when their applications align with regional plans.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $100K – $25M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Continuous; applies to multiple WEP, CF, and business programs.
- Typical prep time
- 6–12 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act §379H (7 U.S.C. §2008v)
Who is eligible for Strategic Economic and Community Development (SECD) Priority Set-Aside?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
- Rural eligibility: population under 50,000 (USDA threshold).
Not a standalone grant — a scoring set-aside across USDA RD programs. Apply concurrently with target program. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
Related programs
- Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program (DOT)$500K – $100M
- Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (Highway Trust Fund Formula) (DOT)$500K – $50M
- Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grants (EPA)$200K – $5M
- Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Program (EPA)$250K – $1M
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement (HUD)$500K – $30M
- CDBG Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) (HUD)$5M – $500M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.