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Community Assistance Services & Programs

Community Capacity Building Grant Program
The Community Capacity Building grant program provides funds for collaborative community development planning activities in cities or counties with fewer than 50,000 residents.
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Community Service Tax Credit Program
This program encourages contributions to private, nonprofit organizations for community services by providing income tax credits for businesses or individuals and privilege tax credits for financial institutions.
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Incentives Without Walls
These funds are available to designated Kansas Main Street downtown areas and may be used for a variety of downtown business needs.
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Individual Account Tax Credit Program
The IDA Tax Credit Program is aimed at helping working families save for education and job training, a first-time home purchase, and/or the creation of a business.
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KAN STEP Program
KAN STEP strives to help Kansas communities address a development need through sweat equity and local volunteerism.
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Kansas Downtown Redevelopment Act
This program offers property tax relief to encourage entrepreneurs to locate their businesses and invest in central business districts and distressed neighborhoods.
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Kansas Enterprise Facilitation
This program is designed to harness the energy of local volunteers to cultivate a collaborative mentality toward business development.
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Kansas Main Street Program
The Kansas Main Street program helps community volunteers revitalize their town or city’s historic business district.
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Kansas PRIDE
The goal of PRIDE is to maximize community and economic development efforts by encouraging all groups to coordinate and work collaboratively for community betterment.
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Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
President George W. Bush created by Executive Order a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) to lead and develop the Administration?s agenda to strengthen and expand grassroots and faith-based services.
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Office of Rural Opportunity
The Office of Rural Opportunity is designed to spur rural development in Kansas communities of 5,000 or less by serving as a contact point for rural communities seeking assistance in the development of strategic plans to attract businesses, workers and investment.
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Rural Business Development Tax Credits
This program provides tax credits to encourage individuals and businesses to invest in regional foundations throughout the state.
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Small Communities Improvement Program
The Small Communities Improvement Program sets aside $500,000 each year for small communities that are undertaking improvement projects through sweat equity and volunteerism. The program is designed to assist communities with populations of 5,000 or less that are not eligible for other Department of Commerce assistance and might not have the capacity to provide matching funds.
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