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Brushy Fork Institute undertakes this program in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Kentucky Department for Local Government to provide training for community leaders and administer $380,000 in Flex-E-Grants for Kentucky's distressed Appalachian counties. The Flex-E-Grant program was designed by the ARC to provide small investments in short-term projects that will build community capacity to mobilize local resources, gain leadership experience and strengthen community institutions and networks. Flex-E-Grants are small (up to $10,000) awards provided to communities for these capacity building projects. For more information about Flex-E-Grants, please download the grant guidelines and the proposal form from the Quick Links above.
Brushy Fork's Flex-E-Grant Program has two cycles per year.
January-June Project Cycle
This cycle typically has proposals due in November of the previous year. The January-June Cycle is open specifically to communities that have sent a team to the Brushy Fork Annual Institute, which takes place in September of each year, and have worked with Brushy Fork staff to develop a qualifying proposal.
June-November Project Cycle
This cycle is open to any nonprofit organization or government entity from an ARC-designated distressed county. This open cycle is competitive, but Brushy Fork staff will work with applicants to develop projects and proposals that meet ARC guidelines.
Who Is Eligible? Fiscal Year 2011 Distressed Counties
The grant funds currently available in this program are from Flex-E-Grant funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission's 2011-12 Fiscal Year. Therefore, these funds are available only to those counties designated as distressed for Fiscal Year 2011. The FY 2011 distressed counties in Kentucky are:
Adair, Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Green, Harlan, Hart, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Metcalfe, Monroe, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Powell, Robertson, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe.
Previous Grantees
Brushy Fork has overseen a portion of the ARC's Kentucky Flex-E-Grant program since 2008. You can see previous grants and project descriptions on the pages listed below:
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