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Recently, SERCAP’s Facilities Development Grant Program assisted the Keysville Well Project in the Town of Keysville in Charlotte County, Virginia. The initial well system was established in the 1900s, but since the 1970s the Town had utilized a reservoir (initially built due to the opening of several factories in the area), which provided 0.77 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) and used a conventional slow sand filtration water treatment plant (WTP)...
Recently, SERCAP’s Essential & Critical Needs Program assisted a low-income, single man living in Caroline County, VA, to repair the sewer line at his home. The client has lived in his home for over 60 years, and recently began experiencing difficulty with his sewer line. Specifically, there was a blockage which was causing the difficulty with the sewer line, leading to the need for repairs. However, due to his low-income status, he was unable to afford the cost of the sewer line repair without causing serious financial hardship...
SERCAP’s Facilities Development Program recently awarded a Facilities Development Grant to the Willing Workers Club Water System in the community of Carrollton in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The Willing Workers Club Water System is a small, privately owned water system, which was founded in the mid 1990’s by the residents to serve the small minority community of Carrollton. The small community well system provides water service to 18 households...
Recently, SERCAP’s Housing Department assisted an extremely low-income single woman living in Page County, VA. The client initially reached out to SERCAP back in 2016, because she had no indoor plumbing in her home and was using an outdoor privy (outhouse) in lieu of an indoor toilet...
During the Fall of 2021, SERCAP will launch a new Business/Economic Development Program, which will support Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The new Business/Economic Development Program will provide Technical Assistance (TA) and comprehensive Business Services to individuals looking to start or grow a small business, which will have a positive long-term impact on the community...
Recently, SERCAP’s Essential & Critical Needs Program assisted a low-income, single woman living in Russell County, VA, to get her home hooked-up to public water. The client had been experiencing difficulty with her old well, which eventually stopped producing any water at all, leaving her without reliable access to running water in her home. Since the area in which she lives has access to public water, she determined that connecting to the public water system would be the best solution to her problem...
SERCAP’s Certified CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) Loan Fund just approved an Individual Household Well Loan to assist a low-income couple in Amherst County, VA. Recently, the couple began experiencing significant difficulty with their individual household water well, due to especially low water pressure. They determined that the well was in need of repairs, however, because of their low-income status, they are not able to afford the necessary repairs on their own, without causing serious financial hardship...
Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc.’s (SERCAP) certified CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) Loan Fund has been an intermediary for USDA RD’s Individual Household Well Loan program since 2005 (approximately 16 years). The low-interest Individual Household Well Loan Product allows SERCAP to provide low-interest (1%) to low-to-moderate income (LMI) households in order to repair or replace a damaged and/or failing (dry) drinking water well. Eligible applicants can borrow up to $11,000.00 with an interest rate of only 1%, and up to a 10-year loan term...
Recently, SERCAP’s certified CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) Loan Fund approved a Community Development Loan for the Town of Hiltonia in Screven County, Georgia. SERCAP’s Community Development Loan product provides affordable financing to local government entities, nonprofit organizations, public and private water/wastewater facilities, Public Service Authorities (PSAs), Planning District Commissions (PDCs), and other community organizations in rural communities across the southeast United States, to support critical public infrastructure, community development, and economic development projects...
Recently, SERCAP’s Facilities Development Program awarded a Facilities Development Grant to the Davis Center Foundation in Accomack County, Virginia. SERCAP’s Facilities Development Program provides financial assistance to nonprofits, local government entities, public and private water/wastewater facilities, Public Service Authorities (PSAs), and Planning District Commissions (PDCs) in rural communities across the Commonwealth of Virginia, to support critical water/wastewater infrastructure and community development projects...