South Central Kansas Economic Development District

Weatherization-weatherization consists of two grant programs administered by the organization. These programs are funded by pass-through grants from the Kansas housing resources corporation which originate from the u.s. department of energy and u.s. department of health and human services. The primary purpose of the programs is to assist low income persons in making their homes more energy efficient.

Loan funds & related servicing - loan funds consist of the actual loan fund and loan loss reserve funds for the revolving loan fund program, intermediary relending program, microloan program, rural business Development tax credit program, rural business enterprise grant, and rural microentrepreneur assistance program. The servicing activity is related to servicing sckedd's revolving loan fund program, intermediary relending program and microloan programs as well as the sba 504 loan program.

Sckedd routinely enters into contracts with local units of government in our fourteen-county service area. Sckedd assists in the competitive bid process for federal and state grant funds. Sckedd then enters into an administrative contract with the entity after the grant has been awarded. Contract administration includes all dealings between parties to a contract from the time a contract is awarded until the work has been completed and accepted or the contract terminated, payment has been made, and disputes have been resolved. Sckedd currently administers grant contracts from: Kansas department of commerce's community Development block grant (cdbg) and neighborhood stabilization program (nsp) programs, usda's housing preservation grant, eda's public works grants for business infrastructure needs, and state of Kansas cdbg microloan programs for businesses in seven counties.sckedd also enters into contracts to provide direct administrative support to: network Kansas for its many business loan programs, including start up Kansas, capital multiplier, rbeg, and numerous e-community funds.

Eda program - general Economic Development activities which are funded by a federal grant from the u.s. Economic Development administration.sba microloan technical assistance and training - includes accounting, marketing, basic business management, and employee concerns funded by grants from the us small business administration.