READY Appalachia is an ARC initiative that helps Appalachian communities, organizations and individuals obtain the skills, knowledge and resources necessary to strengthen their local economies.
Offerings include training and funding access, with special emphasis on serving Appalachia’s most economically distressed counties.
READY Local Governments
READY Local Governments helps local government officials better identify, secure, manage and implement federally funded economic development projects.
READY Grants to Grow
READY Grants to Grow is an ARC funding opportunity that helps Appalachian organizations strengthen their local economies – now and into the future.
READY Community Foundations
READY Community Foundations helps participants strengthen operations and programming to advance local economies.
READY Nonprofits
READY Nonprofits helps nonprofit executives, staff and board members build skills to better fulfill organizational missions and uplift economies.
READY LDDs
READY LDDs helps Appalachian local development districts enhance efficiencies to plan and implement economic and community development projects.
