Grants From The Department of Commerce

by: Michael Saunders

What do you usually think about upon hearing the phrase Department of Commerce? Does it make you think about fancy business-related agendas? Or does it make you think about money and the economy?

In this article, you will discover the services offered by the Department of Commerce as well the different programs that could potentially help you in which ever way possible.

In the fiscal year 1903, the United States Government created the Department of Commerce, also known as DOC.

The Department of Commerce was initially created to manage and regulate the country's economy. The mission of the DOC is to "promote job creation and improved living standards for all Americans by creating an infrastructure that promotes economic growth, technological competitiveness, and sustainable development."

In line with this mission, the Department of Commerce has been running grant programs that will eventually help them achieve their goals and objectives, and at the same time assist the public in their business and non-business related endeavors.

Most of these programs are administered through the different agencies of the DOC, specifically:

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About The Author Michael Saunders is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. He also maintains Websites providing resources on environmental grants and grants for youth programs.

Additional Resources

category - Applying for a Grant

National Endowment for the Humanities: National Digital Newspaper Program
The goal of the National Digital Newspaper Program is to crate a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between the years 1836 and 1922, from all of the States and its territories.

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Grants From The Department of Labor
The Department of Labor was primarily created to nurture, promote and develop the welfare of job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States of America, as well as to improve the country's working conditions, advance employment opportunities and ascertain work-related rights and benefits.

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Health Resources and Services Administration's Licensure Portability Grant Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration has constituted the Licensure Portability Grant Program (LPGP) wherein they aim to improve the experience of State licensing boards that have manifested a credible record in implementing cross-border activities in order to help overcome licensure barriers in the provision of telemedicine services across various States.

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Department of Agriculture: Value Added Producer Grants
The Value-Added Producer Grants program is geared towards helping the Independent Producers of Agricultural Commodities, Agriculture Producer Groups, Farmer and Rancher Cooperatives, and Majority-Controlled Producer-Based Business Ventures in developing techniques that would create marketing opportunities and establish business plans involving viable marketing opportunities that involve the production of bio-based products from agricultural commodities.

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