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Program Type 

In addition to categorizing programs by state agency, the WEDi Toolbox also lists programs by program type: Tax credits; Grants programs; and Loan programs. 

Program List

Grants Programs

WEDC
Brownfield Site Assessment Grant (SAG) 
Brownfields Grant Program
Community Development Investment Grant 
Capacity Building Grants Program 
Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) Grant Program 
Idle Sites Redevelopment (ISR) Program
Capital Catalyst Program 
Entrepreneurship Partner Grant (EPG)
SBIR/STTR Matching Grant Program 
ExporTech
Global Business Development (GBD) Program
 

DATCP
Dairy Processor Grants 
Export Expansion Grants 
Meat Processor Infrastructure Grants 
WI Specialty Cost Share Program 
WI Specialty Crop Block Grant Program 


DOA
CDBG Economic Development (CDBG-ED)
CDBG Emergency Assistance Program (CDBG-EAP)
CDBG Planning (CDBG-PLNG)
CDBG Public Facility - Economic Development (CDBG-PFED)
CDBG Small Cities Housing Program 
Emergency Solutions, Housing Assistance, and Homeless Protection Programs (EHH)


DOT
Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) Program 
Harbor Assistance Program (HAP)
Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
Elderly and Disabled Transportation Capital Assistance Program 
The Urban Mass Transit Operating Assistance Program 
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
WI Employment Transportation Assistance Program (WETAP)


DNR
Ready-for-Reuse Hazardous Substance Programs 
Ready-for-Reuse Petroleum Programs
Regular Urban Forestry Grants 
Urban Forestry Startup grants 
Urban Forestry Catastrophic Storm Grants 
Municipal Flood Control Grant Program 
Wisconsin Assessment Monies (WAP)


DWD
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Incentive Grants 
Youth Apprenticeship Grants 
Wisconsin Fast Forward Grants 
On-the-Job Training (OJT)


Tourism
Tourist Information Center (TIC) Grant Program 
Ready, Set, Go! (RSG) Grant Program 
Meetings Mean Business! (MMB) Grants Program 


PSC
Energy Innovation Grant Program (EIGP)
Nonprofit Access Grant Program 
State Broadband Expansion Grants 
Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Grant Program 


 

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Tax Credit, Deferrals, or Exclusion Programs

WEDC
Business Development Tax Credit 
Data Center Sales and Use Tax Exemption Program 
The Enterprise Zone (EZ) Program 
Historic Preservation Tax Credit (HTC) Program 
Qualified New Business Venture (QNBV) Certification


WHEDA
Housing Tax Credits 

DWD
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)

DOR
Deferral/Exclusion of Long-Term Capital Gains 
Community Rehabilitation Program Credit 
Research Expense Credit 
Capital Gain Exclusion 
Sales and Use Tax Exemption
Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit


Loan Programs 
WEDC
Technology Development Loan (TDL) Program
 

WHEDA
The Advantage home Improvement Loan Program 
Advantage Conventional Homestyle Renovation
Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Program 
Rental Housing Development (RHD)


DOT
Freight Railroad Infrastructure Improvement Program 
The State Infrastructure (SIB) Program


Department of Rural Prosperity
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program 

Technical Assistance Programs
WEDC
Connect Communities
Wisconsin Main Street
Certified Sites Program
Global Trade Ventures


DOT
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program

Bond Program 
WEDC
Industrial Revenue Bonding (IRB) Program

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