NBRC LDD Resource Library

LDD Guidance Documents

General

• LDD Starter Kit: How to Become a Local Development District with NBRC
• Role of Regional Organizations in NBRC Grant Administration
• When Can LDDs Begin to Access NBRC Funds?
• LDD Network LinkedIn Group Instructions
• Sample LDD Contract (2025 projects and forward)
• LDD Guidance: PNTP Decision Tree
• LDD Guidance: NEPA Approval Roles
• LDD Guidance: Project Kickoff Meetings

GMS

• LDD Grant Management System Support Toolkit
• LDD Support Tab And LDD Review Guidance
• Grantee Guidance: Giving Record Access to LDD - send this document to your grantee to assist them in giving you records access in the GMS
• Changing a Grantee's LDD Contact in the GMS

Common Forms Instructions:
Lean on any of these form instructions/samples to help your grantees correctly fill out their forms. To find any of the below, please go to Grant Administration page and Ctrl+F to search. 

• PPR Guidance
• SF 270 Instructions
• Reimbursement Tracker
• SF 425 Instructions
• Sample 1002 Certification of Match and Cost Share

LDD Trainings

2025:

• Reflecting Back, Focusing Forward (November 2025): Recording | Slides
• How to Assist a Grantee through the NTP Stage (August 2025): Recording | Slides
• NBRC/USDA Rural Development Partnership Program (May 2025): Recording | Slides
• Reviewing Reports and Forms for Pre and Post 2024 Projects (March 2025): Recording  |  Slides

2024:

• LDD Peer Learning Roundtable (July 2024): Recording
  (Please Note: this training consisted mostly of break out room discussions, which we were not able to record. At minute 18:30, you can listen to a high-level report out of the conversations.
• GMS Best Practices and Application Review Considerations (October 2024): Recording  |  Slides

2023:

• LDD Overview and Reimbursement Process (March 2023): Recording  |  Slides
• NEPA, PNTP and NTP (July 2023): Recording  |  Slides
• BABAA and Procurement (September 2023): Recording  |   Slides
• Theres a Form for That! (December 2023): Recording  |  Slides

LDD Grants Management System Trainings 

• Creating a GMS Account as an SME User (March 2024): Recording  |  SME Account Creating and Troubleshooting Instructions
• Reviewing Applications as an LDD (April 2024): Recording  |  LDD Support Tab And LDD Review Guidance

Additional Program Material:

For additional material outlining information about our programs, please visit NBRC's Media Kit page.