Five for Friday: January 20, 2023

Curated by WNDD…This edition of Five for Friday focuses on opportunities for economic development around the region in the areas of professional education, grant processes, the arts, training, revitalization and conservation.

WNDD Summit – January 30th & 31st!

“Show Me the Money: How to Get your Next Grant”

Join Us… for our 2023 Summit and explore the complicated world of grants, grant writing and more. The events start on January 30th with the Reception Dinner and all are invited to attend. The one-day Summit on January 31st offers attendees the opportunity to learn from, and engage with grant experts from around the country.

January 30th
Reception Dinner: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

January 31st
Registration and Coffee: 8:00 am to 9:00 am
Summit: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Where:
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
Grand Ballrooms 5,6 and 7

Registration Fee:
Members – Dinner and Full Summit $25
Non Members – Dinner and Full Summit $75
Dinner Only – $50

Hotel Information:
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
Group rate of $114/night
800.723.6500
Code: WNDD Members Summit

Summit Information

Summit Schedule

Registration

Grants for Arts Projects

Grants for Arts Projects is the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) largest grants program for organizations, providing comprehensive and expansive funding opportunities for communities. Applicants may request cost share/matching grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. Designated local arts agencies eligible to subgrant may request from $30,000 to $150,000 for subgranting programs in the Local Arts Agencies discipline. Through project-based funding, the program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector.

NEA welcomes applications from a variety of eligible organizations, including first-time applicants; from organizations serving communities of all sizes, including rural and urban areas; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets. Art projects are funded in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Arts, Theater, and Visual Arts.

First Deadline: February 9, 2023
See Artistic Disciplines Link Below for Additional Deadlines

Eligible Organizations

Artistic Disciplines

YouthBuild for Skills Training and Community Service

The Department of Labor’s YouthBuild awards grants through a competitive process to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The YouthBuild program model prepares participants for quality jobs in a variety of careers, including infrastructure, and contains wrap-around services such as mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, and employment – all key strategies for addressing community violence.

YouthBuild applicants must include construction skills training and may include occupational skills training in other in-demand industries. Key aspects of the YouthBuild service delivery model include meaningful partnership and collaboration with the public workforce development system, education and human services systems, and labor and industry partners. Grant awards range from $700,000 to $1.5 million based on number of participants.

Application Deadline: February 7, 2023

YouthBuild NOFO

YouthBuild Program Information

Bringing HOPE to Main Streets

The HOPE VI Main Street Program provides grants to communities smaller than 50,000 in population to assist in the renovation of a historic, traditional central business district, or “Main Street” area by replacing unused, obsolete, commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. The obsolete building space property may be publicly or privately owned. Eligible applicants are county governments, city or township governments, and special district governments.

The objectives of the program are to:

• Redevelop central business districts (Main Street areas);
• Preserve historic or traditional Main Street area properties by replacing unused commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units;
• Enhance economic development efforts in Main Street areas; and
• Provide affordable housing in Main Street areas.

Project funding is set at $500,000 through this NOFO.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2023

Hope VI Main Street Program

Land and Water Conservation Fund Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program

The U.S. Department of Interior’s National Park Service offers grants to states, and through states to local units of government and federally-recognized Indian tribes, for projects that will provide outdoor recreation opportunities to the public through the acquisition of lands and waters for parks and other outdoor recreation areas, as well as through the development of new, or the renovation of existing, outdoor recreation facilities.

The competition will prioritize the selection of projects that:

• provide new recreational opportunities, particularly those that will increase access to nature’s benefits, such as green spaces, shady areas (via tree cover), and natural landscapes that help cool the air and reduce urban heat island effects, reduce pollution, and have positive effects on mental and physical health;
• empowered and engaged members of the target community in the project development and design of the plans for the park;
• create or expand public-private partnerships that leverage matching share resources (e.g., money or donations of land, supplies, or services, etc.);
• benefit from a high degree of coordination among the public, multiple levels of government, and the private sector; and
• advance goals of, or meet, priority recreation needs identified in numerous local, regional, state plans and/or initiatives.

Awards will range from $300,000 to $10 million.

Application Deadline: March 31, 2023

Land and Water Conservation Fund

WNDD Summit – Register Today! – January 30 and 31, 2023

“Show Me the Money: How to Get your Next Grant”

Join Us… for our 2023 Summit and explore the complicated world of grants, grant writing and more. The events start on January 30th with the Reception Dinner and all are invited to attend. The one-day Summit on January 31st offers attendees the opportunity to learn from, and engage with grant experts from around the country.

January 30th
Reception Dinner: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

January 31st
Registration and Coffee: 8:00 am to 9:00 am
Summit: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Where:
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
Grand Ballrooms 5,6 and 7

Registration Fee:
Members – Dinner and Full Summit $25
Non Members – Dinner and Full Summit $75
Dinner Only – $50

Hotel Information:
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
Group rate of $114/night
800.723.6500
Code: WNDD Members Summit

Five for Friday: January 6, 2023

Five for Friday: Grant Opportunities and More!

Curated by: The Western Nevada Development District…

This edition of Five for Friday focuses on opportunities for economic development around the region in the areas of professional education, grant processes, social justice and infrastructure.

Grant Opportunities & More

WNDD Summit – Save the Date

January 30 and 31, 2023

WNDD Summit “Show Me the Money: How to Get your Next Grant”

Join Us…

For our 2023 Summit and explore the complicated world of grants, grant writing and more. The events start on January 30th with the Reception Dinner and all are invited to attend. The one-day Summit on January 31st offers attendees the opportunity to learn from, and engage with grant experts from around the country.

January 30th
Reception Dinner: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

January 31st
Registration and Coffee: 8:00 am to 9:00 am
Summit: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Where:
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
Grand Ballrooms 5,6 and 7

Registration Fee:
Members – Dinner and Full Summit $25
Non Members – Dinner and Full Summit $75
Dinner Only – $50

Registration begins January 11th. Visit WNDD.org.

Rural Renewable Energy Grants and Loans

SDA Rural Development will make $300 million available under the Rural Energy for America Program to expand renewable energy and support energy-efficiency projects. The program provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Agricultural producers may also apply for new energy efficient equipment and new system loans for agricultural production and processing.

Funding includes $250 million provided by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Two significant changes include an increase in the maximum grant share from 25% to 40% of total project cost and an increase of maximum grant amounts from $250,000 to $500,000 for energy efficiency projects and an increase from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for renewable energy systems.

Who may apply for this program?
• Agricultural producers with at least 50 percent of their gross income coming from agricultural operations.
• Small businesses in eligible rural areas. .

Technical Assistance Application Deadline: January 31, 2023
Grant Application Deadline: March 31, 2023
Loan Guarantee Deadline: Open All Year

Rural Energy for America Program

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grants

Federal Emergency Management Agency grants support pre-disaster mitigation activities to build capacity to help identify mitigation actions and implement projects that reduce risks posed by natural hazards. FEMA’s BRIC grant program give states, local communities, tribes and territories funding to address future risks to natural disasters, including ones involving: wildfires, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, extreme heat, and flooding. Addressing these risks helps make communities more resilient. In addition to providing funding, the BRIC program offers help to communities in the form of non-financial Direct Technical Assistance that can provide holistic hazard mitigation planning and project support.

Application Deadline: January 27, 2023

BRIC Program

 

EPA’s Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Implementation Plan Needs Your Input: Nevada Session January 9, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 will host four listening sessions on Zoom to discuss the Region’s draft Fiscal Year 2023 Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Implementation Plan. Regional Administrator, Martha Guzman, will provide an overview of the Region’s priorities and welcome public input. Members of the public are invited to join any session, but three of the four sessions will have a geographic focus. Spanish language interpretation will be provided. Please RSVP for connection information and identifying other accessibility needs.

Zoom Listening Nevada Session: January 9, 2023 at 2:00 pm PT

EPA Region 9: Pacific Southwest

Listening Session Registration

Building Better Transportation Infrastructure

The U.S. Department of Transportation has $1.5 billion in grant funding made available through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. RAISE discretionary grants help project sponsors at the State and local levels, including municipalities, Tribal governments, counties, and others complete in critical freight and passenger transportation infrastructure projects.

In 2022, RAISE funded 166 projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This year’s Notice of Funding Opportunity builds on the success of the RAISE program as authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by refining the rating rubric and continuing to give priority to safety, environmental sustainability, mobility and community connectivity, and quality of life.

Additionally, projects designated “Reconnecting Extra” during the new FY 2022 Reconnecting Communities Program (RCP) competition and submitted for consideration under the FY 2023 RAISE NOFO will have a greater opportunity to be advanced during the FY 2023 RAISE evaluation process, as described in the NOFO.

Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
Selections Announced No Later Than: June 28, 2023

RAISE Program

Reconnecting Communities Program