BUSY for Sure!

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WNDD Member Mineral County Busy Promoting Community and Economic Development

Kyle Isom, Mineral County Director of Parks and Recreation, said, “We have been staying busy for sure.” Many exciting projects are being identified, explored and underway. The latest update:

Baseball/Softball Field

The County has started rebuilding the baseball/softball field on Armory Rd. Installation of 200 feet of slatted chain link fencing and 60,000 sq ft of hydroseeding is complete. In the near future, the County will install the remaining 186 feet of fence, a 14 foot access gate, new infield dirt and bases.

The Stock Car Track

On March 13th, the Stock Car Board, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, was officially established. The county’s goal is to complete work on the Stock Car venue by year’s end and have racing in Hawthorne in 2024. Currently, the land survey to divide parcels has been complete and 8 sets of bleachers were donated to the track. The track will be available for daytime racing only until lighting can be acquired.

Golf Course

Mineral County has adopted the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot’s golf course. The course is in need of maintenance and efforts are underway to restore usage. The County has identified funding for the hydroseed project and will continue to work to improve the condition of the course.

Rodeo Grounds

The County is exploring bringing rodeos back to Hawthorne. While the ballfields are the top priority at the moment, review of the Rodeo Grounds is underway. Some of the items that will need to be addressed include: rebuilding the announcer booth, new dirt, shared use of bleachers with the Stock Car Association and bucking chutes.

The entire Mineral County team is working hard to identify appropriate grants and funding for more projects on the radar.

Share What’s on Your Community’s Radar! Email: CBrandon@wndd.org.

(Photo Source: Hawthorne Little League)

Five for Friday: March 17, 2023

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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 infrastructure, capacity building, climate change and public safety.

Grant Opportunities & More

Applications Open for First Round of $2.5 Billion Program to Build EV Charging in Communities & Neighborhoods Nationwide

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program, offers up to $700 million from Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 to strategically deploy electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and other alternative fueling infrastructure projects in urban and rural communities in publicly accessible locations, including downtown areas and local neighborhoods, particularly in underserved and disadvantaged communities.

Eligible applicants include:

• States or political subdivision of States
• Metropolitan planning organizations
• Unit of local governments
• Special purpose districts or public authorities with a transportation function, including port authorities
• Indian tribes
• Authorities, agencies, or instrumentalities or entities owned by, one or more entities listed above

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law divides the CFI Program into two distinct grant funding categories, and requires that 50% of the funding over five years is made available for each:

• The Community Program will provide $1.25 billion to strategically deploy publicly accessible EV charging infrastructure, and hydrogen, propane, or natural gas fueling infrastructure in communities. Infrastructure may be located on any public road or in other publicly accessible locations such as parking facilities at public buildings, public schools, and public parks, or in publicly accessible parking facilities owned or managed by a private entity.

• The Corridor Program will provide $1.25 billion to strategically deploy publicly accessible EV charging infrastructure and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling infrastructure along designated alternative fuel corridors (AFCs).

Eligible applicants and projects for both categories are outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

Application Deadline: May 30, 2023

CFI NOFO

EDA Pilot Program Helps Build Up Distressed Communities

The U.S Economic Development Administration is requesting the public’s input on the Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program (Recompete Pilot Program).

The program is an economic development initiative that will provide grant funding to distressed communities across the country to create and connect workers to good jobs and support long-term comprehensive economic development by helping to reduce the high, prime-age (25 to 54 years of age) employment gap.

This new authority allows EDA to:
• Target persistently economically distressed areas to support long-term, comprehensive and sustainable economic development and job creation/placement
• Award grants to support development or implementation of an eligible recipient’s Recompete Plan

RFI Deadline: March 27, 2023

Recompete Pilot Program

Humanities Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Challenge Programs is accepting applications for Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Capital Projects.

Capital Projects support the purchase, design, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities for humanities activities. This includes costs related to planning as well as the purchase and installation of related moveable and permanently affixed equipment for exhibiting, maintaining, monitoring, and protecting collections (whether on exhibit or in storage), and for critical building systems, such as electrical, heating ventilation and air conditioning, security, life safety, lighting, utilities, telecommunications, and energy management.

Projects are financed through a combination of federal matching funds and related fundraising from nonfederal third parties. Proposals must enhance the institution’s long-term impact on the humanities and build on careful strategic planning.

Application Deadline: May 17, 2023

NEH Grant

Environmental and Climate Justice Program

EPA is seeking public input on the new Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) program that will distribute $3 billion in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding through grants and technical assistance. This Request for Information (RFI) related to the ECJ Grant Program, requests comments on multiple aspects of the program including, but not limited to:

• ECJ Program Design
• Types of Projects to Fund
• Reducing Application Barriers
• Reporting and Oversight
• Technical Assistance

Response Deadline: April 10, 2023

Environmental and Climate Justice Program

RFI Response

Grants to Prevent Drowning and Save Lives

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will award up to a total of $3.5 million in two-year grants to assist jurisdictions in reducing deaths and injuries from drowning and drain entrapment incidents in pools and spas. The “Pool Safely” Grant Program (PSGP) is a part of CPSC’s national campaign to make drowning and drain entrapment prevention a critical public safety priority.

Applicants must be a state, local government, Indian Tribe or U. S. Territory.

Application Deadline: April 30, 2023

PSGP Grant Program

PSGP FAQs

PSGP Flyer

Homeland Security Grant Webinars

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FEMA Grant to Provide $1.12 billion in Funding Support

Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) invites all HSGP stakeholders (inclusive of the State Homeland Security Program, Urban Area Security Initiative, and Operation Stonegarden) to participate in one or more of the upcoming technical assistance webinars regarding a variety of policy changes associated with the fiscal year (FY) 2023 HSGP. The FY 2023 HSGP will provide $1.12 billion in funding support to state, local, and territorial governments for security-related activities to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to terrorist attacks.


• Tuesday, March 14th: 2-3pm ET – General FY 2023 HSGP Webinar
• Thursday, March 23rd: 2-3pm ET – Election Security National Priority Area
• Tuesday, March 28th: 2-3pm ET – Cybersecurity National Priority Area
• Thursday, April 6th: 2-3pm ET – Updated Controlled Equipment Policy
• Tuesday, April 11th: 2-3pm ET – Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) Implications for HSGP

Homeland Security Grant Program

Webinar: March 14th

Webinar: March 23rd

Webinar: March 28th

Webinar: April 6th

Webinar: April 11th

Five for Friday: February 17, 2023

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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 recreation, business accelerators, farming and the arts.

Grant Opportunities & More

Expanding Recreation Economies Across Rural America
Federal Agencies Partnering to Create New Tools and Resources

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced in mid-January that it will create a plan to expand recreation economies to help people thrive across rural America. The USDA Rural Development, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and U.S. Forest Service will partner to develop an annual plan to expand economic opportunities related to recreation in communities surrounding America’s national forests. The annual plan will outline the ways the agencies will partner to conduct program outreach, host informational sessions and workshops, and develop toolkits to help people access the resources they need to thrive in recreation economies.

The agencies will also:

  1. Provide technical and planning assistance to help local, state and Tribal leaders develop regional economic development plans that advance recreation economies
  2. Provide funding under Rural Development and NIFA programs to help U.S. Forest Service gateway communities expand resilient recreation infrastructure and business development projects that create jobs
  3. Develop and maintain strategic partnerships

USDA Rural Development Stakeholder Announcement

USDA RISE Grant Program: From Innovation Centers to Job Accelerators

The Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, support industry clusters and maximize the use of local productive assets in eligible low-income rural areas.

RISE grant funds can be used to:

• Build or support a business incubator facility
• Provide worker training to assist in the creation of new jobs
• Train the existing workforce with skills for higher-paying jobs
• Develop a base of skilled workers and improve their opportunities to obtain high-wage jobs in new or existing local industries

The RISE project must serve a rural region small enough to allow close collaboration among partners. It also must include important elements of the region’s prioritized industry cluster (concentrations of related industries).

Grant amounts are awarded competitively with a minimum of $500,000 and a maximum grant amount of $2,000,000.

Application Deadline: April 20, 2023

RISE Grant Program

Farmers Market Promotion Program Promotes Farm-to-Table Initiatives

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year 2023 Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP). FMPP’s purpose is to support the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer markets to increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products. FMPP achieves this goal through the creation, coordination, and delivery of outreach, training, and technical assistance to domestic farmers markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture programs, agritourism activities, online sales or other direct producer-to-consumer (including direct producer-to-retail, direct producer-to-restaurant and direct producer-to-institutional marketing) market opportunities.

Approximately $15.4 million is available to fund FMPP applications under this solicitation. FMPP Capacity Building projects range from $50,000 to $250,000, while Community Development Training and Technical Assistance projects range from $100,000 to $500,000.

Application Deadline: May 2, 2023
Webinar: March 15, 2023 at 10 am PT

2023 Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP)

Webinar

Nevada BLM Visitor Services Partnerships

The BLM’s Recreation and Visitor Services Program oversees a broad and complex set of recreation related programs, which provide a multitude of recreation opportunities and experiences. These recreation resources and visitor services support strong local economies and public land conservation. BLM Nevada has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist with the following:

• Increase and enhance access to BLM public lands and waters
• Increase and enhance recreational opportunities
• Enhance public satisfaction at BLM recreation sites and areas
• Collect visitor and recreation resource data by conducting inventories and visitor assessments
• Conduct inventory, monitoring, data management, assessment, planning on BLM public lands and waters
• Provide enriched visitor services information, interpretation and education, including websites
• Protect visitor health and safety
• Improve accessibility for persons with disabilities
• Improve motorized and non-motorized trails including trail construction and maintenance, comprehensive travel and transportation inventory and assessment

Program funding totals $1.6 million with awards ranging from $20,000 to $750,000.

Eligible institutions include, state and local governments, non-profits and Native American Tribal Governments.

Application Deadline: April 10, 2023

NOFO: Nevada BLM Recreation and Visitor Services Program

Challenge America Bolsters Arts Programs to the Underserved

The National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America offers support primarily to small organizations for projects in all artistic disciplines that extend the reach of the arts to groups/communities with rich and dynamic artistic and cultural contributions to share that are underserved. Challenge America features an abbreviated application, a robust structure of technical assistance, and grants for a set amount of $10,000. Grants require a cost share/match of $10,000 consisting of cash and/or in-kind contributions. Total project costs must be at least $20,000 or greater.

Challenge America supports arts projects in all artistic disciplines, including 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.

Possible projects include, but are not limited to: arts programming, including commissioning or presentation of artists or artwork; marketing and promotional activities; and organizational planning.

This category may be a good entry point for organizations that are new to applying for federal funding.

Application Deadline: April 27, 2023

Challenge America Bolsters Arts Programs

Microloan Program Rollout Features $5.3 million In Financing for Nevada’s Small Businesses

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A Critical Investment in the Community Lending Ecosystem!

Nevada is the first state in the nation to launch a novel Microloan program under the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) featuring a newly developed refinancing mechanism to strengthen Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) lending to small businesses.

Battle Born Growth Microloan, overseen by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), will receive $5.3 million for the first three-year tranche and nearly $16 million in total. The program works to support small businesses from traditionally underserved communities. It partners with mission-driven lenders such as CDFIs.

Small Businesses seeking less than $250,000 in financing are encouraged to consult the dedicated website at NVSmallBiz/Microloans. The website contains a matching platform created in partnership with Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF). On this platform, small businesses will be matched with participating lenders.

At the launch, the following CDFIs and community lenders are participating: Rural Nevada Development Corporation (RNDC), MoFi, NDC, CRF, and Access Community Capital.

The Nevada Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will be providing free assistance with credit counseling, financial statements, business planning, general business guidance, and more. Lenders will be offering fixed-rate loans up to $250,000 with rates from (currently) 8.75%-11.75% depending on terms. Length of loans can range from between three and six years.

The Microloan Program was built by and for non-profit community lenders so they can increase their capacity to serve the state’s un-banked small businesses This is a critical investment in the community lending ecosystem that will drastically increase access to credit for businesses who are often left behind.

NV Small Biz Microloans

This Just In! Access to More Speaker Presentations

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WNDD Summit Gives the Latest in Grant Information

An abundance of insight in to the world of grants was shared with attendees at the WNDD 2023 Summit. So much so, that we want to share a few more guest speaker presentations in case you missed something. They are perfect reference tools as you work towards getting that next grant for your community.

WEP and CF Programs: Gus Wegren, USDA RD

Business and Cooperatives Programs: Chandler Allen, USDA RD

USDA RD Rural Development Programs & NV Contacts

Brownfields & Other Programs: Lisa Hanusiak, Brownfields PM

WNDD Summit

What You Missed at the WNDD Summit!

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Guest Speakers Provide Access to Summit Presentations

Representatives from entities all over the WNDD region were in attendance at the 2023 WNDD Summit held on January 30th and January 31st, 2023 at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno. Attendees learned the latest grant writing, management tools and techniques from a wide range of speakers representing state, federal and private organizations working in the grant sector.

Many thanks to the guest speakers and sponsors of this worthwhile event. The Summit could not have happened without your support.

Some guest speakers have provided access to their Summit presentations and are available here, and at WNDD.org.

WNDD Introduction: Chris Brandon, WNDD Executive Director

The Roadmap to Grant Success: Don Vetter, Vetter PR, Inc.

Grants 101: Nicole Kelleher and Mayita Sanchez, OFA

Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG): Jessica Sanders, CDBG Program Administrator

WNDD Summit

Five for Friday: February 3, 2023

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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 rural services, business development, infrastructure and food security.

Grant Opportunities & More

From Fire Trucks to Telemedicine: USDA Program Bolsters Rural Community Services

The USDA’s Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings. Examples of essential community facilities include:

• Health care facilities such as hospitals, medical clinics, dental clinics, nursing homes or assisted living facilities
• Public facilities such as town halls, courthouses, airport hangars or street improvements.
• Community support services such as childcare centers, community centers, fairgrounds or transitional housing
• Public safety services such as fire departments, police stations, prisons, police vehicles, fire trucks, public works vehicles or equipment
• Educational services such as museums, libraries or private schools
• Utility services such as telemedicine or distance learning equipment
• Local food systems such as community gardens, food pantries, community kitchens, food banks, food hubs or greenhouses

Application Deadline: Open

Fact Sheet

Rural Business Development Grants

USDA Rural Development program designed to provide technical assistance and training for small rural businesses that have fewer than 50 new workers and less than $1 million in gross revenue. Uses include project planning/feasibility study, business incubators, land acquisition, leadership and entrepreneur training.

Contact your state to learn about local application timelines, concept paper requirements.

Application Deadline: February 28, 2023

State Contacts

Federal Register

Local Foods, Local Places Toolkit: A Guide to Help Communities Revitalize Using Local Food Systems

Nationwide, consumers are growing more interested in getting foods from producers in the same geographic region through farmers markets, community-supported agriculture, farm-to-school programs, and similar initiatives. Strong interest from communities prompted a group of federal agencies to offer assistance with a community-driven planning process that explores how to use the benefits of local foods to help revitalize downtowns and neighborhoods.

The resulting Local Foods, Local Places Program presented by the U.S. EPA helps communities create action plans that chart a course for using local foods to help meet a broad range of community goals. The program and its predecessor, Livable Communities in Appalachia, has worked with more than 80 communities since 2014.

Local Foods Local Places Program

Program Background: Livable Communities in Appalachia

Local Foods Toolkit

National Roadway Safety Strategy Grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) is a discretionary program with $5 billion in appropriated funds over the next 5 years. The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. This week, U.S. Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, announced $800 million in grant awards for 510 projects through the first round of funding for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.

Activities are eligible for the SS4A program:

• Develop or update a comprehensive safety action plan (Action Plan)
• Conduct planning, design, and development activities in support of an Action Plan
• Carry out projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan

Round 2 of grant funding is expected to open in April 2023

Award Announcement and Selected Projects

National Roadway Safety Strategy Grants

Conserve and Improve Wildlife Habitat

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) Program is a voluntary, incentive-based program that provides direct technical assistance and financial assistance in the form of cooperative and grant agreements to private landowners to restore and conserve fish and wildlife habitat for the benefit of federal trust resources. Current U.S. Fish and Wildlife partners include farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, recreational landowners, corporations, local governments and universities. Priority goes to projects judged likely to provide habitat for rare, threatened and endangered species. Projects have a minimum duration of 10 years. In addition to private landowners, we partner with other federal agencies, state agencies and non-governmental organizations to complete projects on private lands. Maximum grant awards of $750,000.

Review all program information and contact your state Fish and Wildlife biologist BEFORE developing or submitting an application.

Program Contact Information

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

Notice of Funding: Fish and Wildlife Program

Five for Friday: January 20, 2023

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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

Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) 2023

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Program helps communities carry out projects with significant local or regional impact

The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $1.5 billion in grant funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program for 2023. The popular program helps communities around the country carry out projects with significant local or regional impact.

RAISE discretionary grants help project sponsors at the State and local levels, including municipalities, Tribal governments, counties, and others complete critical freight and passenger transportation infrastructure projects. The eligibility requirements of RAISE allow project sponsors to obtain funding for projects that are harder to support through other U.S. DOT grant programs.

Recent examples of funded projects include a critical bridge replacement in Tucson, new berth construction at Port Tampa Bay, a new pontoon bridge in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and a new snowmelt system in Berlin, New Hampshire. The Department is encouraging applicants to consider how their projects can address climate change, ensure racial equity, and remove barriers to opportunity.

The Department also intends to use the RAISE program to support wealth creation and the creation of good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union, the incorporation of strong labor standards, and training and placement programs, especially registered apprenticeships.

Application Deadline: February 28, 2023, 8:59 PM PT
Selection Announcements: no later than June 28, 2023

2022 Awarded Projects

NOFO