- Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) - Deadline Sept. 28, 2023
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The Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) has released a joint Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) and Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) programs, which will combine two major discretionary grants into one NOFO. Together, this combined program will be known as the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Program. While they remain separate programs for the purposes of award, the programs share many common characteristics, including:
- Prioritizing disadvantaged communities.
- Aiming to improve access to daily needs such as jobs, education, healthcare, food and recreation.
- Fostering equitable development and restoration.
- Reconnecting communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access or economic development.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: Sept. 28, 2023
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- Neighborhood Access and Equity (NA Program) - Deadline Sept. 28, 2023
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Federal funding opportunity from the Department of Transportation
The primary goal of the NAE Program is to assist economically disadvantaged or undeserved communities for planning and construction activities. Funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 NAE grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning, capital construction, and regional partnership activities that aim to restore community connectivity through the removal, retrofit, mitigation or replacement of highways, roadways, or other infrastructure facilities that create barriers to mobility, access or economic development.
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Applicants must submit their applications via Valid Eval at the links below:
Deadline: Sept. 28, 2023
Do not submit applications through Grants.gov.
- African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund - Deadline Oct. 10, 2023
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New funding opportunity from the Department of the Interior
The National Park Service’s (NPS) African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) will document, interpret, and preserve the sites and stories of the full history of the African American struggle to gain equal rights as citizens from the transatlantic slave trade forward. The NPS 2008 report, Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, will serve as a guide in determining the appropriateness of proposed projects and properties.
AACR Preservation Grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), administered by the NPS, and will fund a broad range of preservation projects for historic sites including: architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to structures.
Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match. There are separate funding announcements for physical preservation projects and for historical research/documentation projects.
Deadline: Oct. 10, 2023
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- Energy Improvement in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) Fixed Award - Deadline Oct. 12, 2023
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Federal funding opportunity from the Department of Energy
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) authorizes DOE to invest $1 billion in energy improvements in rural or remote areas. DOE’s Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) Program is managed by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). OCED will provide financial investment, technical assistance, and other resources to advance clean energy demonstrations and energy solutions that benefit rural and remote communities.
ERA aims to fund clean energy projects with three specific goals: 1. Deliver measurable benefits to energy customers in rural or remote areas by funding replicable energy projects that lower energy costs, improve energy access and resilience, and/or reduce environmental harm; 2. Support new rural or remote energy system models using climate-resilient technologies, business structures that promote economic resilience, new financing mechanisms, and/or new community engagement practices; and 3. Build clean energy knowledge, capacity, and self-reliance in rural America.
This FOA provides $50 million in Federal funding and is designed to support small community-driven clean energy projects requiring $500,000 to $5 million in Federal funding.
NOTE: Applicants must submit a Pre-Application by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Only successful pre-applicants will be invited to complete a more detailed full application.
Deadline: October 12
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- HOPE VI Main Street Grant Program - Deadline Oct. 12, 2023
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HOPE VI Main Street Grant Program; federal Funding Opportunity from the Department of Housing and Urban Development
The purpose of the HOPE VI Main Street Program is to provide grants to small communities to assist in the renovation of an historic or traditional central business district, or “Main Street” area, by replacing unused, obsolete, commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. 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.
Main Street grant funds can be used to build new affordable housing or reconfigure obsolete or surplus commercial space (or extremely substandard, vacant housing) into affordable housing units. The grant funds cannot be used on general infrastructure or commercial development. Main Street housing units must be affordable to the initial residents that occupy the Main Street housing project, as described in the Use Restrictions section of this NOFA. The funds in the NOFA must be used to assist Units of Local Government that have existing Main Street area rejuvenation projects and meet the population and public housing unit limits stated in the Eligibility section of this NOFA.
Deadline: October 12, 2023
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- Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants - Deadline Nov. 15, 2023
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Federal funding opportunity from Missouri state parks
Maximum available funding of $500,000 per project. Grants open to any Missouri local government, city and county, and public school. Eligible project examples include (but are not limited to): playgrounds, ball fields, pools and water parks, archery and shooting ranges, camping facilities, picnic areas, golf courses, boating and fishing facilities, trails, passive areas.
Complete an electronic application available at the linked website. A draft application may be emailed to mspgrants@dnr.mo.gov by Oct. 11, 2023, for a courtesy review by staff. Final application packets must include two hard copies of the application plus all supporting documents. Mail packets to: Missouri State Parks, Grants Management, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or 1659 E. Elm St, Jefferson City, MO 65101.
Deadline: November 15, 2023
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- Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants - Deadline Dec. 1, 2023
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Federal funding opportunity from the Environmental Protection Agency.
This notice announces the availability of funds under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program and solicits applications from eligible entities to incentivize and accelerate the upgrading or retirement of the nation’s legacy diesel engine fleet. Eligible activities include the retrofit or replacement of existing diesel engines, vehicles and equipment with EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) certified engine configurations and verified retrofit and idle reduction technologies.
EPA anticipates awarding a total of approximately $115 million under this NOFO: $58 million in FY 2022 funding and $57 million in FY 2023 funding; it is anticipated that approximately 4-10 cooperative agreements will be made per each of EPA’s ten regions subject to the availability of funds, the quantity and quality of applications received, and other considerations.
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2023
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- Fostering Forestry: A Plan to Advance the Health and Wellness of Urban Forests in Olathe, Kansas - Deadline: Dec. 31, 2023
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Funding opportunity from the city of Olathe, Kansas
This project seeks to promote the health and well-being of the community by implementing a comprehensive forestry plan. The plan aims to increase the resiliency of community forests, improve equitable access to community forests, enhance public safety, increase canopy cover, and establish a solid foundation for the long-term maintenance, growth, and development of the urban forest on public land.
Funds for this grant will go toward:
- Tree planting and maintenance.
- Restoration and resilience.
- Extreme heat.
Total award dollars: $1,000,000
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2023
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- Kansas City Urban Forest Canopy - Deadline Dec. 31, 2023
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Funding Opportunity from the city of Kansas City, Missouri
This project will increase density and strength of tree coverage by at least 17%, and completing a tree inventory will provide necessary data to improve future forestry. Community education and outreach will make certain that residents are centered in this project, increasing neighborhood investment in the growth of the urban tree canopy and other environmental justice efforts.
Funds for this grant will go toward:
- Tree planting and maintenance.
- Restoration and resilience.
- Planning and community engagement.
- Extreme heat.
Total award dollars: $12,000,000
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2023
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- Initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator Model to Promote Early Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents - Deadline July 2024
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Initiation of a Mental Health Family Navigator Model to Promote Early Access, Engagement and Coordination of Needed Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research applications to develop and test the effectiveness and implementation of family navigator models designed to promote early access, engagement and coordination of mental health treatment and services for children and adolescents who are experiencing early symptoms of mental health problems. For the purposes of this FOA, NIMH defines a family navigator model as a health care professional or paraprofessional whose role is to deploy a set of strategies designed to rapidly engage youth and families in needed treatment and services, work closely with the family and other involved treatment and service providers to optimize care and monitor the trajectory of mental health symptoms and outcomes over time. Applicants are encouraged to develop and test the navigator models ability to promote early access, engagement and coordination of mental health treatment and services for children and adolescents as soon as symptoms are detected. Of interest are navigator models that coordinate needed care strategies, determine the personalized match to the level of needed service amount, frequency and intensity, and harness novel technologies to track and monitor the trajectory of clinical, functional and behavioral progress toward achieving intended services outcomes.
Deadline: Open through July 2024
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- FEMA Public Assistance for COVID-19 - Deadline ongoing
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FEMA Public Assistance for COVID-19
Missouri and Kansas have both declared COVID-19 Major Disaster Declarations. Federal assistance is available through the Public Assistance (PA) Grant Program to state and local governments to aid in COVID-19 recovery.
Deadline ongoing
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- Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program - Deadline ongoing
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Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program
The USDA is offering funding for rural communities to improve infrastructure and provide essential facilities like public schools, courthouses and hospitals. Funding for the improvements is offered through low-interest direct loans, grants or a combination of both. Public organizations, community-based nonprofits, and federally-recognized tribes are encouraged to apply.
Deadline ongoing
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- Water and Waste Disposal Program - Deadline ongoing
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Water and Waste Disposal Program
The USDA Rural Development program is offering funding for rural areas with populations of 10,000 or less in the form of loans and grants. Funds can be used for sanitary sewage disposal, clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary solid waste disposal, and stormwater drainage to households and businesses. Most state and local government organizations, private nonprofits, and federally-recognized tribes are encouraged to apply.
Deadline ongoing
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- Missouri Mainstreet Connection Grants - Deadline ongoing
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Missouri Mainstreet Connection Grants
Missouri Main Street Connection is offering three matching grant programs that will fund up to 75 percent of applicant costs. The available grants include the Affiliate, People Energizing Places and Strategic Teams Engaging Places grants. The purpose of these grant programs is to facilitate the revitalization of downtown areas in Missouri communities. More information is available online.
Deadline ongoing
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- Community Facilities Loan & Grant Program - Deadline ongoing
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Community Facilities Loan & Grant Program
USDA Rural Development offers funding to support rural communities to make infrastructure improvements and provide essential facilities like schools, libraries, courthouses, public safety buildings, hospitals and daycare centers. A loan guarantee program is also available.
Deadline ongoing
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- MARC Solid Waste Management District Mini-Grants - Deadline ongoing
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MARC Solid Waste Management District Mini-Grants
The Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District (MARC SWMD) is offering small grants of up to $2,999 for waste reduction, reuse, or recycling projects. Projects must be located within Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri.
Deadline ongoing
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- Walmart Community Foundation’s Community Grant Program - Deadline ongoing
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Walmart Community Foundation’s Community Grant Program
The Walmart Foundation Community Grant Program offers up to $5,000 for local governments and nonprofit organizations to help create impact in communities. Grants can be awarded to organizations working in one of the following areas: hunger relief and healthy eating, health and human service, quality of life, education, community and economic development, diversity and inclusion, public safety, and environmental sustainability. Application dates ongoing.
Deadline ongoing
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