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Looking for COVID-19 Recovery Resources?
We've compiled a list of grant and funding opportunities for COVID recovery, small business support, economic development, climate and clean energy, education, food access, internet accessibility, planning, recreation, and transportation.
Building a more resilient economy in our region.
In 2021, MAPC Economic Development team is focused on advancing an equitable economic recovery and building economic resilience. In partnership with leaders in government, the private sector, non-profit organizations and academic institutions, the team is committed to providing comprehensive plans and capacity-building support based on up-to-date research. Together, we’re working to ensure that the recovery from COVID-19 addresses root causes of inequality and builds the ability of individuals, communities, and the region as a whole to respond to future economic disruptions.
Our work is guided by our Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, created in 2020 and released in January 2021. It serves as a blueprint for economic recovery in the region and focuses on increasing racial equity, economic resilience, and climate resilience in the region.
All of our work is based on research on existing conditions, current and future trends and best practices.
Questions?
To learn more about MAPC’s Economic Development services, please contact Angela Brown, Chief of Economic Development at abrown@mapc.org.
our work
MAPC provides assessment and planning services to communities of all types, engaging stakeholders, identifying economic development opportunities, and developing strategies that address the interconnected nature of economic development, housing, and transportation.
Our development services are rooted in unmatched knowledge of the history, culture, and challenges of each of MAPC's 101 cities and towns and understanding of each community’s unique strengths, challenges, and concerns. We take a smart-growth based, multidisciplinary approach to help shape policies and plans that promote more opportunities for all.
COVID-19 Response and Recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically, and possibly permanently, altered traditional economic systems as we know them - in the MAPC region and across the globe. MAPC's economic development team has helped our cities and towns respond in real time to the changes and challenges brought on by COVID-19, developing small business, unemployment, and digital access response plans; working on public health workforce development; and helping cities and towns repurpose street space to accommodate increased walking, biking, dining, and retail.
Community, municipal, and regional economic planning initiatives and downtown revitalization plans will be essential to recovery and resilience in our communities, and our team is ready to help our region respond.
Economic Development Planning
Our team digs into your community’s demographic and economic trends, current business landscape, and current practices to create goals and implementation steps to improve economic development in your community. Given the connection between economic development, housing and transportation, we develop strategies that prioritize and support community development, including community investment in housing, small and large businesses, workforce development and transit access.
Small Business Support Plans
Our team can help you understand the needs of small businesses in your community through a deep dive into existing conditions and interviewing/surveying small business owners. We’ll then create a plan for how you can support small businesses in your community through policy changes, financial assistance, and other programs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we worked on COVID-specific support plans. Read more here.
Closing the Digital Divide
MAPC believes that municipalities have a key role to play in ensuring universal digital access via computing devices, digital literacy trainings, and reliable, and fast internet infrastructure. We’re working with cities and towns and municipal stakeholders on assessing what’s needed to close the digital divide and how to make that happen.
Unemployment Reponse Plans
Where can municipalities get unemployment data? What systems should cities and towns have in place to assist their residents? How can municipalities work with career centers? If an official is contacted by an employer who's hiring, what should they do? Many municipalities aren’t connected with the local career centers and other resources to help unemployed residents. MAPC can help evaluate the needs and resources in your city or town and develop an action framework for economic security.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we worked on COVID-specific unemployment plans. Read more here.
Workforce Development Strategies
Our team can help your municipality create a comprehensive strategy to develop a local workforce to support growing industries.
Zoning to Encourage Economic Development
Looking to create a bustling business district in an old industrial area? Attract office parks? Introduce new types of businesses to your community? Our team can help you rewrite zoning—for a parcel, neighborhood, or business district—that encourages economic growth. Given that zoning changes are done to achieve broader goals and given the importance of housing and transportation for economic development, our team will work with you to determine the appropriate zoning to meet those goals.
comprehensive economic development strategy
MAPC serves as the region’s Economic Development District (EDD), designated by the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA). As part of our work as an EDD, we assist municipalities in their efforts to secure funding from the EDA for a wide range of projects. To discuss funding opportunities, please contact Raul Gonzalez at rgonzalez@mapc.org.
As part of our work as an EDD, MAPC creates a regional economic development strategy every five years. This serves as a guide for the economic development activities of MAPC.The strategy design process offers a unique chance to evaluate current conditions that affect the economy and create strategies that capitalize on the region’s strengths and opportunities, address internal weaknesses, and minimize external threats to equitable economic development.
For the 2020-2025 CEDS, the compound national crises of COVID-19 and environmental disasters, and the continuing crisis of racial injustice, spurred the creation of a regional strategy with resilience and racial equity at its core.
2021 CEDS Performance Review
Annual CEDS Performance Review submitted to the U.S. Economic Development Administration
The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the MAPC region for the next five years is built on the following vision:
The region will be:
- More equitable, with opportunities for people of all backgrounds, particularly BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), and those in other marginalized groups to enjoy a high quality of life and to create, build and pass on wealth to future generations through living wages, high-quality public education, ownership of real estate, businesses, and other assets.
- More resilient, with the increased capacity and infrastructure necessary to withstand public health, economic, and climate shocks through diversification of the economy, increased collaboration, support for the most vulnerable to address disparate impacts and ensure equity and proactive care for the environment.
- More interconnected, with decreased distance between homes and places of employment, enhanced transit options that provide for more efficient travel, and digital access for all.
We will achieve this through:
- Proactively developing collaborative partnerships with a range of stakeholders from the public, non-profit, and private sectors, in suburban and urban communities, with a focus on coalition building and movement support.
- Building the capacity of MAPC and our partners to acquire tools and address barriers to advance racial equity, economic resilience, and climate resilience in the region.
- Conducting analysis of both traditional data sources and alternative ones, such as data gathered through storytelling, focus groups, lived experiences, and annual evaluation of the CEDS implementation process.
Goal 1: Residents of the region achieve financial stability in order to withstand three to six months of economic hardship.
- Provide effective workforce development supports and address barriers to quality employment for BIPOC through public-private collaboration and private sector leadership.
- Increase protections against predatory lending and expand access to financial services and education through partnerships with financial institutions and partners in the financial technology sector.
- Provide publicly funded income enhancements for those earning less than a living wage and support reduction in household expenses.
Goal 2: There is increased parity between the wealth of BIPOC and White people in the region.
- Expand access to stable housing for BIPOC.
- Build the resiliency and stability of businesses owned by BIPOC.
- Strengthen community-driven economic systems.
- Explore and advance tax reform to address systemic inequity.
Goal 3: Everyone in the region is able to access jobs, goods, and services close to their homes via affordable transportation options, with shorter commutes and fewer transfers.
- Enable the production of affordable housing near employment centers and transit nodes.
- Expand digital access to enable remote work and learning.
- Provide access to affordable, safe, and accessible transportation options.
For the full goals and strategies, read the full 2020-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development plan.
Projects
Below is a sample of MAPC’s community and economic development work in cities and towns across the Commonwealth. For more, please visit our Publications Library. For questions about individual plans or work that hasn’t been listed, please contact Chief of Economic Development, Betsy Cowan.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Massachusetts Broadband Institute Grants
Addressing the Digital Divide in Everett
Addressing the Digital Divide in Revere and Chelsea
Quincy Asian-Owned Small Business Video-lets
The Digital Divide
Regional Immigrant Entrepreneur Storytelling Project
City of Quincy Small Business Plan
COVID-19 Response: Shared Streets
Building a New Future Together
COVID-19 Small Business Response
COVID-19 Unemployment Response
Recovery Resources
Please visit EDI’s Federal Assistance for Economic Development page on EDA’s website at www.eda.gov to view a table of previously highlighted funding opportunities that are still open. This table represents a selection of opportunities available on Grants.gov that may be of particular interest to local and regional economic development stakeholders.
General COVID Recovery
On May 10, the US Treasury Department issued announced the launch of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, established by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to provide $350 billion in emergency funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments. Treasury also released details on how these funds can be used to respond to acute pandemic response needs, fill revenue shortfalls among these governments, and support the communities and populations hardest-hit by the COVID-19 crisis. With the launch of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, eligible jurisdictions will be able to access this funding in the coming days to address these needs. Information issued on May 10 includes:
Interim Final Rule, Fact Sheet, and FAQs
Allocation for States, Territories, Counties, and Metropolitan Cities
Small Business Support, Job Creation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development
Defense, Manufacturing, Small Business
The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program, authorized under Section 846 of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (PL 115-232), is designed to undertake long-term investments in critical skills, facilities, research and development, and small business support in order to strengthen the national security innovation and manufacturing base. The program also seeks to ensure complementarity of those communities so designated with existing Defense Manufacturing Institutes. Defense Manufacturing Institutes are manufacturing ecosystems established since 2014, with common manufacturing and design challenges revolving around specific technologies. To date, the Department of Defense has established nine (9) Manufacturing Institutes - https://defenseinnovationmarketplace.dtic.mil/business-opportunities/manufacturing-usa-institutes/ . (For complete roster of all existing manufacturing institutes, see link at https://www.manufacturingusa.com/institutes.)
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332164
Entrepreneurship, Innovation Ecosystems, Accelerators
SBA seeks proposals from the nation’s innovation-focused entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) that outline programs to speed the launch, growth, and scale of deep-tech small businesses across the country.
Applicants should submit a 12-slide deck and a 90-second video, addressing the relevant elements of one of the following tracks, by no later than 4:00 EDT on July 2, 2021:
- Track 1 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC)—Prizes of $50,000 for efforts to provide focused assistance to STEM/R&D entrepreneurs, including support for company formation as well as awareness and education of SBIR/STTR programs. Contestants must focus their proposed efforts on one of the following groups: women entrepreneurs, minority entrepreneurs, or other target entrepreneurs identified by applicants (ie. rural, veterans, individuals with disabilities, etc.). Submission portal: http://bit.ly/GAFCTrack (link is external)
- Track 2 SBIR Catalyst—Prizes of $150,000 to scale collaborative partnerships, strengthen ties between stakeholders (including public, private, non-profit, and academic partners) in support of SBIR/STTR applicants and awardees. SBIR Catalyst winners will help fulfill the SBA’s mission of addressing current gaps in access to the innovation economy for communities of color, women entrepreneurs, and rural communities. Submission portal: http://bit.ly/CatalystTrack (link is external)
Join a pre-application webinar June 2nd at 2pm EDT – register at http://bit.ly/GAFC21Webinar (link is external). Recording to be posted 3-5 business days after the webinar.
Entrepreneurship, Business Assistance
This new initiative, established by the American Rescue Plan, will leverage a community navigator approach to reach our nation’s smallest businesses, with a priority focus on those owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, as well as women and veterans. SBA will accept applications through July 12, 2021, and anticipates making award decisions by August 2021.
The Community Navigator Notice of Funding Opportunity will be open to applications from nonprofit organizations, state, local, and tribal governments, SBA resource partners, and other organizations. Selected partners will engage in targeted outreach for small businesses in underserved communities to help small businesses get the resources and support they need to get back on track as the economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Competitive grant awards will range from $1 million to $5 million for a two-year performance period.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333792
Entrepreneur, Rural, Job Creation
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS) will award approximately $13.6 million in Community Economic Development (CED) discretionary grant funds to Community Development Corporations (CDC) for well-planned, financially viable, and innovative projects to enhance job creation and business development for individuals with low-income. OCS is encouraging applications from CDCs to target rural areas and underserved areas in states without current projects, as well as projects that align with the healthcare industry, rural communities with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substance use disorder.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333377
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program was established in the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act and amended by the American Rescue Plan Act to provide over $16.2 billion in economic relief to target industries. This SVOG portal is now open to receive applications.
More info can be found here: https://www.svograntportal.sba.gov/s/
Climate and Clean Energy
Clean technology, Manufacturing, Energy efficiency
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new request for proposals (RFP) for up to $22.5 million for projects that support the recovery, recycling, and reuse of material waste generated by the manufacturing sector. Projects funded through this solicitation will develop technologies that reduce embodied energy and carbon emissions associated with the production and consumption of metals, polymers, fibers, and electronic waste, as well as identify training activities that will expand the American manufacturing workforce.
To find this and related RFP opportunities at REMADE, go here
This FOA seeks an entity to manage and expand DOE’s SolSmart program, which supports and recognizes local governments that reduce soft costs and expand access to solar energy. This community designation and technical assistance program was launched in 2016 and has recognized almost 400 communities from Florida to Alaska. Now, DOE is expanding the program to incorporate new solar-related technologies and respond to the evolving needs of local governments. The chosen entity will manage the program for the next five years.
Deadline: August-17-2021
Funding Amount: $10,000,000 max
Dept/Organization: Department of Energy/Golden Field Office
Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333292
Eligibility: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Special district governments, County governments, Small businesses, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), For profit organizations other than small businesses, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, State governments, City or township governments, Individuals, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Independent school districts, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
Workforce, Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a slate of new efforts, including $15.5 million in new funding, to support solar energy deployment in underserved communities and build a diverse, skilled workforce. These initiatives will help families and businesses that have been left behind in the clean energy transition to reap the benefits of cheaper power and access to highly-skilled jobs. Together, these efforts reflect the Biden Administration’s commitment to launching every American worker and community into a greener future.
For details on upcoming information sessions about the announced funding opportunities:
Tuesday, May 18 at 1:00pm ET—SolSmart funding opportunity webinar. Register HERE.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333292
Thursday, May 20 at 1:00pm ET—Solar Energy Innovation Network Request for Proposals webinar. Register HERE.
The Coastlines and People program supports diverse, innovative, multi-institution awards that are focused on critically important coastlines and people research that is integrated with broadening participation goals. The objective of this solicitation is to support Coastal Research Hubs, structured using a convergent science approach, at the nexus between coastal sustainability, human dimensions, and coastal processes to transform understanding of interactions among natural, human-built, and social systems in coastal, populated environments.
Deadline: September-9-2021
Funding Amount: $29,500,000
Dept: National Science Foundation
Website https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=326489
Eligibility Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities. -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Two- and four-year IHEs
Resilience, Healthcare, Technical Assistance
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) describes a systematic approach for health agencies to identify their climate-related challenges and subsequent opportunities to facilitate social system reorganization, changes, and learning, e.g. implementing and evaluation adaptation actions (Cutter, 2008). In implementing and evaluating adaptation actions, this NOFO intends to develop health department and community resilience and generate evidence for use in larger-scale and more frequent adaptation for health. adaptation actions designed to protect health from climate-related hazards.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=329199
Education
Equity, Workforce Development, Innovation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seeks to support bold, ground-breaking, and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM. Proposals should advance racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development through research (both fundamental and applied) and practice. Core to this funding opportunity is that proposals are led by, or developed and led in authentic partnership with, individuals and communities most impacted by the inequities caused by systemic racism.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332795
Purpose of Program: The GEAR UP program is a discretionary grant program that encourages eligible entities to provide support, and maintain a commitment, to eligible low-income students, including students with disabilities, to assist the students in obtaining a secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent) and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education.
Deadline: July-28-2021
Funding Amount: $35,617,582
Dept/Organization: Department of Education
Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-042921-001
Eligibility: Partnerships consisting of (a) at least one LEA and (b) at least one degree granting IHE. Partnerships may include not less than two other community organizations or entities, such as businesses, professional organizations, State agencies, institutions or agencies sponsoring programs authorized under the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), Section 2003 of the American Rescue Plan Act, 2021 (ARP) Assistance Listing Number 84.425E
Description: Continuation of the CRRSAA section 314(a)(1) program, which the Department implemented as two funding streams: (1) the Student Aid Portion (ALN 84.425E) for financial grants to students, and (2) the Institutional Portion (ALN 84.425F) for institutional uses of funds related to the coronavirus.
Deadline: August-11-2021
Funding Amount: $39,600,000,000
Dept/Organization: Department of Education
Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=ED-GRANTS-051321-001
Eligibility: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education
Food Access
MS welcomes applications that meet LAMP goals to support the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer marketing, local and regional food markets and enterprises, and value-added agricultural products and thereby support pandemic recovery in the sector.
Deadline: June-21-2021
Funding Amount: $38,500,000 with 25% match
Dept: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service
Website https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/2021_FMPP_RFA.pdf
Eligibility: AMS encourages applications that benefit smaller farms and ranches, new and beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged producers, veteran producers, and/or underserved communities. For grants intending to serve these entities, applicants should engage and involve those beneficiaries when developing projects and applications.
Support the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food business enterprises to increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products.
Deadline: June-21-2021
Funding Amount: $7,300,000 with 25% match
Dept: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service
Website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/2021_LFPP_RFA.pdf
Eligibility: AMS welcomes applications that meet LAMP goals to support the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer marketing, local and regional food markets and enterprises, and value-added agricultural products and thereby support pandemic recovery in the sector.
Agriculture, Trade Assistance
The MAP is designed to encourage the development, maintenance, or expansion of commercial export markets for United States agricultural commodities and products through cost–share assistance. Assistance may be provided for either generic or brand promotion activities. While activities generally take place overseas, reimbursable activities may also take place in the United States.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333057
Agriculture, Trade Assistance
The EMP is established to develop, maintain, or expand markets for exports of United States agricultural commodities and to promote cooperation and exchange of information between agricultural institutions and agribusinesses in the United States and emerging markets. The EMP assists U.S. entities in developing, maintaining, or expanding exports of U.S. agricultural commodities and products by funding activities that enhance emerging markets’ food and rural business systems, including reducing trade barriers. The EMP is intended primarily to support export market development efforts of the private sector, but EMP resources may also be used to assist public organizations.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333059
Agriculture, Trade Assistance
The TASC program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for projects that seek to remove, resolve, or mitigate existing or potential sanitary, phytosanitary, or technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. The TASC program is administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333039
National Organic Certification Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) and the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Organic Certification Cost Share Program, collectively referred to as the OCCSP, for fiscal year (FY) 2021. The purpose of the OCCSP awards is to defray the costs of receiving and maintaining organic certification.
Deadline: June-30-2021
Funding Amount: $943,000 for 15 projects
Dept/Organization: Department of Agriculture/Farm Service Agency
Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333355
Eligibility: State Governments
Support the development, coordination, and expansion of direct producer-to-consumer marketing, local and regional food markets and enterprises, and value-added agricultural products and thereby support pandemic recovery in the sector
Deadline: July-6-2021
Funding Amount: $15,300,000 with 25% match
Dept: USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service
Website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/2021_RFSP_RFA.pdf
Eligibility: AMS encourages applications that benefit smaller farms and ranches, new and beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged producers, veteran producers, and/or underserved communities. For projects intending to serve these entities, applicants should engage and involve those beneficiaries when developing projects and applications.
Internet
Innovation, Technology, R&D
NSF is partnering with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and a number of industry partners on a new program: Resilient & Intelligent NextG Systems (RINGS). This program seeks to fund collaborative team research that transcends the traditional boundaries of individual disciplines to achieve the program goals.
The RINGS program seeks to accelerate research in areas that will potentially have significant impact on emerging Next Generation (NextG) wireless and mobile communication, networking, sensing, and computing systems, along with global-scale services, with a focus on greatly improving the resiliency of such networked systems among other performance metrics. The RINGS program seeks innovations to enhance both resiliency as well as performance across the various aspects of NextG communications, networking and computing systems. This program seeks to go beyond the current research portfolio within the individual participating directorates by simultaneously emphasizing gains in resiliency (through security, adaptability and/or autonomy) across all layers of the networking protocol and computation stacks as well as in throughput, latency, and connection density. Approximately 36-48 awards are anticipated, each up to $1,000,000 total and up to 3 years in duration, subject to the availability of funds and quality of proposals received.
PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 21-581
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333129
DOC’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced the availability of $288 million in grant funding for the deployment of broadband infrastructure. Grants will be awarded to partnerships between a state, or political subdivisions of a state, and providers of fixed broadband service.
More information about the program, including requirements for grant applications, can be found in the Notice of Funding Opportunity published today on grants.gov. NTIA is also holding a series of webinars to further inform the public about the program. The next Broadband Infrastructure webinars will be held on June 9 and 10.
The support provided through this Program will first allow eligible schools and libraries to seek reimbursement for the reasonable costs they have already incurred in purchasing eligible equipment, including Wi-Fi hotspots, modems, routers, and connected devices, as well as advanced telecommunications and information services, to meet the remote learning needs of students, school staff, and library patrons who lacked access to connected devices and broadband connections sufficient to engage in remote learning during this unprecedented time.
Deadline: We will adopt an application process that first provides for reimbursement to schools and libraries that have already purchased, during the pandemic, eligible equipment and services and provided them to students, school staff, and library patrons who lacked access to adequate connected devices, other eligible equipment, or eligible services. Then, if there are remaining funds, we will open a second application widow for schools and libraries to seek funding for eligible equipment and services provided to students, school staff, and library patrons who would otherwise lack access to adequate connected devices, other eligible equipment, or eligible services.
Funding Amount: $7,170,000 ,000
Dept/Organization: Federal Communications Commission
Website: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-372069A1.pdf
Eligibility: Schools, libraries, and consortia of schools and libraries that are eligible for support under the E-Rate Program are also eligible to request and receive support through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program
Planning and Technical Assistance
Planning, Technical Assistance
Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants support the development of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans which focus on directing resources to address three core goals: Housing, People and Neighborhood. To achieve these core goals, communities must develop and implement a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, or Transformation Plan. The Transformation Plan will become the guiding document for the revitalization of the public and/or assisted housing units while simultaneously directing the transformation of the surrounding neighborhood and positive outcomes for families.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333491
Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants support the development of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans which focus on directing resources to address three core goals: Housing, People and Neighborhood. To achieve these core goals, communities must develop and implement a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, or Transformation Plan. The Transformation Plan will become the guiding document for the revitalization of the public and/or assisted housing units while simultaneously directing the transformation of the surrounding neighborhood and positive outcomes for families.
Deadline: September-14-2021
Funding Amount: $5,000,000
Dept: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Eligibility Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), City or township governments, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Recreation
Equity
The goal of the ORLP Program is to provide new or significantly improve recreation opportunities for economically-disadvantaged communities in larger urbanized areas (as designated by the Census Bureau) that are under-served in terms of parks and other outdoor recreation resources.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333434
Transportation
Planning, Technical Assistance
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the opportunity to apply for $10,052,572 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 and FY 2021 funding under the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning. The TOD Pilot Program is intended to fund comprehensive planning that supports economic development, increased transit ridership, multimodal connectivity and accessibility, improved transit access for pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and increased mixed-use development near transit stations, and addresses climate change, challenges facing environmental justice populations, and racial equity and barriers to opportunity. The TOD Pilot Program also encourages identification of infrastructure needs and engagement with the private sector. FTA is seeking comprehensive planning projects covering an entire transit capital project corridor, rather than proposals that involve planning for individual station areas or only a small section of the corridor. To ensure that any proposed planning work both reflects the needs and aspirations of the local community and results in concrete, specific deliverables and outcomes, transit project sponsors must partner with entities with land use planning authority in the transit project corridor to conduct the planning work.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332992
Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) this week published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 discretionary grant funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants. RAISE, formerly known as BUILD and TIGER, has awarded over $8.935 billion in grants to projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico since 2009.
To provide technical assistance to prospective applicants, DOT is hosting a series of webinars during the FY 2021 RAISE grant application process. To register for the webinars visit www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants/outreach. The deadline to submit an application is July 12, 2021 at 5pm Eastern.
COVID Relief, Infrastructure
Provides grants to eligible motorcoach companies, school bus companies, passenger vessel companies, and pilotage companies that have experienced annual revenue losses of 25 percent or more as result of COVID-19 directly or indirectly. The priority use of grant funds must be for payroll costs, though grants may be used for operating expenses and the repayment of debt accrued to maintain payroll.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333321