The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.
Supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations to build vibrant communities that offer stable jobs, homes, and communities connected through culture, recreation, and play.
Funding through the Implementation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of construction and non-construction projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. These fast-paced technical assistance sprints are designed to be high-intensity and implementation-focused, with a county being on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.
The purpose of this program is to support qualified private nonprofit organizations in providing technical assistance and training to identify and evaluate solutions to rural water and waste problems. This program is intended to support the provision of technical assistance and training to:
Identify and evaluate alternative solutions to problems relating to the obtaining, storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water, or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural areas
Prepare applications to receive federal financial assistance for water and waste disposal loans and grants through the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) or other public or private sources, including analysis of project alternatives
Assist with improving the operation, maintenance, and sustainability of water and waste facilities in eligible rural areas, including the evaluation of operational practices, revenue enhancements, partnerships, contract services, consolidation, or regionalization
Address the contamination of drinking water and surface water supplies, including by lead and emerging contaminants, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Eligible projects may also support the financial and operational sustainability of systems through cybersecurity and disaster recovery support, revenue enhancements, and other process improvements.
Questions should be directed to Christina Cerio at (315) 403-3112 or Water-RD@usda.gov.
Eligible applicants are private nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status. Tribally owned nonprofit organizations and faith-based organizations are also eligible to apply.
Eligible applicants may be located in the United States, District of Columbia and the U.S. territories of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Projects must serve rural areas and towns with 10,000 or fewer residents, including tribal lands and colonias in rural areas.
Awards are anticipated to be made in June 2026.
The project period will begin on October 1, 2026, and end on September 30, 2027.
Not required, but recommended for higher score.