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 Solid Waste Management (SWM) Grant Program has been established to assist communities through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients. Qualified organizations will receive SWM grant funds to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas, and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas.
Questions should be directed to Sandra Alarcon at (202) 568-1119 or Water-RD@usda.gov. Applications must be submitted online at www.grants.gov.
Eligible applicants are:
Private, nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status
Public bodies
Federally acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups
Academic institutions
Applicants must:
Be legally established in any of the 50 states; the District of Columbia; or the territories of Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Be incorporated by December 31 of the year in which the application period occurs
Have the proven ability, background, experience, legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis
Funds will be provided on a reimbursement basis.
Awards are anticipated to be made in June 2026.
The project period will span from October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2027.
Not required, but recommended.