Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant | USDA RD CFTAT 2017

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA RD CFTAT 2017

The Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant (Funding Opportunity Number: USDA RD CFTAT 2017) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), specifically through its Utilities Programs, that funds organizations to deliver technical assistance and training tied to essential community facilities efforts. The core purpose is not to pay for construction or direct facility development, but to help communities get ready for those projects by improving their ability to identify, prioritize, and plan for needed community facilities, and then map out realistic ways to finance them using a mix of public and private resources.

This opportunity supports technical assistance and training for communities, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit corporations that need help determining what facilities are lacking or inadequate in their area and what solutions make sense locally. In practical terms, a grantee might help a town or tribal community assess gaps in services and infrastructure, organize community input, develop preliminary project concepts, understand eligibility and requirements of USDA community facilities programs, and prepare for next-step activities such as feasibility discussions, early-stage planning, or creating a financing strategy. After needs are identified, the assistance can extend to helping communities locate and pursue funding sources, which may include government programs, loans, grants, philanthropic support, and other financing mechanisms that could be combined to move a facility project forward.

Eligible applicants are broad and include many types of public and nonprofit entities. Government applicants can include state governments, counties, cities or townships, special districts, independent school districts, public housing authorities (including Indian housing authorities), and federally recognized tribal governments. The program is also open to Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized tribal governments, as well as nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education), and private or public/state-controlled institutions of higher education. The funding activity category is listed under Agriculture and Community Development, and the CFDA number associated with the program is 10.766.

Awards under this specific posting had an award ceiling of $150,000, with an estimated 15 awards expected. The opportunity was posted with a creation date of May 26, 2017, and an original closing date of July 24, 2017. Overall, the grant is best understood as capacity-building support: it funds organizations that can guide rural and underserved places through the early, often complicated work of defining community facility needs and building a workable path toward financing and implementation.

• The Department of Agriculture, Utilities Programs in the agriculture, community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.766.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 26, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 24, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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