Now open for applications: Alternative fuel vehicle and agriculture funding opportunities

STATE PROGRAMS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS:

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates  (Funding Source: Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants Fund)

Who May Apply: Pennsylvania residents who purchase/lease a new or used alternative fuel vehicle with a purchase price of $50,000 or less.  Businesses are not eligible.

Use: To defray costs of purchasing a battery electric vehicle (BEV), hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (HFCV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, electric motorcycle, natural gas vehicle, or propane vehicle. Purchase price cannot exceed $50,000 to be eligible for a rebate.

Funds: Up to $1,000 rebate depending on type of vehicle; additional $1,000 rebate for low-income households.

Application Deadline: Rebates are first-come, first-served.  Application must be submitted within 6 months of purchase.

More Information: Click on https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/GrantsLoansRebates/Alternative-Fuels-Incentive-Grant/Pages/Alternative-Fuel-Vehicles.aspx. 

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture: Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant Program  (Funding Source: General Fund)

Who May Apply: State and local organizations, producer associations, academia, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders.

Use:  To assist with the growth, certification of seed, and marketing of eligible crops including hemp, hardwoods, honey, and hops as well as barley, rye, and wheat for distilling, brewing, and malting purposes. Projects may include child and adult nutrition education, participation in international standard setting bodies, improving efficiency of distribution systems, good manufacturing and handling practices, research, development of seed varieties, and pest and disease control.

Funds: $460,000 will be distributed in total, with 6.2% going to low income rural areas and 3.8% going to low income urban areas.

Application Deadline:  Proposals due September 17

More Information: Click on Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (pa.gov).

 

UPCOMING APPLICATION DEADLINES: 

DEP Small Business Advantage Grant Program: Until funds are expended.   (Funding Source: Recycling Fund & Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund)

  • Registered Pennsylvania for-profit businesses with 100 or fewer full-time equivalent employees and which are taxed as a for-profit business. - To purchase energy efficient or pollution prevention equipment, or adopt waste reduction processes.

PENNDOT Rail Freight Assistance Program: August 20  (Funding Source: Multimodal Transportation Fund)          

  • Freight railroads, freight railroad-served shippers, and economic development entities. – Investment in rail freight infrastructure.

PENNDOT Rail Transportation Assistance Program: August 20  (Funding Source: General Obligation Debt)      

  • Freight railroads, freight railroad-served shippers, and economic development entities who have a line item in a Capital Budget Act. – Investment in rail freight infrastructure.

DEP Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant: August 27  (Funding Source: General Fund)

  • School districts, municipal authorities, municipalities, nonprofits, private businesses. - Purchase or retrofit vehicles to operate on alternative fuels, purchase and install refueling equipment, and research or develop new technologies.

PCCD 2021 Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coordinators: August 30  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

  • Any private non-profit agency, public agency, or unit of local government. -  To support local jurisdictions in their efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system through the hiring of a full time Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R/ED) Coordinator.

DCED Keystone Communities: August 31  (Funding Source: General Fund)

  • Municipalities, counties, redevelopment authorities, housing authorities, economic development organizations, housing corporations, community development corporations, business improvement districts, neighborhood improvement districts, downtown improvement districts. - To revitalize/stabilize/grow neighborhoods and communities.

American Library Association: Libraries Transforming Communities - Focus on Small and Rural Libraries Program: September 16  

  • Libraries serving small communities and/or rural communities To develop a community engagement project.

DEP Section 902 Recycling Implementation Grant: September 24  (Funding Source: Recycling Fund)

  • Counties, cities, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships, home rule municipalities, councils of governments, consortiums or similar entities established by two or more municipalities. - To fund costs associated with developing and implementing a recycling program.

CFA Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program: September 24  (Funding Source: General Fund)

  • Any nongovernmental entity with the technical, managerial, and financial expertise to design, build and operate a high-speed broadband service infrastructure within Pennsylvania. - Acquisition, construction, equipment, and site preparation costs associated with the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure to unserved areas.

DCNR ATV/Snowmobile Grants: September 30  (Funding Source: ATV and Snowmobile Registrations)

  • Municipalities, nonprofits, and for-profit organizations. - Planning, land acquisition, development, rehabilitation, maintenance, equipment, and educational programs related to ATV and/or snowmobile trails and facilities.

PDE Office for Safe Schools’ Targeted Grants – 2021-22 Equipment Grant: October 1  (Funding Source: General Fund – Safe Schools Initiative)

  • A public school district, charter school, cyber charter school, or career and technical center. - Metal detectors; protective lighting; surveillance equipment; special emergency communications equipment including radios; electronic locksets, deadbolts, and theft control devices and training in the use of the security-related technology; and student, staff, and visitor swipe-card identification systems.

PDE Office for Safe Schools’ Targeted Grants – 2021-22 Program Grant: October 1  (Funding Source: General Fund – Safe Schools Initiative)

  • A public school district, charter school, cyber charter school, or career and technical center. - To fund programs which address school violence. See guidelines for list of eligible programs.

PDE Office for Safe Schools’ Targeted Grants – 2021-22 School Police Officer: October 1  (Funding Source: General Fund – Safe Schools Initiative)

  • A public school district, charter school, cyber charter school, career and technical center, or nonpublic school. - Costs associated with the training and compensation of School Police Officers.

PDE Office for Safe Schools’ Targeted Grants – 2021-22 School Resource Officer – School Entity: October 1  (Funding Source: General Fund – Safe Schools Initiative)

  • A public school district, charter school, cyber charter school, or career and technical center. - Costs associated with the training and compensation of School Resource Officers.

PDE Office for Safe Schools’ Targeted Grants – 2021-22 School Resource Officer – Municipality/Police Department: October 1  (Funding Source: General Fund – Safe Schools Initiative)

  • Municipalities and police departments. - Costs associated with the training and compensation of School Resource Officers to be placed in school districts and nonpublic schools within the municipality.

DEP Driving PA Forward – Truck and Bus Fleet Grant Program: October 9   (Funding Source: State Mitigation Trust - Volkswagen Emissions Settlement)

  • School districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, State agencies, nonprofit entities, corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships incorporated or registered in this Commonwealth, air quality or transportation organizations, and metropolitan or rural planning organizations. - To replace or repower fleets of 6 or more Class 4-8 trucks, port drayage trucks, school buses, shuttle buses, and/or transit buses.

PA Office of Commonwealth Libraries Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities: October 29  (Funding Source: Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund)

  • Municipalities. - To plan, acquire, construct, or rehabilitate public library facilities including, but not limited to: ADA upgrades, new roof, replacement windows, energy efficient upgrades to HVAC systems, facility expansion and new construction. 

DEP Driving PA Forward – Onroad Rebate Program – Trucks and Buses: November 12  (Funding Source: State Mitigation Trust - Volkswagen Emissions Settlement)

  • School districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, other State agencies, nonprofit entities, corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships incorporated or registered in this Commonwealth, air quality or transportation organizations, and metropolitan or rural planning organizations. - Rebates for projects that replace or repower fleets of 5 or fewer class 4-8 trucks, port drayage trucks, school buses, shuttle buses, and/or transit buses with new clean diesel, electric, natural gas, propane or other alternative fuels vehicles.

DEP 2020 Recycling Performance Grants: December 30  (Funding Source: Environmental Stewardship Fund)

  • Any municipality with a recycling program in 2020. - Municipal recycling programs.