Grant Memo: Agricultural, Environmental, Public Safety, Redevelopment and Additional Grant Opportunities
Rep. Joanna E. McClinton October 1, 2024 | 12:56 PM
NEWLY LISTED PROGRAMS
Department of Community and Economic Development: PA SITES
Who May Apply: Municipalities, economic development organizations, redevelopment authorities, municipal authorities, industrial development agencies, and for-profit organizations.
Use: To develop competitive sites for businesses to relocate or expand within Pennsylvania.
Funds: $400 million in funding is available.
Application Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and approved on a quarterly basis
More information: DCED Website
Department of Transportation: Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF)
Who May Apply: Municipalities, councils of government, businesses, economic development organizations, public transportation agencies, ports and rail freight entities.
Use: To improve transportation assets that enhance communities, pedestrian safety, and transit revitalization.
Funds: The MTF requires a 30% match of the amount award. Awards are available for projects with a minimum cost of $100,000 and no more than $3,000,000.
Application Deadline: November 5, 2024
More information: PennDOT website
Office of the State Fire Commissioner: Unconventional Gas Well Fund
Who May Apply: Volunteer and career fire, EMS, and rescue companies in counties where unconventional gas well drilling is permitted and counties that directly border permitted counties and respond to related emergencies.
Use: Funds may be used for certification, equipment, and training relating to responding to emergencies at unconventional gas wells.
Funds: $250,000 in funding is available.
Application Deadline: November 30, 2024
More information: OSFC Website
Department of Education: Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities
Who May Apply: Municipalities on behalf of public library facilities.
Use: To plan, acquire, construct, or rehabilitate public library facilities. Examples of fundable projects include, but are not limited to: ADA upgrades, roof or window replacement, energy efficient upgrades to HVAC systems, facility expansion and new construction.
Funds: Keystone grants must be matched dollar-for-dollar. Matching funds may include cash, other state funds, and federal funds. See program regulations for further details.
Application Deadline: October 17, 2024
More information: PDE Website
Department of Agriculture: Agriculture Innovation Grant Program
Who May Apply: Eligible applicants include a person who grows an agricultural commodity and who has anticipated sales greater than $2,000 per year; a person who processes an agricultural commodity and has anticipated sales greater than $10,000 per year; a person who provides technical assistance or services to farmers for conservation, engineering, veterinary care, animal disease management, farm management, agricultural commodity production, nutrient management or similar services; or a person or cooperative association that utilizes agricultural commodities to create products or energy.
Use: To promote and support agricultural innovation to ensure the competitiveness, resiliency, environmental stewardship, and vitality of farms, agribusinesses and agricultural support services in this Commonwealth.
Funds: There are three tiers of grants to be awarded: innovation planning project grants, on-site project grant, regional impact project grants. Please visit the website for specific details of each tier.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024
More information: PDA Website
PROGRAMS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS:
Department of Agriculture: Farm Vitality Planning Grant
Who May Apply: Farmers, prospective farmers, and others may apply.
Use: Strategic business planning to expand or diversify farms or support transition of ownership.
Funds: $500,000 in funding is available. Grants shall not exceed $7,500.
Application Deadline: Applications will be received until funds are exhausted.
More information: Pennsylvania Bulletin
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Recruitment Incentives for Law Enforcement
Who May Apply: Local law enforcement agencies, campus or university police, railroad or street railway police, airport authority police, and county park police.
Use: Funding is explicitly to support Act 120 training and recruitment activities for law enforcement officers that will take place between Oct. 19, 2023, and June 30, 2025.
Funds: $14 million in federal COVID Relief (ARPA) is available. PCCD anticipates this funding being able to support approximately 2,000 new fulltime officers statewide.
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all funding is committed, at which point the application period will close.
More information: PCCD Website
Department of Community and Economic Development: Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Grant
Who May Apply: Technical and trade schools, school districts, post-secondary academic institutions, workforce investment boards, economic development organizations, and nonprofit organizations. For-profit entities are not eligible.
Use: Projects must focus on the development and deployment of workforce training programs for individuals with barriers to employment, engage youth or those with barriers in awareness building activities of manufacturing career opportunities, and advance capacity for local or regional manufacturers to meet the needs of local and regional manufacturers that cannot be met through existing programs such as WEDnet and Industry Partnerships.
Funds: Funds are available on an annual basis and vary based on recommendations and constraints set in the annual budget.
Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted and evaluated on an ongoing basis as long as funds remain available.
More information: DCED Website
Department of Environmental Protection: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate Program
Who May Apply: Pennsylvania residents whose total household income is below 400 percent of the Federal Income Poverty Level.
Use: This program provides a rebate to Pennsylvanians who purchase or lease alternative fuel vehicles.
Funds: Rebates vary depending on type of vehicle purchased.
Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted and evaluated on a first come, first served basis as long as funds remain available. Please note applications must be received within six months of the date of the vehicle purchase.
More information: DEP Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Endowment Act – Treatment and Training
Who May Apply: Eligibility of these funds is open to any for-profit entity, non-profit entity, an entity affiliated with a CAC or MDIT (e.g., public agency or hospital), or unit of local government. Schools (including colleges and universities) are considered governmental units and are eligible to apply.
Use: To support the training of medical and mental healthcare providers who treat children and adult survivors of child sexual abuse.
Funds: A total of $200,000 in Endowment Act funding is being announced to support this initiative. PCCD expects to fund approximately four projects with budgets not to exceed $50,000 over the 2-year project period.
Application Deadline: October 4, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Project Safe and Smart 2025
Who May Apply: Community-based organizations that can successfully demonstrate their reach and partnership with K-12 school entities. Preference will be given to applicants that demonstrate that they will be able to reach a significant number of elementary-age students and caregivers with the programming.
Use: Programs or projects preventing child sexual abuse and/or assisting the victims of child sexual abuse.
Funds: A total of $3.5 million in state Endowment Act funds is being announced to support this initiative. PCCD expects to fund grants with budgets not to exceed $200,000 for existing PSS sites and up to $250,000 for new grantees over the 30-months or 2.5-year project period.
Application Deadline: October 11, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: 2024 Pennsylvania Academic, Career, and Technical Training (PACTT) Grant
Who May Apply: All existing residential facilities, community-based providers, and juvenile probation departments that are current PACTT Affiliates in good standing and are not on provisional status are considered eligible to apply for these funds.
Use: Funds are being made available to existing PACTT Affiliates to support efforts in one or more areas designed to further develop the job readiness, academic, and employability skills of youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
Funds: Approximately $675,000 in DHS/BJJS Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Funds will be made available to support projects among the existing PACTT Affiliates. These funds may result in up to 60 awards.
Application Deadline: October 11, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Drug and Alcohol Programs: Substance Use Disorder Drop-In Centers
Who May Apply: Applicant must have at least two years of experience as of July 1, 2024, in providing SUD prevention, intervention, harm reduction, treatment, or recovery support services, drop-in center services or relevant services and shall have the capacity to provide SUD drop-in center services to individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) and other concurrent SUD.
Use: DDAP will provide funds from the Opioid Settlement to drop-in centers or other human service organizations looking to expand their community-driven harm reduction support services to increase overdose prevention and linkage to SUD treatment and recovery support services. The goal is to provide hope, support, and resources to assist those on their road to recovery
Funds: DDAP expects to award approximately 14 grants totaling $1,875,000 each.
Application Deadline: October 11, 2024
More information: DDAP Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Regional Policing Assistance Program
Who May Apply: Municipalities
Use: To support the creation of new regional police departments or expansion of current regional police departments via funding for technology, equipment, legal fees, training, and recruitment, among other things.
Funds: A total of $1 million in federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds is being announced to support this initiative. Applicants may apply for up to $150,000 for the formation of a new regional police department or up to $50,000 for the expansion of an existing regional police department by adding a chartered municipality or municipalities.
Application Deadline: October 15, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Office of the State Fire Commissioner: Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program
Who May Apply: All fire companies, emergency medical services, and volunteer rescue squads
Use: Eligible projects include but are not limited to facility renovations, equipment purchases, debt reduction, training, education, and recruitment and retention.
Funds: Awards may range from $2,500 to $20,000 for fire/rescue companies and $2,500 to $15,000 for EMS companies.
Application Deadline: October 20, 2024
More information: OSFC Website
Department of Environmental Protection: Coastal Zone Grant Program
Who May Apply: Local governments, area-wide agencies, state agencies, educational institutions, conservation districts, port authorities, public authorities, and non-profits
Use: Grants may be used for a wide variety of studies, plans, designs, research, acquisition, and construction pertaining to the Coastal Resources Management Program within the Delaware Estuary or Lake Erie.
Funds: Federal funds are available through NOAA with a grant limit of $75,000.
Application Deadline: October 21, 2024
More information: DEP Website
Department of Community and Economic Development: Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP)
- Please note, the NAP is broken down into 5 programs (The Neighborhood Assistance Program, the Special Program Priorities, the Charitable Food Program, the Neighborhood Partnership Program, and the Enterprise Zone Program. Please visit the DCED website for specifics on each program.
Who May Apply: Nonprofit organizations
Use: The goals of the Programs are to promote community participation and collaborations among the residents, nonprofits and businesses while producing outcomes by assisting a distressed area or the low-income population in a neighborhood. Eligible neighborhood nonprofits apply for tax credits based on pending contributions from for-profit companies.
Funds: The total available NAP tax credit amount has increased from $36 million to $72 million.
Application Deadline: October 25, 2024
More information: DCED Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Continuing County Adult Probation and Parole Grant Program
Who May Apply: Counties
Use: The primary purpose of the CCAPPG funds is to provide funding from the Commonwealth for costs incurred by the county for the supervision of adult offenders.
Funds: PCCD is announcing a total of $16,150,000 in state Continuing County Adult Probation and Parole Grant funds. PCCD expects to fund up to 65 county adult probation and parole departments through this initiative.
Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Violence Intervention and Prevention Program
Who May Apply: Community-based organizations (i.e., active, registered 501(c)(3)s), institutions of higher education, municipalities, counties, and district attorneys.
Use: Reducing community violence through, among other things, increasing access to support services and behavioral health, providing health services and intervention strategies, providing mentoring and other intervention models, and fostering and promoting communication between schools, the community, and law enforcement.
Funds: PCCD expects to fund 25-30 VIP Expansion, Enhancement, or Continuation of Established Programs grants with budgets not to exceed $950,000 over a 36-month period and 15-20 VIP Start-Up Grants with budgets not to exceed $100,000 over an 18-month period.
Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Collaborative Community Violence Intervention (CCVI) Strategies
Who May Apply: Community-based organizations (i.e., active, registered 501(c)(3)s), institutions of higher education, municipalities, counties, and district attorneys.
Use: The primary purpose of this grant program is to increase capacity of local jurisdictions (municipalities, counties) to support and implement evidence-based intervention and response strategies to address gun and group-related violence.
Funds: PCCD expects to fund 5-10 CCVI Planning Grants with budgets not to exceed $75,000 over an 18-month project period and 2-3 CCVI Implementation Grants with budgets not to exceed $2,000,000 over a 36-month project period.
Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Building Opportunities for Out-Of-School Time (BOOST)
Who May Apply: Community-based organizations (i.e., active, registered 501(c)(3)s), school districts, area career and technical schools, libraries, statewide youth-serving nonprofit organizations.
Use: Out-of-school programming for at-risk school-age youth, including structured programs or activities with engaged mentors and evidence-based or evidence-informed practices provided to school-age youth before school, after school, or during the summer.
Funds: Approximately $11.5 million in state VIP funding is available for local and statewide BOOST programs.
Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
More information: PCCD Website
Department of Environmental Protection: Environmental Education Grants Program
Who May Apply: Public schools and school districts (including intermediate units and charter schools), private schools, conservation and education organizations and institutions, universities and colleges, county conservation districts, incorporated nonprofit organizations, businesses.
Use: Funding is intended for non-formal and forma environmental education projects that ensure an environmentally literate citizenry to take positive actions to help ensure the safety of the state’s natural resources.
Funds: Funding is supported by five percent of the money collected from environmental fines and penalties, to be appropriated to DEP and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024
More information: DEP Website
Department of Community and Economic Development: Main Street Matters
Who May Apply: Units of local government, redevelopment and/or housing authorities, nonprofits, economic development organizations, housing corporations, community development corporations, business improvement districts, neighborhood improvement districts, downtown improvement districts, and similar organizations incorporated as authorities.
Use: A flexible tool for use in community and economic development for a variety of uses including planning activities, façade grant programs, business improvement grant programs, accessible housing programs, and district development grants.
Funds: $20 million was allocated for this program in the 2024/25 budget. Individual grant awards vary depending on the type of grant.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2024
More information: DCED Website
Department of Community and Economic Development: Local Share Account Statewide
Who May Apply: Counties, municipalities, municipal authorities, economic development agencies, redevelopment authorities, land banks, or councils of government. Non-profits may partner with an eligible applicant to apply on their behalf.
Use: Projects in the public interest. Projects that improve the quality of life of citizens in the community. Eligible projects must be owned and maintained by an eligible applicant or a nonprofit organization. See program guidelines for specific eligible uses of funds.
Funds: The PA Race Horse Development and Gaming Act provides for the distribution of gaming revenues through the Commonwealth Financing Authority to support projects in the public interest. Grant requests must be at a minimum $25,000 and no more than $1,000,000.
Application Deadline: November 30, 2024
More information: DCED Website