Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission
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Serving Crawford, Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne and White County in Southeast Illinois.
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Grant Administrator
Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission is seeking a qualified individual to lead ongoing community planning and manage grant administration.
This individual will lead community planning efforts, write and administer grants, and work directly with elected officials and government agencies.
Preferred candidates will have a Bachelor’s Degree, grant experience, excellent oral and written communication skills, attention to detail and ability to efficiently organize and prioritize work.
Prior experience working with local, State and Federal Agencies is preferred but not required.
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Do you know someone that recently graduated from college that is looking for a job? If so, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission Corps (ISAC) is currently recruiting for the 2018-19 Corps.
The agency has several job openings in its Corps for recent college graduates interested in working with middle and high school students and their parents as they navigate the college going process. The Corps program provides a unique opportunity for recent college graduates to gain work experience in a variety of education settings and help make a difference in the lives of students.
ISAC is currently recruiting for every region of the state. Corps members are placed in community college districts to work with select middle schools and high schools throughout the district.
If you are interested in more information,
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Funding for Safe Routes for School Opens Fall 2018
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The Illinois Department of Transportation will be accepting applications for the Safe Routes to Schools Program from September 24, 2018 to November 19, 2018. If you are wanting to apply, applicants must be registered will GATA before submitting an application. Awarded Projects will be announced March 2019. If you are interested in more information,
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GWRPC is currently preparing Community Development Block Grants for the upcoming grant year. The CDBG application deadline is November 2, 2018. The grant ceiling is $500,00.00.
One of the objectives is to improve public infrastructure and eliminate conditions which are detrimental to health, safety and public welfare.
The project area must have a 51% or more of low-to-moderate income population, and there must be a health and safety concern.
Health and Safety concerns would need to be documented.
Documentation to show a health and safety concern would include, but not limited to:
1) Well water tests
2) Pressure tests (PSI <20 is considered a threat).
3) Photographs showing line breaks or other damage
4) Boil orders, map of line breaks with dates, and IEPA reference
documentation
5) Surface water tests with map
6) IEPA or US EPA violation letters or documentation
7) Newspaper articles
8) Current resident complaint letters
9) Water and/or sewer break log with map.
If you have a project you feel could qualify please email David Savage, our Grant Administrator, at
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Illinois State Fire Marshal Grant Award Announced
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The office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal announced the recipients of the Small Equipment Grant Program. Over four hundred applied and only one hundred fire departments and nonprofit ambulance services received grants for the purchase of safety equipment, protective clothing, breathing apparatus and other needed tools.
With the assistance of GWRPC, the Mt. Carmel Fire Department and the Christy Fire Protection District were awarded 2018 Small Equipment Grants. Mt. Carmel was awarded $15,904.35 and Christy Fire was awarded $26,000.00
If you would like to read the full article,
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IDNR Accepting Applications for OSLAD Grants
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The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) will be accepting applications for the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grant beginning August 1, 2018. The deadline to submit is October 1, 2018.
The OSLAD program provides funding assistance to local government agencies for acquisition and/or development of land for public outdoor recreation areas. OSLAD is a matching program that provides 50 percent of the grant award amount.
Types of Eligible OSLAD Projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Areas providing frontage on public surface waters or land for creating public water impoundments to promote water-based recreation opportunities.
- Areas of outstanding natural quality where the objective is to preserve the scenic or natural values, including areas of physical or biological importance such as pristine natural areas, sites protecting threatened or endangered species, flood plains, wetlands, geological features, wildlife habitats, or scenic waters, etc..
- Areas for general purpose, public outdoor recreation use such as neighborhood and community park areas, play fields and competitive, non-professional sports facilities, as well as public parklands for passive recreation uses.
- Additions to existing parks, wildlife areas, nature preserves, beaches, and greenways or parkways for public outdoor recreation purposes.
- Linear greenway corridors and abandoned rights-of-way for outdoor recreation purposes.
Visit the IDNR website at
www.dnr.illinois.gov
for more information, or call the IDNR Grants main line at (217) 782-7481.
For a copy of the Program Information and Grant Application,
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