Available Funding Opportunities
Currently open funding opportunities are listed below. This list is updated monthly as new opportunities are added.
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FEDERAL
Statements of Interest – Supporting USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) Programs and Partners
The Denali Commission is accepting statements of interest for projects that support and further the goals of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Funds available are intended to build capacity to support NRCS program and partners; build Tribal programs; and support costs for obtaining required permissions for easements and land trusts.
Eligible projects must benefit the public in Alaska
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Funding Opportunity Number: 25-DC-NRCS-SOI-SPP
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Amount: Award ceiling $2,500,000, Award Floor $0
- Who’s it for:
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) other than institutions of higher education
- Non-profit organizations without 501(c)(3) other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organization (other than federally recognized Tribal Governments)
- Federally recognized Tribal Governments
Note: Entities which do not have an active or pending award with the Denali commission will be prioritized under this funding opportunity.
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Application Deadline: December 1, 2025
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For details, please visit grants.gov
USDA Farm to School Grant Program
The FY 2026 Farm to School Grant Program is designed to increase the availability of foods in the Child Nutrition Program (CNP). The objective of 2026 is to “improve access to local foods in eligible CNP sites through comprehensive farm to CNP programming that includes local sourcing and agricultural education efforts”.
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Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FNS-2026-F2S
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Amount: Award ceiling $500,000, Award Floor $100,000
- Who’s it for:
- State agencies
- Indian Tribal organizations
- Child Nutrition Program operators*
- Local agencies*
- Agricultural producers*
- Groups of agricultural producers*
- Non-profit organizations* à All non-profit organizations must include their 501(c)(3) determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
Under this RFA, all entities marked with an asterisk (*) must be part of a partnership to be eligible to apply.
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Application Deadline: December 5, 2025
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For details, please visit grants.gov
HUD Jobs Plus NOFO for Fiscal Year 2025
The Jobs Plus (JP) program is designed to support public housing authorities (PHAs) in developing employment related services, financial rent incentives to reduce the financial burden of rent increases for JP participants and provide community support that build a self-sufficient community.
The objective of this grant is to contact 100% of all adults (18-64) living in PHA’s within the first year to inform them of the JP program. The program should include community-wide interventions that improve the participants’ ability to maximize the employment-related services that are available. Key outcomes include: the percentage of participants who obtain employment, percentage increases in quarterly employment rates, and percentage increase in the number of residents that have increased income and the dollar amount of that increase.
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Funding Opportunity Number: FR-6900-N-14
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Amount: Award ceiling $3,700,000, Award Floor $1,600,000
- Who’s it for:
- Public Housing Authorities (PHAs)* that operate one or more public housing projects (AMPs)
- Note: PHAs* that have already received a Jobs Plus grants may apply for funding. However, AMPs (target sites) previously funded through a prior Jobs Plus grant may not be the target of Fiscal Year 2025 Jobs Plus application.
- Federally recognized and tribally designated housing entities are not eligible
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Application Deadline: December 29, 2025
- Note: Original deadline was extended from October to December
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For details, please visit grants.gov
USDA Solid Waste Management Grant Program
The objective of the Solid Waste Management Grant (SWMG) program is to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural areas and improve planning and management of solid waste sites in rural communities. The grant assists communities by funding technical assistance and training to: (1) reduce the solid waste stream through reduction, recycling, and reuse, (2) enhance operator skills in maintaining and operating active landfills, (3) for closed landfills or landfills with near future development/implementation of closure plans, future land use plans, safety and maintenance planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements, (4) evaluate current landfill conditions to determine the threats to water resources.
Proposed projects should also consider addressing contamination caused by emerging contaminants, such as but not limited to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and promote the collection of hazardous materials, such as electronics, pharmaceutical, and other hazardous household waste.
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Funding Opportunity Number: SWMFY26
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Amount: Award ceiling $1,000,000, Award Floor $0
- Who’s it for:
- Public bodies
- Federally recognized or state recognized Native American Tribe or group
- Academic Institutions
- Private nonprofit organization with tax exempt status designated by the IRS
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Application Deadline: December 31, 2025
- Note: Original deadline was extended from October to December
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For details, please visit grants.gov
DOI National Fish Passage Program Fiscal Year 2025
The Department of Interior’s National Fish Passage Program (NFPP) provides technical and financial assistance to remove instream barriers and restore aquatic connectivity, improve community safety, and support local economies.
The goal of NFPP is to restore ecological connectivity of the Nation’s aquatic systems to the maximum extent possible to reconnect fluvial and tidal processes that enable native fish and other aquatic organisms to access a full range of habitat types to meet their life history needs seasonally and annually.
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Funding Opportunity Number: F25AS00282
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Amount: Award ceiling $1,000,000, Award Floor $1
- Who’s it for:
- County governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- City or Township governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than an institution of higher education
- Nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than an institution of higher education
- Small Businesses
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Individuals
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Application Deadline: December 31, 2025
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For details, please visit grants.gov
DOI Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects (Small Storage Program)
The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation administers the Small Surface and Groundwater Storage Program (Small Storage Program) grant to support small water and groundwater storage projects in the 17 western states, Alaska, and Hawaii to provide new sources of water and increase water management flexibility. The grant is designed to co-fund the planning, design, and/or construction of water storage projects.
Priority proposals must meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Provide a more reliable water supply for States, Indian Tribes, and local governments.
- Increase water management flexibility and reduce impacts on environmental resources from projects operated by Federal and State agencies.
- Regional in nature
- Multiple stakeholders
- Provide multiple benefits, including water supply reliability, ecosystem benefits, groundwater management and enhancements, and water quality improvements.
The grant’s objective is to enhance water storage opportunities to regions with limited water supply by funding up to a 25% Federal cost-share to plan, design, and construct surface and groundwater storage projects between 200 and 30,000 acre-feet that will increase water storage or move water to/from a storage project. Proposals must also increase yield to identified beneficiaries and submit a small storage feasibility study to the Bureau of Reclamation for review by February 13, 2026.
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Funding Opportunity Number: R25AS00270
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Amount: Award ceiling $30,000,000, Award Floor $0
- Who’s it for:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Federally recognized Tribal Governments
- Native American tribal organization (other than federally recognized Tribal Governments)
- Non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) other than institutions of higher education
- Joint power authorities organized pursuant to state law
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Application Deadline: April 17, 2026
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For details, please visit grants.gov
DOL Updated National Dislocated Worker Grant Program
The Department of Labor administers National Dislocated Work Grant (DWG) discretionary funds under Title I of Section 170 of the Worker Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA). DWG grants provide employment-related services for dislocated workers and other eligible individuals.
The grant’s objective is to supplement funding in response to major economic dislocations or other events that cause or contribute to a shortage of existing WIOA Dislocated Worker formula funds and other relevant resources in the states and local areas, creating challenges in their ability to provide workforce services to eligible participants. DWGs enable states and communities to respond to and recover from large, often unexpected dislocation events and their associated impacts.
To achieve its goal, there are two types of DWGs funded:
(1) Disaster Recovery which provides funding to create temporary employment opportunities to assist with clean-up and recovery efforts when an area impacted by an emergency of major disaster is declared eligible for public assistance by FEMA or is declared or recognized as an emergency or disaster of national significance by a Federal agency with authority or jurisdiction over Federal response to the disaster or emergency, including public health emergencies.
(2) Employment Recovery which expands the capacity to serve dislocated workers and to meet the increased demand for employment and training services following a qualifying dislocation event such as a mass layoff, plant closure, or higher-than-average demand for employment and training activities for dislocated members of the Armed Forces and their spouses.
Projects funded with DWG resources are encouraged to align with existing state and local strategic priorities and focus on preparing dislocated workers and other eligible individuals for good jobs that include family-supporting wage and benefits, worker voice in employment conditions, and equal opportunity.
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Funding Opportunity Number: ETA-TEGL-09-24
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Amount: Award ceiling $300,000,000, Award Floor $150,000
- Who’s it for:
- State or outlying areas, or a consortium of states;
- Local Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) or a consortium of WDBs
- Entities eligible for funding through the Indian and Native American Program in WIOA Section 166(c)
- Entities determined to be appropriate by the Governor of the State or outlying area involved*
- Entities that demonstrate to the Secretary of Labor their capability to effectively respond to circumstances related to particular dislocations*
- *Note: Entities may include, but are not limited to, unions or labor-management partnerships as appropriate
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Application Deadline: December 31, 2026
For details, please visit grants.gov
TRIBAL
EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia
The EPA’s SWIFR Program is designed to assist local waste management authorities by supporting improvements to local post-consumer materials management, including recycling programs, and assisting local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
Materials and waste streams considered under this announcement include municipal solid waste (e.g., plastics, organics, paper, metal, glass, electronic waste, batteries, household hazardous waste, tire scraps, construction and demolition, and disaster debris. The materials aforementioned must be managed through source reduction, reuse, sending materials to material recovery facilities, composting, rendering, anaerobic digestion, and feeding animals.
Activities not eligible under this grant: constructing, improving or operating landfills; incineration; burn units; waster-to-energy or biofuels (except anaerobic digestion); chemical and thermal recycling; and environmental clean-up. Food processing is only eligible when paired with recycling activities.
To meet its objective, SWIFR offers three types of grants: SWIFR Grants for States and Territories, SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia, SWIFR Grants for Political Subdivisions.
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Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-I-OLEM-ORCR-25-02
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Amount: Award ceiling $1,500,000, Award Floor $100,000
- Who’s it for:
- Tribes as defined in 33 U.S.C. 4201 and section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304), which includes Alaska Native Villages and Alaska Native Corporations, and former reservations in Oklahoma, as determined by the Secretary of Interior
- Intertribal consortia, consistent with the requirements in 40 CFR Part 35.504(a). Note: Intertribal Consortia will be eligible only if the consortium demonstrates that all members of the consortium meet the eligibility requirements for the grant and authorize the consortium to apply for and receive assistance by submitting to the EPA: (1) existence of the partnership between Tribal governments and (2) authorization of the consortium by all its members to apply for/receive the grant. Documentation must be in the form of letters signed by all member Tribes, approved by-laws that contain language that specifically address the eligibility requirements, and/or other forms of documentation approved by the EPA Point of Contact that adequately meet the eligibility requirements.
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Application Deadline: December 12, 2025
For details, please visit grants.gov
Indian Housing Block Grant Competitive Program for FY 2025
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers the Indian Housing Block Grant Competitive Program designed for federally recognized tribal governments and tribal organizations to support eligible affordable housing activities for low-income tribal families.
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Funding Opportunity Number: FR-6900-N-48
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Amount: Award ceiling $7,500,000, Award Floor $500,000
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Who’s it for: Federally recognized Tribal Governments and Native American tribal organization (other than federally recognized Tribal Governments)
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Application Deadline: January 15, 2026
For details, please visit grants.gov
CALIFORNIA
WHALE TAIL Grant
The WHALE TAIL grant helps connect people to California’s coast and its watersheds through experiential education, stewardship, and outdoor experiences by focusing on engaging communities that face barriers accessing marine education and stewardship opportunities.
Projects must engage communities in California and include education about coastal and marine environments. The Coastal Commission strongly encourages projects engage communities that face barriers accessing coastal and marine education and stewardship.
The Commission stives for a broad geographic distribution of projects across California. It anticipates dedicating half of the total estimated amount of funding available ($2,000,000) to be dedicated through tribal projects set-aside by the California Native Americans tribes, tribally-led entities, and organization engaging California Native American tribal communities. At least 25% of projects funded outside the tribal set-aside projects will be small grants up to $25,000.
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Funding Sources: WHALE TAIL Competitive Grants are funded through the California Ocean Protection Council with funding from California Climate Investments; the WHALE TAIL Grants Program is supported by purchases of WHALE TAIL License Plates and donations from Protect Our Coast Oceans Fund on the State Tax Form.
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Funding Method: Advances & Reimbursements
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Match Funding: N/A
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Amount: $1- $50,000
- Who’s it for:
- Public agency (e.g., cities, counties, and municipalities)
- Tribal government
- Nonprofit
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Application Deadline: December 15, 2025
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For details, please visit grants.ca.gov
2026 Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Grant
The Clean Water Act Section 319 Grant Program supports projects to reduce and mitigate the effects of nonprofit source pollutants to waters of the state within priority watersheds identified by the Regional Water Quality Control Boards.
Implementation projects must address a program preference, which is a specific watershed or waterbody and pollutant combination that is identified by the Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Most awards will go to projects that improve impaired waters, but a small amount of funding will go to projects that protect high-quality waters or that address a nonpoint source pollution problem created by wildfire.
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Funding Sources: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Funding Method: Reimbursement
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Match Funding: 25%
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Amount: $50,000-$1,000,000
- Who’s it for:
- Public agency (e.g., cities, counties, and municipalities)
- Tribal government
- Nonprofit
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Application Deadline: December 19, 2025
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For details, please visit grants.ca.gov
California Training for Residential Energy Contractors (CA-TREC)
The California Energy Commission administers the CA-TREC fund to support statewide residential building electrification and efficiency contractor training projects that develop the workforce for long-term market transformation in whole-home efficiency, reduce costs of training contractor employees, and support programs offering testing and certifications for contractors.
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Funding Sources: Inflation Reduction Act Residential Energy Rebate Programs
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Funding Method: Reimbursement
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Match Funding: 100% Administrative Costs
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Amount: Dependent
- Who’s it for:
- Public agency (e.g., cities, counties, and municipalities)
- Tribal government
- Nonprofit
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Application Deadline: December 22, 2025
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For details, please visit grants.ca.gov
Tribal Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program Round 4 (Tribal HHAP 4)
The Tribal HHAP funds California Federally Recognized Tribes implementing diverse interventions to prevent and address homelessness.
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Funding Source: Originally created by AB 140 (2021) and authorized by Section 13 of AB 166 (2024)
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Funding Method: Grantees will receive funds up-front in the form of a physical check
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Match Funding: N/A
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Amount: Dependent
- Who’s it for:
- Tribal government
- California Federally recognized tribes
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Application Deadline: January 16, 2026
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For details, please visit grants.ca.gov
2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) NOFA
Under the 2025 NOFA, approximately $27M in federal funds for CDBG are available for projects and programs that will reduce disparities in their communities. The objectives of the CDBG program are to develop viable communities by the provision of decent affordable housing, a suitable living environment, and to expand economic opportunities, principally for the benefit of Low- and Moderate-Income (LMI) persons, families, households, and neighborhoods.
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Funding Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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Funding Method: HUD will reimburse the Grantee
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Match Funding: N/A
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Amount: Dependent
- Who’s it for:
- Public agency (e.g., cities, counties, and municipalities)
- Tribal government
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Application Deadline: January 30, 2026
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For details, please visit grants.ca.gov
2025 Wildfire & Forest Resilience Directed Grant Program
In 2024, Californians approved Proposition 4 – Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Act. In 2025, Governor Newsom signed AB100 which allocates $30.9M from Proposition 4 to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) for wildfire prevention and forest resilience. $10M will be available for this grant cycle.
The objective of the program is to support projects that result in a combination of multiple watershed, ecosystem, and community benefits. Primary activities of the project must include at least one of the following items: removal of hazardous, dead, and/or dying trees; removal of vegetation for the creation of strategic fuel breaks as identified by approved fire prevention plans; removal of vegetation for community defensible space; removal of vegetation along roadways, highways, and freeways for the creation of safer ingress and egress routes; removal of vegetation using cultural traditional ecological knowledge for cultural burning and/or prescribed fire treatments for fuels reduction; or improvements to previously established fuel breaks or fuels-modification projects.
Under this grant, projects must meet all of the following criteria: have completed environmental compliance or approval under the EPP; be an implementation project with on-the-ground improvements resulting in a clear, demonstrable, and enduring public benefit; be located within the Sierra-Cascade Region; be consistent with the SNC mission and program areas as defined in the SNC Strategic Plan; be consistent with the requirements of the funding source and budget provisions; and commence on-the-ground work no later than October 15, 2026.
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Funding Source: State
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Funding Method: Advance(s)
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Match Funding: N/A
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Amount: Dependent
- Who’s it for:
- Public agency (e.g., cities, counties, special district, joint powers authority, state agency, or federal agency)
- Federally recognized Tribal government and those listed on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission as a California Native American Tribe
- Nonprofit with 501c3 status
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Application Deadline: January 31, 2026
For details, please visit grants.ca.gov
HAWAII
Grant for Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation
The Department of Hawai’i Home Lands objective to improve disaster preparedness, prevention, and mitigation projects, programs and/or services in existing homesteads on Hawaiian Home Lands.
Grant proposals may cover a broad range of areas in disaster preparedness and mitigation. Proposed projects may include any project related to the DHHL General Plan or listed in any HHC-approved DHHL Regional Plan, including those listed as “Potential” and/or “Priority” Projects.
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Application Deadline: January 12, 2026
For details, please visit 1_RFP-26-HHL-005-Application-Packet.pdf
NEVADA
2025 Cooperative Invasive Plant Cost Share
The objective of Nevada’s Department of Agriculture Plant Health and Compliance Noxious Weeds Program is to address Nevada’s noxious weeds.
Project sites must be in an area with a minimum of 10% forested land or have a direct impact on an area with a minimum 10% forested land. Projects funded will demonstrate any or all of the following: Re-vegetation/restoration, Early detection rapid response species control, mapping, survey efforts, Biological control, Landowner cost shares, Education/outreach, Mapping/data and collection/surveys, New CWMA start up projects, or Revisitation of past EDRR reports.
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Funding Sources: US Environmental Protection Agency (USFS)
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Funding Method: Reimbursement
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Match Funding: There is a 1:1 cost share requirement for funded projects
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Amount: $27,500
- Who’s it for:
- Active Cooperative Weed Management Area (WMA)
- Conservation District (CD)
- County Weed District (WD)
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Application Deadline: January 9, 2026
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For details, please visit agri.nv.gov/Administrative/Grant_Opportunities/
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