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GRANTS & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Hudson River Valley Greenway: Greenway Communities Grant Program
Deadline: October 31
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Greenway Communities are eligible to receive funding to develop plans or projects consistent with the five Greenway criteria. This grant program provides grant funding to help communities develop and implement a vision for their future that balances Greenway criteria of economic development considerations with resource protection and promotion objectives.
Hudson River Valley Greenway: Greenway Compact Grant Program
Deadline: October 31
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Greenway Communities are eligible to receive funding to develop plans or projects consistent with the five Greenway criteria. This grant program provides funding for projects that develop, approve, and implement a compact strategy consistent with the Greenway criteria and the Greenway Act.
NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets: Climate Resilient Farming Grant Program
Deadline: November 17
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The Department invites Soil and Water Conservation Districts to submit proposals for funding to the Climate Resilient Farming Program. Funds are available for projects that mitigate the impact of agriculture on climate change and enhance the on-farm adaptation and resiliency to projected climate conditions. Project proposals must have originated through the Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) framework.
NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets: Ecosystem Based Management - Stream Corridor Management Program
Deadline: December 8
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The Department and the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee invite New York State County Soil and Water Conservation Districts to apply for funding to the Stream Corridor Management Pilot Program. Funds are available for creating healthy stream corridor systems that will improve water quality, reduce erosion and sedimentation, improve wildlife habitat, and support the long-term health of our natural environment.
NYS DEC Office of Environmental Justice: Green Jobs for Youth Grant
Deadline: January 28, 2026
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$4 million in Environmental Justice Green Jobs for Youth Grants are now available to help youth in environmental justice communities develop skills training and promote job placement in various green industries. DEC’s Office of Environmental Justice is launching this second round of Green Jobs for Youth funding with a focus on skills training. To date, this funding has trained 373 youth in preparation for the green economy and placed 59 youth into jobs.
NYS DEC: Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs
Deadline: March 1, 2026 (Spring Planting)
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Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs offers free native trees and shrubs for qualifying planting projects along the tributary streams (Tribs) in the Hudson River Estuary Grant boundary. If you own or manage property near a stream in the Hudson River Estuary Grant boundary, you can apply for assistance from Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs. To apply, complete and submit an application. If your project is selected, you will be responsible for preparing, planting and maintaining the site.
NYS Homes & Community Renewal: Resilient Retrofit program
Deadline: N/A
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New York State Homes and Community Renewal has expanded the Resilient Retrofit program and will make available a combination of low-interest loans and grants to low and moderate income single-family homeowners whose homes are located in flood-prone areas or have been damaged due to heavy rainfall, enabling them to render their homes more resilient to flood damage.
NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets: Source Water Buffer Program
Deadline: Rolling
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The Source Water Buffer Program is administered by the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, in coordination with the Department. It funds the purchase of conservation easements and projects that establish riparian buffers on farmland that borders critical water sources. Soil and Water Conservation Districts are eligible to apply to the program on behalf of interested farmers. Participating farmers must either own an eligible farm operation or lease.
NYS DEC/DOH: Septic System Replacement Fund
Deadline: Rolling; county dependent
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This program provides funds to counties to help homeowners replace cesspools and septic systems that are adversely impacting designated water bodies. Eligible projects include replacement of a cesspool with a septic system, installation, replacement, or upgrade of a septic system, or installation of enhanced treatment technologies. Participating counties: Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester.
EPA: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program
Deadline: Rolling
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EPA announced $6.5B in New Funding Available for Water Infrastructure Projects and released notices of funding availability for the agency’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program and the State Infrastructure Financing Authority WIFIA (SWIFIA) Program.
NYS EFC: Emergency Financial Assistance
Deadline: Rolling
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Emergency financial assistance is available to municipalities for wastewater and drinking water system issues that pose hazards to public health, public welfare or the environment. Loan amount is based on the reasonable costs immediately necessary to address the emergency and the financial assistance is to be repaid within one year. Eligible facilities include publicly-owned treatment works, publicly-owned sewer system, and municipally-owned public water systems.
USDA: Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants
Deadline: Rolling
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This program helps eligible communities prepare, or recover from, an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water. Rurally located public bodies, Nonprofit organizations, and Federally recognized tribes are eligible. Applicants must show that a major decline in quantity or quality of water occurred within two years of the date of the applications. Grants are also awarded when a significant decline in quality or quantity of water is imminent.
USDA: Water & Waste Disposal Pre Development Planning Grants
Deadline: Rolling
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This program helps eligible low-income communities plan and develop applications for proposed USDA Rural Development water or waste disposal projects. Most state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and Federally-recognized Tribes are eligible. The area must have a median household income below the poverty line or less than 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan median household income.
USDA: Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program
Deadline: Rolling
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Long-term, low-interest loans are available for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas. State and local governments, nonprofit organizations, federally-recognized tribes are eligible.
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