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GRANTS & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
NYS EFC: State Water Grants: Water Infrastructure Improvement (WIIA) & Intermunicipal Water Infrastructure Grants (IMG)
Deadline: September 12
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The NYS EFC Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) is offering grants for clean and drinking water projects to selected municipalities with infrastructure projects that protect public health and/or water quality.
NYS DEC: Community Forest Conservation Grant
Deadline: September 17
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This grant program funds municipal land acquisition for community forests. Community forests are publicly owned or publicly accessible open space properties that are vital for wildlife habitat, flood mitigation, recreational opportunities, public health, air quality, water quality, and to meet the obligations outlined in New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
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: natural and cultural resource protection, economic development, public access, regional planning, and heritage and environmental education. 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.
NYS HCR: 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 and if, desired, to decrease their greenhouse gas emission consumption by improving the energy efficiency of the home and/or electrification of the home’s heating and cooling systems.
DAM: 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. The goal of the program is to protect public drinking water and to enhance water quality protection. It funds the purchase of conservation easements and projects that establish riparian buffers on farmland that borders critical water sources.
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.
EDA: FY 2023 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program
Deadline: Rolling
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Through this Disaster Supplemental Program, EDA will award investments in regions experiencing severe economic distress or other economic harm resulting from Hurricanes Ian and Fiona, and of wildfires, flooding, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2021 and 2022.
EDA: FY 2025 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program
Deadline: Rolling
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This grant program supports economic recovery activities in areas that received major disaster declarations because of hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. It aims to support communities recovering from major disasters and set them on a path to exceed pre-disaster conditions and transform their local economies in new and vibrant ways.
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. Letters of interest will be accepted on a rolling basis until all funds are expended.
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. 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. Funding may be used for construction of waterline extensions, new wells, reservoirs, transmission lines, treatments, repair breaks or leaks, and address related maintenance necessary to replenish the water supply.
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. Funding may be used to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of drinking water sourcing, treatment, storage, and distribution, sewer collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal, solid waste collection, disposal and closure, and stormwater collection, transmission and disposal. Funding may also be available for related activities such as legal and engineering fees, land acquisition, permits and equipment, start-up operations and maintenance, and other costs determined to be necessary for completion of the project.
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