Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant | USDA RD CFTAT 2018

Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA RD CFTAT 2018

The Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training (CFTAT) Grant is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), specifically through USDA Rural Development Utilities Programs. Its purpose is to fund organizations that can provide hands-on technical assistance and training tied to USDA essential community facilities programs. In practical terms, the grant is meant to help rural and underserved communities strengthen their ability to figure out what facilities they need (and why), plan those projects in a realistic way, and then line up the funding sources that could make those projects happen.

The core focus is capacity-building rather than construction. Grant-funded work centers on helping communities, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit corporations identify and prioritize essential community facility needs in their service area. That can include guiding local leaders through needs assessments, project planning, and early-stage development steps that communities often struggle to pay for or staff internally. After those needs are clearly defined, the grantee can also help communities map out and pursue financing strategies by identifying potential public and private funding sources, including but not limited to USDA programs.

Eligible applicants are broad and include many types of governmental and nonprofit entities. Public-sector applicants can include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities or Indian housing authorities; and public or state-controlled institutions of higher education. Tribal eligibility includes federally recognized Native American tribal governments and also Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized as governments. On the nonprofit and education side, both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories) may apply, and private institutions of higher education are also listed as eligible. The opportunity is categorized under Agriculture and Community Development and is associated with CFDA number 10.766.

For the 2018 posting referenced, the award ceiling is $150,000 per grant, with an expectation of about 15 awards. The funding instrument is a grant. The opportunity was created on May 3, 2018, with an original closing date of July 2, 2018, and it is identified by the funding opportunity number USDA RD CFTAT 2018.

Overall, this grant is designed for organizations that can act as technical partners to rural communities and similar eligible areas, helping them move from vague needs to clearly defined, fundable community facilities projects by improving planning, readiness, and access to financing pathways.

• The Department of Agriculture, Utilities Programs in the agriculture, community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.766.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 03, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 02, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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