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This is your weekly grant opportunities update from The National Special Districts Coalition. Special districts are either eligible to apply directly, or able to partner with a qualifying entity to apply for any of the grants listed.

New Grant Opportunities

Department of Commerce

FY 2022 Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Grant Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provides funding for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, Tribal governments, technology companies, electric utilities, utility cooperatives, public utility districts, telecommunications companies, telecommunications cooperatives, nonprofit foundations, nonprofit corporations, nonprofit institutions, nonprofit associations, regional planning councils, Native entities, economic development authorities, or any partnership of two or more of these entities

WHEN'S IT DUE? September 30, 2022

Department of Transportation

FY 2022 Safe Streets and Roads for All

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through safety action plan development and implementation focused on all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, personal conveyance and micromobility users, and commercial vehicle operators. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, city, town, county, and local governments, and federally recognized Tribal government

WHEN'S IT DUE? September 15, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2022 Services, Outreach, and Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program funds projects that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to provide direct services, assistance, and referrals for foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? This program has open eligibility

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 1, 2022

Department of Justice

FY 2022 Measuring the Impact of Victim Services: Implementation, Management, and Sustainment of the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to fund one entity to implement, manage, and sustain the Measures for Providers Responding to Victimization Experiences project for victim service providers. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, county, city, township, and special district governments, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments and organizations, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, nonprofits, and for-profit organizations 

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 12, 2022

Department of Justice

FY 2022 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support agencies in the resolution of violent crime cold cases by providing resources for agencies to prosecute cases where a suspect’s DNA has been identified, decreasing the number of unresolved violent crime cold cases. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State governments, special district governments, county governments, city or township governments, Native American tribal organizations

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 22, 2022

Department of Veteran Affairs

FY 2022 Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide resources toward community-based suicide prevention efforts to meet the needs of Veterans and their families through outreach, suicide prevention services, and connection to VA and community resources. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, and Native American tribal governments

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 10, 2022