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Department of Housing and Urban Development

FY 2023 Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program: MTW Flexibility for Smaller Public Housing Agencies

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to allow public housing agencies (PHAs) to design and test innovative, locally designed housing and self-sufficiency strategies for low-income families. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local government public housing agencies

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Rather than providing monetary awards, this program provides MTW Expansion designation to 14 PHAs

WHEN'S IT DUE? December 8, 2023  

Department of the Interior

FY 2023-2024 WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide funding for the restoration and protection of aquatic ecosystems. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in Reclamation States, including entities and organizations that own a dam that is eligible for upgrade, modification, or removal. Nonprofit conservation organizations working in partnership with the entities listed above or that notify entities listed above

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $95 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? January 24, 2024   

Department of the Interior

FY 2023 WaterSMART Grants Cooperative Watershed Management Program - Phase I 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide provides funding to implement Phase I activities to develop a watershed group, complete watershed restoration planning activities, and design watershed management projects. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? New or existing watershed groups located in the Western United States including states, Indian Tribes, local and special districts (e.g., irrigation, water districts, water conservation districts), local governmental entities, interstate organizations, and non-profit organizations

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $3 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? January 24, 2024  

Department of the Interior

FY 2023-2024 WaterSMART Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide funding for the restoration and protection of aquatic ecosystems. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in Reclamation States, including entities and organizations that own a dam that is eligible for upgrade, modification, or removal. Nonprofit conservation organizations working in partnership with the entities listed above or that notify entities listed above

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $95 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? January 24, 2024   

Department of the Interior

FY 2024 WaterSMART Grants: Drought Response Program Drought Resiliency Project Grants

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support a proactive approach to drought by providing assistance to water managers to develop and update comprehensive drought plans and implement projects that will build longterm resiliency to drought. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? States, tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other state, regional, or local authorities with water or power delivery authority located in the Western United States, as well as nonprofit conservation organizations working in partnership with the entities listed above

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified

WHEN'S IT DUE? October 31, 2023  

Department of the Interior

FY 2023-2024 WaterSMART Planning and Project Design Grants

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to provide funding for collaborative planning and design projects to support water management improvements. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Water Strategy Grants and Project Design Grants eligible applicants are divided into two categories. Category A applicants are states, Tribes, irrigation districts, and water districts; State, regional, or local authorities, the members of which include one or more organizations with water or power delivery authority; and other organizations with water or power delivery authority. Category B applicants are nonprofit conservation organizations that are acting in partnership with, and with the agreement of, an entity described in Category A. Drought Contingency Planning eligible applicants are a state, Tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery.

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $35 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? Proposals received before October 17, 2023 will be considered for FY 2023 funding. Proposals received after October 17, 2023 and before April 2, 2024 will be considered for FY 2024 funding.

Department of Transportation

FY 2023 Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning (TOD Pilot Program)

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to improve public transportation for U.S. communities by providing funding to local communities to integrate land use and transportation planning with a new fixed-guideway or core capacity transit capital investment. This program intends to support comprehensive planning that will improve economic development, ridership, multimodal connectivity and accessibility, transit access for pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and mixed-use development near transit stations. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? A State or States, U.S. Territory, or local governmental authority, and Federal Transit Administration grant recipients

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $13.4 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? October 10, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency

FY 2022/2023 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to incentivize and accelerate the upgrading or retirement of the nation's legacy diesel engine fleet. Funding will support the retrofit or replacement of existing diesel engines, vehicles, and equipment with EPA- and California Air Resources Board (CARB)-certified engine configurations and verified retrofit and idle reduction technologies. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local and state governments, academic institutions, consortia, Native American tribes, nonprofit organizations, schools/school districts, and tribal organizations/institutions

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $115 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? December 1, 2023