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The National Special Districts Coalition provides weekly highlights for CSDA Members.

Department of Energy

FY 2024 Renew America’s Schools Prize to Cooperative Agreement

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports the implementation of infrastructure improvements in schools, with a focus on local educational agencies (LEAs) that qualify as rural and/or high poverty. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local education agencies (LEAs) and one or more of the following: schools, nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, or community partners

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $180 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 13, 2024 (Phase 1) 

Department of Energy

FY 2024 Solutions for Lasting, Viable Energy Infrastructure Technologies (SOLVE IT) Prize

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program will empower communities to identify and implement innovative clean energy solutions in a way that works for their unique needs and challenges. The program will offer prizes, at various levels, to award recipients that will work collaboratively with stakeholders interested in community-scale planning around clean energy to engage their communities, build a network of support for clean energy or decarbonization projects, and develop plans for carrying out these projects. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local governments, academic institutions, labor unions, nongovernmental organizations, and private entities

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $5 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? April 12, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services

FY 2024 Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality 

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program supports the capacity for developing and implementing data-informed strategies to prevent pregnancy-related deaths and reduce disparities among disproportionately impacted populations by improving data availability and quality to better identify and characterize pregnancy-related deaths and related health inequities. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Agencies and organizations that coordinate and manage maternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) including state or local governments, academic institutions, Native American tribes, nonprofit organizations, private sector organizations, schools and school districts, and tribal organizations/institutions

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $133.7 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? May 20, 2024

Department of the Interior

FY 2024 Cultural Resources Management Services

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to catalyze the implementation of important cultural resource management projects. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, local, or tribal governments, or other public entities, educational institutions; and private nonprofit organizations

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? Unspecified

WHEN'S IT DUE? July 15, 2024

Department of Justice

FY 2024 Emergency Planning Demonstration Program for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support the development, improvement, and implementation of emergency planning activities for state, tribal, county, and local juvenile justice residential facilities. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State, special district, tribal, county, city, or township governments, public-controlled, state-controlled, tribal, or private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations, including small businesses

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $500,000

WHEN'S IT DUE? April 30, 2024 (Grants.gov), May 14, 2024 (JustGrants)

Department of Justice

FY 2024 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program assists communities in developing and implementing effective, data-driven, coordinated and sustainable responses that address opioid use and other substance use disorders impacting public safety, children, youth and their families. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State and local governments, higher education institutions, Native American tribal organizations/governments, nonprofit organizations, school districts, and public/Indian housing authorities

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $7,685,800

WHEN'S IT DUE? April 30, 2024 (Grants.gov), May 14, 2024 (JustGrants)

Department of Justice

FY 2024 Rural and Small Department Violent Crime Reduction Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support small and rural law enforcement agencies in their efforts to combat violent crime through the implementation of a comprehensive violent crime reduction strategy. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Rural and small law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices serving rural communities, small departments, city or township governments, county governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $6 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? May 15, 2024 (Grants.gov); May 22, 2024 (JustGrants)

Department of Justice

FY 2024 Second Chance Act Smart Supervision Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to improve the capacity and effectiveness of probation and parole agencies to increase supervision success rates by more effectively addressing individuals’ risk and needs and reducing recidivism. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State governments, city or township governments, county governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, a consortia of supervision agencies, and special district governments

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $5.1 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? May 15, 2024 (Grants.gov), May 22, 2024 (JustGrants) 

Department of Transportation

FY 2023 Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP)

WHAT DOES IT FUND? This program provide funding to eligible entities to plan, design, and construct eligible projects that provide safe and connected active transportation infrastructure in an active transportation network or active transportation spine. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? Local and regional governmental organizations, multicounty special districts, states, multistate groups of governments, and Native American Tribes.

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $44.5 million

WHEN'S IT DUE? June 17, 2024

National Endowment for the Humanities

FY 2024 Cultural and Community Resilience Program

WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program is to support community-based efforts to address the impacts of climate change and COVID-19 by safeguarding cultural resources and fostering cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experiences. Click here for more information.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE? State and local governmental agencies, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT? $2,500,000

WHEN'S IT DUE? April 11, 2024 (Optional Draft), May 21, 2024 (Application Deadline)