Weekly Grant Round-Up
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) and NJ Transit have come together to spearhead the Transit Village Initiative. This program incentivizes municipalities to redevelop or revitalize areas around public infrastructure and existing transit stations using design standards of transit-oriented development (TOD). TOD helps municipalities create attractive, vibrant, pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods where people can live, shop, work, and play without relying on automobiles.
In addition to community revitalization, the Transit Village Initiative seeks to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality by increasing transit ridership. Applications are currently being accepted on a rolling basis.
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The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) formally announced the availability of $291.6 million to potential applicants for another round of Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG). The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and non-affiliated emergency medical service organizations.
Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources necessary for protecting the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards. This second round of applications was unexpected. Applications are due December 20, 2024.
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Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), $75,000,000 worth of funding has been allocated to fund a new Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program from 2022 to 2026. For this round of funding, the EPA is focused on one funding opportunity with projects on preventing the generation of wasted food and increasing its recycling through composting. Anticipated projects include:
Develop and Implement a National Consumer Wasted Food Reduction Campaign - to decrease wasted food from households.
Expand the Market and Sales of Compost - to expand markets for and sales of compost.
Increase Education and Outreach to Households on Composting - to inform the public about new or existing residential food waste composting programs; to Provide information about the materials that are accepted as part of a residential food waste composting program; lastly, to increase collection rates and decrease physical contamination in residential food waste composting programs.
Applications for round two of this funding opportunity are now open and close on December 30, 2024.
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The Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts provides expansive funding opportunities to strengthen the nation’s arts and cultural ecosystem, encouraging public engagement with the arts and arts education. Grants are available for arts projects in a wide variety of artistic disciplines which include: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.
Projects of any size and of any phase (planning through implementation) are eligible to apply, with funding ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. The next round of funding will be announced soon with deadlines expected in February so stay tuned.
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