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MassDOT Community Transit Grant Available

MassDOT's Rail & Transit Division today announced the availability of the Fiscal Year 2014 Community Transit Grant Program application. Organizations that wish to apply for the following Federal funds: Title 49 USC Sections 5310, 5311(f), 5316, 5317, and 5339 and State funds: Mobility Assistance Program, should access the grant application.

Beginning this year, MassDOT Community Transit Grant Program applicants must submit applications through the new GrantsPlus+ web-based grant management system. If you were unable to attend a grant application training session, please contact Kyle J. Emge, Manager of FTA Programs at 857-368-9555. One additional web-based training session will be provided for applicants that were unable to attend one of the three scheduled sessions.

All applications must be received by MassDOT no later than 5 p.m. on March 1, 2013. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications before the deadline. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

MassDOT Community Transit Grant Training Sessions

MassDOT's Rail & Transit Division announces training sessions for the FY2014 MassDOT Community Transit Grant Program. The Federal Transit Administration and the Commonwealth provide financial assistance through a number of programs to Regional Transit Authorities, Private Non-Profits/For-Profits, Councils on Aging, municipalities that provide transit service and State Agencies to improve, maintain and operate service. Beginning this year, MassDOT Community Transit Grant Program applicants must submit applications through the new MassDOT web-based grant application system. Grant application training sessions include:

Training is for organizations wishing to apply for Federal funds under Title 49 USC Sections 5310, 5311 (f), 5316, 5317, and 5339 and State funds under the Mobility Assistance Program. If you wish to apply for a grant for FY14, but are unable to attend a training session, please contact Kyle J. Emge, Manager of FTA Programs at 857-368-9555. One additional web-based training session will be provided for applicants unable to attend one of the three scheduled sessions.

All FY2014 applications and guidance documents will be available January 31st on the Grant website. All applications must be received by MassDOT no later than 5 p.m. on March 1, 2013. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications before the deadline. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are announcing an opening of the application period for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). This post-disaster mitigation grant funding is available as a result of the federal disaster declaration for the October 29-30, 2011 Snow Storm event. This HMGP funding is available to all communities in the Commonwealth that meet the sub-applicant and project eligibility requirements. For details on how to apply or learn more about the grant program, read the memo here.

Community Innovation Challenge Grant Program

The Patrick-Murray Administration's new Community Innovation Challenge (CIC) Grant Program invests in and incentivizes innovation among local governments through regionalization and other reforms and efficiencies to maintain critical local services and stretch every tax payer dollar as far as possible. For more information on this grant program or for the application, visit the Grant Program's website.

Funding Available for District Local Technical Assistance

The Old Colony Planning Council is pleased to announce that the Commonwealth has once again provided funding for the District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) Program. This program will enable OCPC to provide much needed technical assistance to member communities. The focus of the DLTA program is on advancing municipal partnerships to encourage and enable municipalities to work together to achieve and/or enhance cost-effective service delivery and ongoing collaboration and consultation on issues affecting the municipalities. Click here for our outreach letter which describes the use of funds, eligible projects, the project selection criteria as well as a project request form.

Please note that OCPC will consider project requests received by March 2, 2012. Applications received after March 2, 2012 will be accepted only if resources are available. For additional information, please contact Community Planner Eric Arbeene by email or at (508) 583-1833 Ext. 209.

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Funding Available Now

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) are pleased to announce the availability of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding. This post-disaster mitigation grant funding is available as a result of the federal disaster declarations for the October 29-30, 2011 Snow Storm event. The grant application period is now officially open. This HMGP funding is available to all communities in the Commonwealth that meet the sub-applicant and project eligibility requirements. Click here for the memo to get more information.

Patrick-Murray Administration Announces New Community Innovation Challenge Grant

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray and Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez today announced the creation of a new $4 million Community Innovation Challenge (CIC) grant program to incentivize and support innovative regionalization and other cost saving initiatives that will change the way local governments do business to maintain service delivery and stretch every tax payer dollar as far as possible. For more information, view the press release on the State's website.

How to Apply: Eligible applicants include for the CICG program include:

Regional agencies and councils of governments may also serve as the administrative or fiscal agent on behalf of municipalities. Applicants will be required to submit a project timeline and detailed budget for their proposal. Additionally, applicants must propose a method to measure and evaluate both the success of implementing the proposed project and the success of the initiative or reform going forward once implemented. To qualify for the grants, communities must submit their application to the Executive Office of Administration and Finance via email by January 15, 2012.

Click here for guidelines for submitting a grant application, and here for the application form.

Recreational Trails Grants Program

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) accepts applications for Recreational Trails Grants on an annual basis, with a deadline of October 1. The Recreational Trails Program will award 2-3 new grants focused on statewide trail education initiatives. More information is available at the DCR's webpage.

MassWorks Infrastructure Program

From the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED): "The MassWorks Infrastructure Program provides a one-stop shop for municipalities and other eligible applicants seeking public infrastructure funding to support economic development. The Program represents an administrative consolidation of six grant programs:

The MassWorks Infrastructure Program provides grant funding for publicly owned infrastructure including, but not limited to sewers, utility extensions, streets, roads, curb-cuts, parking facilities, site preparation, demolition, pedestrian walkways, streetscape, and water treatment systems. In recognition of the administration?s commitment to and focus on job creation and economic development, the MassWorks Infrastructure Program will be centrally administered by the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation and Executive Office for Administration and Finance."

Sustainable Communities Building Blocks

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Sustainable Communities Building Blocks Program. This program seeks to provide technical assistance to twenty communities for the purposes of economic and environmental sustainability. More information, as well as information on how to apply, is located at the EPA's website.

Grants will be posted as they become available.

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Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds Available
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