Now open for applications: Dislocated worker, intermediate punishment, and wildfire assistance grant programs

STATE GRANT PROGRAMS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS:

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development: State Facility Closure Transition Program  (Funding Source: General Fund)

Who Can Apply: Counties are the applicant.  Eligible counties include: Butler, Carbon, Clarion, Columbia, Crawford, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne, Mercer, Monroe, Northumberland, Schuylkill, and Venango.
Use
: To aid communities impacted by the closure of SCI Retreat, the White Haven Center, and Polk State Center.

Funds
: Funding amounts are defined in the guidelines.

Application Deadline
March 31

More Information
: Click on https://dced.pa.gov/programs/state-facility-closure-transition-program-sfctp/.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry: Dislocated Worker Near Completer Demonstration Project (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

Who Can Apply: Pennsylvania Local Workforce Development Boards. Must have a formal engagement with one or more eligible institutions of higher learning.
Use
: To support job seekers who have been displaced from employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic and who were within one semester (16-weeks) or less of completing training.

Funds
: Three 24-month pilot programs will be awarded, consisting of one urban, one suburban, and one rural coverage area.

Application Deadline
April 19

More Information
: Click on https://www.dli.pa.gov/Businesses/Workforce-Development/grants/Documents/NCDP/Near-Completer-NGA.pdf.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency: 2021-22 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program  (Funding Source: General Fund)

Who Can Apply: All counties in Pennsylvania are eligible to apply under this initiative. Applicants are not required to have a prior funding history with PCCD.
Use
: To support restrictive conditions that are imposed as part of a county probation sentence, needed drug and alcohol-related services, and mental health treatment and supportive services for eligible individuals.

Funds
: Counties may not request funds in excess of the amounts listed in the Maximum Allowable Request column in the chart included as Appendix A of the guidelines.

Application Deadline
April 27

More Information
: Click on https://www.pccdegrants.pa.gov/Egrants/Public/OpenAnnouncements.aspx and choose “2021-22 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Program.”

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources: Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

Who Can ApplyRural or volunteer fire departments that serve communities with fewer than 10,000 people. Program priority is unprotected or inadequately protected rural areas.
Use
Equipment and training to prevent and control wildfires in rural areas. Priority is projects that include the purchase of wildland fire suppression equipment and wildland fire protective gear.

Funds
: This is a cost-share program. The maximum grant for 2021 is $10,000.

Application Deadline
May 13

More Information
: Click https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/Communities/Wildfire/VolunteerFireDepartmentResources/Pages/default.aspx.

UPCOMING APPLICATION DEADLINES:

PCCD/DDAP-2021 SBIRT Projects in Postsecondary Institutions: March 23 (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

  • Public or nonprofit postsecondary institutions. To prevent and address substance misuse on college and university campuses.

PCCD Endowment Act-Treatment Training: March 26  (Funding Source: State Endowment Act Funds)

  • Any for-profit entity, non-profit entity, an entity affiliated with a CAC or MDIT (e.g., public agency or hospital) or unit of local government, including schools, colleges and universities. To support the training of medical and mental healthcare providers who treat children and adult victims/survivors of child sexual abuse.

PA Agriculture – Farm to School Grant Program: March 30  (Funding Source: General Fund)

  • School districts, charter schools, and private schools with pre-K or K-5 classes. Nutrition education in the classroom, field trips, and other activities.

PA Office of Budget - Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP): March 31  (Funding Source: General Obligation Debt)

  • Entities that have a project itemized in a Capital Budget Itemization Act from the past 10 years. The acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects that have a regional or multi-jurisdictional impact and generate substantial increases or maintain current levels of employment, tax revenues, or other measures of economic activity.

DCNR ATV/Snowmobile Grants: March 31  (Funding Source: ATV and Snowmobile Registrations)

  • Municipalities, nonprofits, and for-profit organizations. Planning, land acquisition, development, rehabilitation, maintenance, equipment, and educational programs related to ATV and/or snowmobile trails and facilities.

DEP Agricultural Plan Reimbursement Program: April 1  (Funding Source: Environmental Stewardship Fund)

  • Agricultural operators/landowners in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (43 counties). - To hire a technical expert to develop plans for manure management, nutrient management, or erosion and sediment control.

DCED Keystone Communities: April 2  (Funding Source: General Fund)

  • Municipalities, counties, redevelopment authorities, housing authorities, economic development organizations, housing corporations, community development corporations, business improvement districts, neighborhood improvement districts, downtown improvement districts. - A variety of community and economic development uses to revitalize/stabilize/grow neighborhoods and communities and encourage social and economic diversity.

PA Fish & Boat Commission – R3 Education Grant Program: April 12  (Funding Source: PA Fish & Boat Commission)

  • School districts, universities and colleges, community and civic groups, sportsmen’s and conservation organizations, and local recreation departments. - Education programs to retain and/or reactivate former anglers and boaters and to recruit new anglers and boaters.

L&I School-to-Work Program: April 14  (Funding Source: Reemployment Fund - State)

  • An entity that is, or will be, registered with the department as a pre-apprenticeship program. Various school-to-work activities.

DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2): April 14   (Funding Source: Multiple State and Federal Sources)

  • Counties, municipalities, municipal agencies, nonprofit organizations, state heritage areas, prequalified land trusts, for-profit enterprises. - Planning, acquisition, and development of public parks, pools, indoor recreation facilities, playgrounds, motorized and walking trails, river conservation and access, stream buffers, open space conservation, and regional and statewide partnerships.

PA Agriculture Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grant Program: April 16  (Funding Source: General Fund)

  • An individual, partnership, association, business, or municipal government. - Projects that grow agricultural infrastructure in urban food deserts to improve access to fresh, local food and provide opportunities for hands-on learning, community-building, and for people to become social entrepreneurs.

PEMA Nonprofit Security Grant Program: April 20  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

  • 501(c)3 nonprofits, including religious institutions. Must be at a high risk of a terrorist attack. - Target hardening and physical security enhancements.

DEP County Recycling Coordinator Grant Program (Section 903): April 30  (Funding Source: Recycling Fund)

  • Counties. - To reimburse 50% of the cost of employing a county recycling coordinator in the previous calendar year.

CFA Abandoned Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment Program: May 31  (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)

  • For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Abatement and treatment of AMD.

CFA Baseline Water Quality Data Program: May 31  (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)

  • For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - To establish baseline water quality data on private water supplies.

CFA Flood Mitigation Program: May 31  (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)

  • For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. Flood mitigation projects.

CFA Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program: May 31  (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)

  • For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Projects which involve development, rehabilitation and improvements to public parks, recreation areas, greenways, trails and river conservation.

CFA Orphan and Abandoned Well Plugging: May 31  (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)

  • For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Orphan or abandoned well plugging projects.

CFA Sewage Facilities Program: May 31  (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)

  • For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Costs associated with the planning work required under Act 537, the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act. 

CFA Watershed Restoration and Protection Program: May 31  (Funding Source: Marcellus Legacy Fund)

  • For-Profit Businesses, Municipalities, Councils of Governments, Authorized Organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Watershed Organizations. - Projects which involve the construction, improvement, expansion, repair, maintenance or rehabilitation of new or existing watershed protection Best Management Practices (BMPs).