Hello from the BellTower Team! This month’s newsletter features federal and state transportation grants for connecting communities, environmental resilience opportunities, and local cultural and recreational opportunities, including the much-anticipated FRDAP grant. Please note, there is only a two-week window to apply this year, so if you would like to apply for it or any other grants on this newsletter, please click the “Schedule a call” button to schedule a call with us today and discuss your project ideas.
Florida Recreational Development Assistance Program (FRDAP)
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Due Date: September 30, 2024
Match: Up to 50%
Funding: $200,000 per applicant
This competitive reimbursement grant program provides financial assistance for acquisition or development of land for public outdoor recreation.
Applications will be open for submission beginning September 16th and a webinar will be held on September 10th.
Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Program
Department of Transportation
Due Date: September 30, 2024
Match: Varies based on grant type
Funding: $200,000,000
The BIL established the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program to help reconnect communities previously cut off from economic opportunities by transportation infrastructure. Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Program aims to remove surface transportation structures (e.g. highways or viaducts) to increase connectivity in disadvantaged or underserved communities, improving access to daily needs such as jobs, education, healthcare, food, nature, and recreation and foster equitable development and restoration.
The program supports related planning and capacity-building activities in these communities. The grant program supports equitable transportation planning and allows residents to become more active in remedying transportation infrastructure that has negatively impacted them and the surrounding environment. RCN includes three separate grant types: Community Planning Grants; Capital Construction Grants; and Regional Partnerships Challenge Grants.
Tourist Development Council (TDC) Grants Program
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Due Date: October 15, 2024
Match: 1:1
Funding: Up to $35,000
The Tourist Development Council (TDC) Program is responsive on a quarterly basis to organizations/events, which promote Miami-Dade County’s appeal as a tourist destination by sponsoring tourist-oriented sports events, cultural and special events (visual and performing arts, including theater, concerts, recitals, opera, dance, art exhibitions, and festivals) and television origination productions. The TDC’s objective in funding events is to position Miami-Dade County as a must-experience destination through quality events and projects that attract tourists from outside of Miami-Dade County into the area; have a strong cultural component; encourage overnight stays in Miami-Dade County hotels and motels; and perpetuate an environment for growth in the tourism industry in Miami-Dade County.
Please note: Projects must take place between January 1-March 31, 2025.
Coastal Partnership Initiative (CPI) Program
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Due Date: October 31, 2024
Match: 1:1
Funding: $10,000 to $60,000 depending on project type
The CPI Program is intended to help coastal communities plan and implement projects that promote sustainable use of coastal resources, improve public access to the coast, restore natural habitats, and enhance community resilience to coastal hazards. The program encourages innovative and collaborative projects that contribute to the long-term health of Florida’s coastal ecosystems and economies. Awards are a minimum of $10,000 and a maximum of $30,000 for planning, design, and coordination activities, and $60,000 for construction, restoration, and land acquisition activities.
Department of Transportation
Due Date: November 1, 2024
Match: 20%
Funding: Up to $675,000,000 total funding for FY25
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants
US Environmental Protection Agency
Due Date: November 21, 2024
Match: N/A
Funding: Up to $2,000,000,000
EPA is accepting applications on a rolling basis for $2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding available to support community-driven projects that build capacity for communities to tackle environmental and climate justice challenges, strengthen their climate resilience, and advance clean energy.
This competition is being launched in order to meet the goals and objectives of two Executive Orders: EO 14008 and EO 13985 issued by the Biden Administration that demonstrate the EPA’s and Administration’s commitment to achieving environmental justice and embedding environmental justice into Agency programs.
Please note: This program requires a collaboration with a Community-Based Organization.
Due Date: Rolling
Match: N/A
Funding: N/A
Please note: CBPA is not an incentive program, and fleets do not receive direct funding–rather selected applicants will be allocated technical assistance resources by NREL.
Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Program
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
Due Date: Rolling
Match: N/A
Funding: TBD
The FWC’s Derelict Vessel Grant Guidelines allow for receipt of grant applications on a continuing basis with no deadlines as long as funding is available. The FWC will pay for 100% reimbursement to the grantee for all eligible vessels in the grant contract.
On the horizon…
US Environmental Protection Agency
Due Date: Typically opens in Late Summer/Early Fall
Match: TBD
Funding: $37,013,000 allocated for Florida FY2024
Under the authorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the EPA established the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Grant Program to assist underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities for the purpose of increasing drinking water facility resilience to natural hazards. Eligible applicants include public water systems, water systems located on areas governed by Tribes, and States on behalf of underserved communities.
EPA seeks to support these communities at the drinking water system level to overcome challenges caused by operational, environmental, and financial resource issues they face. This funding aims to increase sustainability of drinking water systems throughout the country and ensure that clean drinking water is accessible to all.
Eligible projects include water conservation/water use efficiency; modification or relocation of existing drinking water system infrastructure; design or construction of desalination facilities; water supply enhancement; drinking water infrastructure resiliency measures against natural hazards; elevating, relocating, or floodproofing instrumentation; retrofitting occupied utility buildings to prevent collapse; designing new facilities, control rooms, and offices that can withstand high winds.
Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Grant Program
US Environmental Protection Agency
Due Date: To be released in late 2024
Match: TBD
Funding: Up to $5,000,000 allocated for FY2022-2026
Under the authorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the EPA established the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Grant Program to assist medium and large public water systems with protecting drinking water sources from natural hazards, extreme weather events, and cybersecurity threats.
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