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Communities
The Communities category provides funding links to Web sites focusing on brownfields, community and economic development, sustainable development, education, transportation, and other opportunities for local-level funding. These links are organized in three groups:
Additional NOAA Funding | Other Federal Agency Funding | Nonprofit
Funding
- The NOAA Restoration Center has developed the Community-Based
Restoration Program Web page to disseminate information about
grant opportunities offered through its funding partnerships. Grant
opportunities are posted, on an ongoing basis, as partnerships are
developed and funding becomes available.
- The Clean
Marina Initiative is a voluntary, incentive-based program promoted
by NOAA and others that encourages marina operators and recreational
boaters to protect coastal water quality by engaging in environmentally
sound operating and maintenance procedures. Funding
is available from NOAA and other partners.
- The Environmental
Protection Agency provides a web site that links users to its
many grant programs: brownfields, environmental justice, sustainable
challenge grants, pollution prevention for states, regional grant
contacts, and many others.
- The Department of Agriculture's Rural
Community Empowerment Program provides community development grants
to rural communities. It also provides a tool that finds Notices
of Funding Availability (NOFAs), appearing in the Federal Register,
that invite applications for federal grant programs. Use this tool
to generate a customized listing of NOFAs.
- The Department of Transportation's Federal
Transit Administration has a Web site offering one-stop access
to Federal Transit Administration grant program information. This
site highlights transit grants for cities and communities of various
sizes, grants for transporting the elderly and disabled, and grants
for buses and bus-related projects.
- The Federal Highway Administration's Transportation
and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program (TCSP) provides
grants to investigate the relationships between transportation and
community. As part of this program, states, local governments, and
metropolitan planning organizations may apply for a grant to plan
and implement strategies that improve transportation; reduce environmental
impacts of transportation; and ensure efficient access to jobs, services,
and centers of trade.
- The Federal Transit Administration sponsors
major grant programs found on this page off of their website. Each of these grant program listings has an Overview page that describes the program, and a
Related Items page that contains other relevant information.
- The Federal Highway Act, also known as the Federal
Surface and Transportation Program, now funds shared use paths,
trails, bicycle transportation, and pedestrian projects. These alternatives
are eligible for nearly all major federal highway funding programs.
The Federal Highway Administration has also identified some key programs that fund trails. Note that recreational trails are eligible
under the Recreational Trails Program.
- The National
Parks Service, located within the U.S. Department of Interior,
administers a number programs for historic preservation in communities.
These programs include grant funding, tax credits, and other forms
of assistance.
- The National Parks Service administers several additional programs
focused on parks, trails, and open space. These programs offer grants,
lands, and/or technical assistance for communities interested in establishing
or preserving parks, trails, and
open spaces.
- The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) authorizes federal surface
transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit
for 1998 to 2003. Special programs include funding for bicycle transportation
and pedestrian walkways, recreational trails, scenic byways, ferry
boats, and other strategies aimed at reducing sprawl.
- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) mission
includes spurring economic growth in distressed neighborhoods and
helping local communities meet their development needs. A description
of the grants HUD uses to provide funding for brownfields and
redevelopment is available on its Web site. HUD's funding is announced
yearly through a SuperNOFA
(Notice of Funding Availability).
- The Energy Foundation is a partnership of major foundations interested in sustainable energy that supports six programs: power, buildings, transportation, national policy and analysis, climate program, and the China sustainable energy program. The Energy Foundation also provides application guidelines for funding eligibility.
- The Guidebook
of Financial Tools: Paying for Sustainable Environmental Systems,
produced in 1999 by the Environmental Financial Advisory Board and
the Environmental Finance Center Network, provides information explaining
how states and localities might use various financial tools to discourage
pollution and promote the use of sustainable systems. The guidebook
provides case studies, strategies, tools for various-sized local governments,
and links to other sources of information, and is indexed for easy
access.
- The Conservation Fund partners with corporations and foundations to provide grants in conservation. The Fund is currently supporting three grant programs: Banrock Station Wines Wetlands Conservation, Watershed Action Grants, and the Eastman Kodak American Greenways Award Program.
- The Sustainable
Communities Network is an organization dedicated to linking citizens
to resources and one another to create healthy, vital, sustainable
communities. This site provides regular updates on funding sources
available for sustainable communities.
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