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Available

CDBG General Allocation Funding Cycle

Eligible Projects:

Generally, housing rehabilitation, first-time homebuyers, housing acquisition, public improvements, public facilities, and public service projects serving lower-income people in small, typically rural communities.

Required Match:

None

Maximum Award:

$1.5 million

Due Date:

April 4, 2008

Website:

http://housing.hcd.ca.gov/fa/cdbg/GenNatAmCol.html

Assistance to Firefighters Grants

Eligible Projects: Purchasing firefighting equipment, personal protective equipment, training, firefighting and EMS vehicles, as well as firefighter/first responder safety projects.
Required Match: 5-10% of project cost (depending on population)
Maximum Award: $1,000,000
Due Date: April 4, 2008
Website: www.firegrantsupport.com/afg/

Save America’s Treasures

Eligible Projects: Preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture and works of art. Historic structures and sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects.
Required Match: 50% of project cost
Maximum Award: $700,000
Due Date: Anticipated May 2008
Website: www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/application.htm

REMOVE II Bicycle Infrastructure Component (SJVAPCD)

Eligible Projects: Class I or Class II bike paths.  Project must have potential to reduce emissions.
Required Match: None
Maximum Award: Will pay $40,000 per ton of potential emissions reductions.  Limit for Class I bike path construction:  $150,000.  Limit for Class II striping:  $100,000. 
Due Date: Ongoing.  Funds will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to all applications that meet the requirements, while program funds are available.
Website: www.valleyair.org/Grant_Programs/GrantPrograms.htm

Recreational Trails Grants

Eligible Projects: For motorized or non-motorized recreational trails.  Acquisition of easements, trail construction, trail maintenance, trail planning. 
Required Match: The maximum amount of RTP funds allowed for each project is 88% of the total project cost.  The applicant is responsible for obtaining a match amount that is at least 12% of the total project cost.
Maximum Award: No minimum or maximum
Due Date: October 1, 2008
Website: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24324

Should you have any comments or questions please send an email to: anna.fuentes@mcagov.org.

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This page was last updated on April 3, 2008

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