Welcome to SCAG’s grant opportunities page. Here you will find
information on current open and upcoming grant opportunities
offered by various agencies that may be pertinent to your
agency’s workplan. SCAG gathers this information in order to
disseminate it to all interested agencies in the SCAG region.
The basic characteristics of each of the grant
opportunities. Links are provided for more detailed information
about each program.
LOCAL PARTNERSHIP COMPETITIVE PROGRAM
SOURCE/SPONSOR: CA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
The
Local Partnership Competitive Program provides funding to
counties, cities, districts, and regional transportation agencies
in which voters have approved fees or taxes dedicated solely to
transportation improvements or that have imposed fees, including
uniform developer fees, dedicated solely to transportation
improvements.
Deadline: Nov. 29, 2022
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies and
Regional Transportation Agencies.
PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION
SOURCE/SPONSOR: CA DEpartment of housing and community
development
The
Permanent Local Housing Allocation assists persons
experiencing or at risk of homelessness or to increase the supply
of housing to households.
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2022
Status: Open
Eligible: Entitlement Local Governments and
Non-entitlement local governments.
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS (CRISI)
PROGRAM
Sponsor/Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
This program funds projects that improve the safety,
efficiency, and reliability of intercity passenger and freight
rail.
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2022
Status: Open
Eligible: States, Local Government
Agencies, Special Districts, Tribal Governments, University
Transportation Center, Rail Carriers, and Non profit labor
organizations.
CALIFORNIA ADVANCED SERVICES FUND: BROADBAND ADOPTION ACCOUNT
SPONSOR/SOURCE: CA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
The
California Advanced Services Fund Broadband Adoption Account
provides grants that will increase publicly available or
after-school broadband access and digital inclusion, such as
grants for digital literacy training programs and public
education to communities with limited broadband adoption.
Deadline: Jan. 1, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies, Senior
Agencies, Schools, Public Libraries, and Non-Profit
Organizations.
CALIFORNIA ADVANCED SERVICES FUND: BROADBAND PUBLIC HOUSING
ACCOUNT
SPONSOR/SOURCE: CA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
The basis of the
California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Broadband Public Housing
Account is to provide grants and loans to finance projects to
build broadband networks offering free broadband service for
residents of low-income communities.
Deadline: Jan. 1, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Public Housing Agency or
Nonprofit orrganizations.
COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR RAIL VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
SPONSOR/SOURCE: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
The purpose of
the Rail Program is to modernize America’s transit system,
focusing on maintaining a State of Good Repair for fixed-guideway
rail transit. Eligible projects are the replacement of rail
rolling stock.
Deadline: Jan. 5, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies and
States that receive fixed guideway or high intensity motorbus
systems in revenue for at least seven years.
AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY OUTREACH GRANT PROGRAM
SPONSOR/SOURCE: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
The
ACP Outreach Grant Program provides new federal funding for
the FCC to grant eligible governmental and non-governmental
entities with the funding and resources needed to increase
awareness of and participation in the ACP among those households
most in need of affordable connectivity.
Deadline: Jan. 9, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies,
Nonprofits, Tribal Governments, and Special Districts.
FY 2022 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM
SPONSOR/SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The purpose of
this program is to support locally-driven strategies that
address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public or
HUD-assisted housing through a comprehensive approach to
neighborhood transformation.
Deadline: Jan. 11, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies, Public
Housing Authorities and Indian Housing Authorities.
PORT AND FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
SPONSOR/SOURCE: CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
The program
seeks to improve the capacity, safety, efficiency and resilience
of goods movement to, from and through California’s maritime
ports, while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions and harmful
impacts to communities adjacent to the corridors and facilities
used for goods movement.
Deadline: Jan. 13, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Governments Agencies,
MPO’s, RTPA’s, Ports, and Joint Powers.
TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SAFETY FUND (TTPSF)
Sponsor/Source: FeDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Transportation fatalities and injuries severely impact the
quality of life in Indian country. Each year under the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), as enacted by the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), 4% of
the available TTP funds are set aside to address transportation
safety issues identified by federally recognized Indian tribes
through a competitive, discretionary program.
Projects are chosen whose outcomes will reduce fatal and
serious injuries in transportation related incidents, such as
motor vehicle crashes.
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Tribal Governments.
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF HYDROGEN IN CALIFORNIA’S DECARBONIZING
ELECTRIC SYSTEM
SOURCE/SPONSOR: CA Energy commission
The purpose is
to fund an assessment of the potential role of hydrogen
production from renewable electricity and end-use conversion
technologies for electric sector applications in California’s
decarbonizing electric system.
Deadline: Jan. 23, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies, Tribal
Governments, Non-Profit Organizations, and Private
Organizations.
URBAN COMMUNITY DROUGHT RELIEF FUNDING
SOURCE/SPONSOR: CA Department of Water Resources
This
grant is intended to provide water to communities that face
the loss or contamination of their water supplies, to address
immediate impacts on human health and safety, to secure the
future of California’s water supply, and to protect fish and
wildlife resources.
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies,
Special District Governments, Public Utilities, Higher Education
Institutions, Non-Profit Organiztions and Tribal Governments.
BLOOMBERG INITIATIVE FOR CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE (BICI)
Sponsor/Source: bloomberg cities network
The Bloomberg
Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure (BICI) is a competitive
grant program that will foster catalytic change in city cycling
infrastructure around the world.
Deadline: Feb. 3, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Cities with popuations of 100,000
or more.
TRANSIT AND INTERCITY RAIL CAPITAL PROGRAM
Sponsor/Source: CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
This program provides grants from the Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Fund (GGRF) to fund transformative capital improvements
that will modernize California’s intercity, commuter, and urban
rail systems, and bus and ferry transit systems, to significantly
reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, vehicle miles traveled, and
congestion.
Deadline: Feb. 10, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Public Agencies that operate
transit service, Urban Rail Transit Service, and Bus or Ferry
TransitService.
LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE AND MULTI-USE HYDROGEN REFUELING
INFRASTRUCTURE
Sponsor/Source: CA ENERGY COMMISSION
The California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s)
Clean Transportation Program announces the availability of up
to $27 million in grant funds for projects that will provide
publicly available hydrogen refueling stations to enable
continued growth of the California fuel cell electric vehicle
(FCEV) market.
Deadline: Feb. 3, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies, Tribal
Governments, Non-Profit Organizations, and Private
Organizations.
SMALL COMMUNITY DROUGHT RELIEF PROGRAM
Sponsor/Source: DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
The
Small Community Drought Relief Program is to provide
immediate and near-term financial and technical support to help
small communities survive this and future droughts.
Deadline: Dec. 29, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible: Nonprofits, Public Agencies and Tribal
Governments
LOCAL AGENCY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Sponsor/Source: CA Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
The Local Agency Technical Assistance (LATA) grant
program is available for eligible pre construction work
facilitating broadband network projects to areas in need.
Deadline: $50 million to be awarded by
December 2024.
Status: Open
Eligible: Local Government Agencies and
Tribal Governments
UPCOMING
ADAPTATION PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM
SPONSOR/SOURCE: GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH
This program provides funding to help fill local, regional,
and tribal planning needs, provides communities the resources to
identify climate resilience priorities, and supports the
development of a pipeline of climate resilient infrastructure
projects across the state.
Deadline: Upcoming
Status: Upcoming
Eligible: Local Government Agencies, Tribal
Governments, Non Profit Organizations.
CALIFORNIA ADVANCED SERVICES FUND: RURAL AND URBAN REGIONAL
BROADBAND CONSORTIA ACCOUNT
SPONSOR/SOURCE: CA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
The California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Rural and Urban
Regional Broadband Consortia Account (Consortia Grant
Account) funds grants are available to facilitate the
deployment of broadband services by assisting CASF infrastructure
grant applicants in the project development or grant application
process or assisting broadband deployment projects related to
programs created under Senate Bill (SB) 156 and Assembly Bill
(AB) 164.
Deadline: Upcoming
Status: Upcoming
Eligible: Local Government Agencies, Public
Safety Agencies, Schools, Non-profit organizations, Libraries,
and Higher Education Institutions.
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANTS
Sponsor/Source: Caltrans
Sustainable Transportation Planning Grants funds local
and regional multimodal transportation and land use planning
projects, transportation planning studies partnering with
Caltrans, and multimodal planning studies partnering with
Caltrans that further the region’s RTP SCS (where applicable),
contribute to the State’s GHG reduction targets, and assist in
achieving the Caltrans Mission and Grant Program Objectives.
Deadline: February 2023
Status: Upcoming
Eligible: MPO’s, RTPA’s, Transit Agencies,
Local Government Agencies, Tribal Governments and Other Public
Transportation Entities
CLEAN CALIFORNIA LOCAL GRANT PROGRAM
SOURCE/SPONSOR: CALTRANS
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) developed
the
Clean California Local Grant Program through which funds will
go to local communities to beautify and improve local streets and
roads, tribal lands, parks, pathways, and transit centers to
clean and enhance public spaces.
Deadline: April 2023
Status: Upcoming
Eligible: Local Government Agencies,
Special District Governments, Tribal Governments, Public Housing
Authorities, Non-Profit Organizations, and Private
Organizations.
AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY OUTREACH GRANT
Federal Communications Commission
Eligible Outreach Partners Will Help the Commission Raise
Awareness About the
Affordable Connectivity Program and Increase Enrollment.
Deadline: TBD
Status: Upcoming
Eligible: Local Government Agencies,
Nonprofits, Tribal Governments, and Special Districts
CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE
SPONSOR/SOURCE: u.s. department of transportation
Program funds will be made available each fiscal year for
Community Grants, to install electric vehicle charging and
alternative fuel in locations on public roads, schools, parks,
and in publicly accessible parking facilities.
Deadline: TBD
Status: Upcoming
Eligible: TBD
CLOSED
STRENGTHENING MOBILITY AND REVOLUTIONIZING TRANSPORTATION (SMART)
GRANTS
SPONSOR/SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation
SMART provides
supplemental funding grants to rural, midsized, and large
communities to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced
smart city or community technologies and systems in a variety of
communities to improve transportation efficiency and safety.
Deadline: Nov. 18, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: State, Local Government Agencies,
Tribal Governments, Public Transit Agency, Public Toll
Authority and MPO’s.
ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIVE MOBILITY
DEPLOYMENT
SPONSOR/SOURCE: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (fhwa)
This program will fund projects related to the development of
model deployment sites for large scale installation and operation
of advanced transportation technologies to improve safety,
efficiency, system performance, and infrastructure return on
investments.
Deadline: Nov. 18, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: States, Local Government
Agencies, MPO’s, and Special District Governments.
ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (ADAS) FOR TRANSIT BUS
DEMONSTRATION AND AUTOMATED TRANSIT BUS MAINTENANCE AND YARD
OPERATIONS DEMONSTRATION
SPONSOR/SOURCE: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
The Transit Bus Automation Research program provides funds
for Transit Buses demonstrations to help improve transit bus
safety and efficiency. This program will also provide funds for
an initial phase of Automated Transit Bus Maintenance and Yard
Operations demonstrations to improve worker efficiency and safety
in bus yards.
Deadline: Nov. 21, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Public Transit Agency, States,
Local Government Agencies, MPO’s Tribal Governments and Higher
Education Institutions.
THRIVING COMMUNITIES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
SPONSOR/SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
HUD’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program will
provide funding to technical assistance providers to help local
governments ensure housing needs are considered as part of their
larger infrastructure investment plans, while also supporting
equitable development and local economic development ecosystems
in Disadvantaged Communities.
Deadline: Nov. 22, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal
Governments, Higher Education Institutions, and Small
Businesses.
RURAL eCONNECTIVITY PROGRAM
SPONSOR/SOURCE: Rural Utilities Service
The ReConnect
Program offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to
facilitate broadband deployment in areas of rural America that
currently do not have sufficient access to broadband.
Deadline: Nov. 2, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Private Corporations,
Cooperatives, Local Government Agencies, U.S. Territories, Tribal
Governments
RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The Railroad
Crossing Elimination Grant funds highway-rail or
pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on
improving the safety and mobility of people and goods.
Deadline: Oct. 11, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: States, United States
Territories, Local Government Agencies, Tribal Governments,
Public Port Authority and MPO’s
RUBBERIZED PAVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
SPONSOR/SOURCE: Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery (CalRecycle)
CalRecycle provides opportunities to divert waste tires from
landfill disposal, prevent illegal tire dumping, and promote
markets for recycled-content tire products.
Deadline: Oct. 12, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Local Government Agencies,
Special District Governments, Tribal Governments, State Agencies
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM
U.S. Department of Transportation
Reconnecting
Communities Pilot Discretionary Grant Program funding
supports planning grants and capital construction grants, as well
as technical assistance, to reconnect communities by removing,
retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation
facilities that create barriers to community connectivity,
including to mobility, access, or economic development.
Deadline: Oct. 13, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: States, Local Government
Agencies, Tribal Governments, MPO’s, and Nonprofit Organizations
REGIONAL CLIMATE COLLABORATIVES GRANT
Sponsor/Source: CA Strategic Growth Council
The Regional
Climate Collaboratives Grant funds community-rooted and
cross-sectoral partners to develop the processes, plans, and
projects that will drive and sustain climate action in their
communities.
Deadline: Oct. 7, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Tribal Governments, Non-Profits
and Local Government Agencies
ALL STATIONS ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM (ASAP)
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
ASAP helps
finance capital projects to upgrade the accessibility of legacy
rail fixed guideway public transportation systems for persons
with disabilities by increasing the nunmber of existing stations
or facilities that are fully accessible.
Deadline: Oct. 7, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: States and Local Government
Agencies
ENABLING MIDDLE MILE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
Sponsor/Source: U.S. National Telcommunications and Information
Administration
The Enabling
Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program supports
the construction, improvement, or acquisition of middle mile
infrastructure.
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: States, Local Government
Agencies, Tribal Governments, Utility Companies,
Telecommunications Companies, Non-Profits, and Regional Planning
Councils
SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL (SS4A)
Sponsor/Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
SS4A provides
funds for projects that support planning, infrastructure,
behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and
serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users,
including pedestrians; bicyclists; public transportation,
personal conveyance, and micromobility users; motorists; and
commercial vehicle operators.
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Tribal Governments, Special
District Governments and Local Government Agencies
BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES
SPONSOR/SOURCE: CAL OES
The
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)
makes funds available to states (local government agencies can
apply as a subapplicant to their state), U.S. territories, and
federally recognized tribal governments for hazard mitigation
activities.
Deadline: Sept. 16, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Local Government Agencies,
Special District Governments, Tribal Governments.
HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HSIP)
Sponsor/Source: Caltrans
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) requires that
all proposed projects must lead to the construction of safety
improvements that achieve a reduction in fatalities and serious
injuries on all public roads.
Deadline: Sept. 12, 2022
Status: Closed
Eligible: Local Government Agencies, Tribal
Governments, and Other Local Agencies
