Current Funding Opportunities

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expects to award between $1.8 to $3.8 million in funding for projects across the country to help restore urban waters by improving water quality and supporting community revitalization. The funding is part of EPA’s Urban Waters program, which supports communities in their efforts to access, improve, and benefit from their urban waters and the surrounding land. Healthy and accessible urban waters can help grow local businesses and enhance educational, recreational and employment opportunities in nearby communities.  Learn more…

The National Endowment for the Arts has posted the guidelines for 2012 Our Town grants. NEA staff will also be conducting Our Town webinars on Wednesday, January 11 and Tuesday, February 7, 2012 to answer questions and walk applicants through this year’s guidelines. To learn more about Our Town grants click here.

May 2011 – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is providing up to $10 million in low interest loans of 2 percent for energy efficiency projects through the Energize Missouri Schools and Local Governments program. Eligible loans are $30,000 to $2.5 million per project. Recipients will receive 100 percent of the funds upfront and zero interest during construction.

The department has made the loan program available through funding received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Examples of eligible projects include:  heating and air conditioning upgrades, lighting improvements, boilers, chillers insulation, window replacements.

Loan applications will be evaluated on a competitive basis. Those with the quickest payback in years, based on project cost versus anticipated energy cost savings, will be the most competitive.

The department will review applications as they are received. Applications will be processed and awarded on a monthly basis until funding is exhausted. 

For full announcement and application info, click here.

February 14, 2011 – Applications are now being accepted for the Federal Transit Administration’s Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Transportation Program.  Not-for-profit and public agencies in small urban areas (Columbia, Jefferson City) and nonurban regions of the state are eligible to apply.

Federal funding for FFY10 and FFY11 will be awarded.  Applications should be submitted based on a budget for two years of operation.  All projects must be derived from strategies or projects listed in a locally developed, coordinated public transit human services transportation plan.  View the Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan (2008) for the Mid-MO Region here.
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February 14, 2011 – Local jurisdictions interested in purchasing new mobile radios or upgrading existing mobile units may now apply for grant funding  through the Missouri Statewide Communications Assistance Program (MoSCAP).  The funds will be awarded through a competitive grant application process.

The goal of this funding process is to help local communities achieve compatibility with the Missouri Statewide Interoperable (Communications) Network (MOSWIN) which is currently under construction.  MOSWIN will facilitate a new level of interoperable communication capabilities in support of public safety at both the local and state levels.

Grant applications are being accepted from throughout the state.  The grant application is available here;  application instructions are available here.
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