Federal Grant Opportunities: 6-21-2023

Federal Grant Opportunities: June 21, 2023 My office is sharing the following information on federal grant opportunities available to you. If you are applying for a grant that accepts Congressional letters of support, or if you are seeking additional information or guidance in your application process, please contact our office. We stand ready to assist you in your application help ever we can. Featured Funding OpportunitiesWeatherization Assistance Program (WAP)The Weatherization Program assists families and individuals by reducing their heating/cooling costs and improving the safety of their homes through energy efficiency measures. Program services are available to both income-eligible homeowners and renters, with priority given to senior citizens, families with children and persons with disabilities. Owners of buildings occupied by low-income households are encouraged to apply for assistance for their buildings.Energy efficiency measures include air sealing (weather stripping, caulking), attic and wall insulation, heating system improvements or replacement, efficiency improvements in lighting, hot water tank and pipe insulation, and refrigerator replacements with highly efficient Energy Star rated units.Learn more about eligibility here!To apply, identify and contact your local service provider here! Rural Single Family Housing Repair Loans & GrantsAlso known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.What is an eligible rural area?Utilizing the USDA Eligibility Site, you can enter a specific address for determination or just search the map to review general eligible areas.Applications for this program are accepted through our local RD offices year-round. Learn how to apply here! National Endowment for the Arts - Our TownOur Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, it supports projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities over the long term.The program demonstrates the ways in which artists, culture bearers, and designers can help to:Bring new attention to or elevate key community assets and issues, voices of residents, local history, or civic infrastructure.Inject new or additional energy, resources, activity, people, or enthusiasm into a place, community issue, or local economy.Connect communities, people, places, and economic opportunity through physical spaces or new partnerships and relationships.Honor traditions shaped by the lived experience of a community’s residents, such as music, dance, design, crafts, fashion, cuisine, and oral expression.Register for informal virtual sessions with office staff to answer questions about submitting a competitive application. All times are Eastern Time.Sessions: June | July | AugustThe Application Deadline is Thursday, August 3, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. (ET). Apply Here! Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities Grant ProgramThis program will provide funding to reduce truck idling and emissions at ports, including through the advancement of port electrification.Eligible uses will include projects that test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions through port operations efficiency improvements. The Application Deadline is Wednesday, July 26, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. (ET). Apply Here! Webinar of the WeekInflation Reduction Act Tax Credits for Governments and Nonprofits Webinar!The Inflation Reduction Act created two new credit delivery mechanisms—elective pay (otherwise known as “direct pay”) and transferability—that enable state, local, and Tribal governments; non-profit organizations, and other entities to take advantage of clean energy tax credits. Until the Inflation Reduction Act introduced these new credit delivery mechanisms, governments, many types of tax-exempt organizations, and even many businesses could not fully benefit from tax credits like those that incentivize clean energy construction.Treasury will be hosting a webinar on June 29th at 3pm. To register for the webinar, Click Here! Small Business ResourcesNew York State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)More than $500 million in federal funding is now available to support the resurgence of small businesses across New York State through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), a program through the American Rescue Plan Act.SSBCI provides funds to support programs for small businesses, including socially and economically disadvantaged individual (SEDI) owned businesses and very small businesses (VSB), to recover from the economic effects of COVID-19 and allow them opportunity to succeed in the post-pandemic economy. Learn More Here! New York Small Business Development Center (NYSBDC)The NYSBDC provides small business owners and entrepreneurs in New York with the highest quality, confidential business counseling, training, and business research at no cost.The Albany Small Business Development Center serves small businesses in the Capital Region. Since its start in 1984, the expert advisors of the Albany SBDC have worked directly with 26,807 businesses, helping them to invest $495,947,350 in the area's economy, and create or save 14,766 jobs.You can make and appoint for counseling by calling 518-442-7232 or filling out their online form. The Inflation Reduction Act – Energy Savings Hub and IRS Tax CreditsLast year, we took a major step forward in the push to address the climate crisis. The Inflation Reduction Act delivers unmatched investments in clean energy and emerging technologies like offshore wind, advances environmental justice, creates good-paying clean jobs, slashes pollution, and so much more. The Department of Energy and the IRS have created online hubs to help all Americans understand and access clean energy tax credits and forthcoming rebates.Department of Energy Savings Hub – Energy.gov/SaveSavings for HomeownersSavings for RentersSavings for DriversIRS Tax Credit Updates and GuidanceHome energy credits: Good for the environment and your walletFrequently Asked Questions About the New, Previously-Owned and Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles CreditFrequently Asked Questions About Energy Efficient Home Improvements and Residential Clean Energy Property Credits Newsletters and Grants GuidanceThe latest issue of Grants.gov Newsletter (May 2023).The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 6-09-2023 EditionResources for Grant Seekers: Congressional Research ServiceGrants.gov Grants Learning CenterYou can view all federal grant awards and loans at USASpending.gov Federal Funding Announcements This summary includes new or updated opportunities in the following areas. Please click on the topic below to view all grant announcements:Agriculture, Food and NutritionArts, Culture and HistoryBusiness, Jobs and Workforce DevelopmentChildren, Youth, Families, Older Americans and VeteransCommunity DevelopmentCrime Prevention, Justice and Public SafetyEducationEnergy, Environment and WildlifeHealthHousing and HomelessnessInfrastructure, Transportation and WaterInternational DevelopmentScience, Technology and Research This summary has been brought to you by the Office of Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20). Does one of these grants accept Congressional Letters of Support? Please contact our office to find out how Rep. Tonko can support your request. Grant deadlines and guidelines may change. Please check with the awarding agency before applying. Please feel free to share this newsletter with others who may be interested. 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Federal Grant Opportunities: June 21, 2023

My office is sharing the following information on federal grant opportunities available to you.

If you are applying for a grant that accepts Congressional letters of support, or if you are seeking additional information or guidance in your application process, please contact our office. We stand ready to assist you in your application help ever we can.

Featured Funding Opportunities

Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
- The Weatherization Program assists families and individuals by reducing their heating/cooling costs and improving the safety of their homes through energy efficiency measures. Program services are available to both income-eligible homeowners and renters, with priority given to senior citizens, families with children and persons with disabilities. Owners of buildings occupied by low-income households are encouraged to apply for assistance for their buildings.
- Energy efficiency measures include air sealing (weather stripping, caulking), attic and wall insulation, heating system improvements or replacement, efficiency improvements in lighting, hot water tank and pipe insulation, and refrigerator replacements with highly efficient Energy Star rated units.
- Learn more about eligibility here!
- To apply, identify and contact your local service provider here!

Rural Single Family Housing Repair Loans & Grants
- Also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this provides loans to very-low-income homeowners to repair, improve or modernize their homes or grants to elderly very-low-income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.
- What is an eligible rural area?
  - Utilizing the USDA Eligibility Site, you can enter a specific address for determination or just search the map to review general eligible areas.
- Applications for this program are accepted through our local RD offices year-round. Learn how to apply here!

National Endowment for the Arts - Our Town
- Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, it supports projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities over the long term.
- The program demonstrates the ways in which artists, culture bearers, and designers can help to:
  - Bring new attention to or elevate key community assets and issues, voices of residents, local history, or civic infrastructure.
  - Inject new or additional energy, resources, activity, people, or enthusiasm into a place, community issue, or local economy.
  - Connect communities, people, places, and economic opportunity through physical spaces or new partnerships and relationships.
  - Honor traditions shaped by the lived experience of a community’s residents, such as music, dance, design, crafts, fashion, cuisine, and oral expression.
- Register for informal virtual sessions with office staff to answer questions about submitting a competitive application. All times are Eastern Time.
  - Sessions: June | July | August
- The Application Deadline is Thursday, August 3, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. (ET). Apply Here!

Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities Grant Program
- This program will provide funding to reduce truck idling and emissions at ports, including through the advancement of port electrification.
- Eligible uses will include projects that test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions through port operations efficiency improvements.
- The Application Deadline is Wednesday, July 26, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. (ET). Apply Here!

Webinar of the Week

Inflation Reduction Act Tax Credits for Governments and Nonprofits Webinar!
- The Inflation Reduction Act created two new credit delivery mechanisms—elective pay (otherwise known as “direct pay”) and transferability—that enable state, local, and Tribal governments; non-profit organizations, and other entities to take advantage of clean energy tax credits. Until the Inflation Reduction Act introduced these new credit delivery mechanisms, governments, many types of tax-exempt organizations, and even many businesses could not fully benefit from tax credits like those that incentivize clean energy construction.
- Treasury will be hosting a webinar on June 29th at 3pm. To register for the webinar, Click Here!

Small Business Resources

New York State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)
- More than $500 million in federal funding is now available to support the resurgence of small businesses across New York State through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), a program through the American Rescue Plan Act.
- SSBCI provides funds to support programs for small businesses, including socially and economically disadvantaged individual (SEDI) owned businesses and very small businesses (VSB), to recover from the economic effects of COVID-19 and allow them opportunity to succeed in the post-pandemic economy. Learn More Here!

New York Small Business Development Center (NYSBDC)
- The NYSBDC provides small business owners and entrepreneurs in New York with the highest quality, confidential business counseling, training, and business research at no cost.
- The Albany Small Business Development Center serves small businesses in the Capital Region. Since its start in 1984, the expert advisors of the Albany SBDC have worked directly with 26,807 businesses, helping them to invest $495,947,350 in the area's economy, and create or save 14,766 jobs.
  - You can make and appoint for counseling by calling 518-442-7232 or filling out their online form.

The Inflation Reduction Act – Energy Savings Hub and IRS Tax Credits

Last year, we took a major step forward in the push to address the climate crisis. The Inflation Reduction Act delivers unmatched investments in clean energy and emerging technologies like offshore wind, advances environmental justice, creates good-paying clean jobs, slashes pollution, and so much more.
The Department of Energy and the IRS have created online hubs to help all Americans understand and access clean energy tax credits and forthcoming rebates.
- Department of Energy Savings Hub – Energy.gov/Save
- IRS Tax Credit Updates and Guidance

Newsletters and Grants Guidance

The latest issue of Grants.gov Newsletter (May 2023).
The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 6-09-2023 Edition
Resources for Grant Seekers: Congressional Research Service
Grants.gov Grants Learning Center
You can view all federal grant awards and loans at USASpending.gov

Federal Funding Announcements

This summary includes new or updated opportunities in the following areas. Please click on the topic below to view all grant announcements:

This summary has been brought to you
by the Office of Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20).
Does one of these grants accept Congressional Letters of Support?
Please contact our office to find out how Rep. Tonko can support your request.

Grant deadlines and guidelines may change.
Please check with the awarding agency before applying.

Please feel free to share this newsletter with others who may be interested.
To join or remove yourself from this mailing list, or if you have specific grant questions, please contact Natalie Lincoln at [email protected] or (518) 465-0700.