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ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
Environmental Regulatory Enhancement Grant Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Enforcement, Education and Outreach
ANA provides project funding to eligible applicants to strengthen Tribal Governments by building capacity to identify, plan and develop environmental programs consistent with Native culture. ANA funds projects that address the responsibility of Tribes and Alaska Native villages to formulate environmental ordinances, implement laws, and train community members in the use and control of their natural resources.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Related Keywords: Data Collection, Assessment, Site Re-development/Reuse
Potential for technical assistance, within the limits of Congressional authorization, through partnership with U.S. EPA in various activities for designated Brownfield and Superfund sites. Authorization determined on a case by case basis.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
Tribal Integrated Resource Management Plan Development Project
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Economic Development, Site Re-development/Reuse, Prevention, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Training
This program provides seed monies to assist tribes in developing strategic, comprehensive integrated resource management plans (IRMP). An IRMP is a long-range, strategic level, comprehensive plan which integrates the management actions applied to a tribe's natural resources and other resources of value. It is a tribal policy document, based on the vision the tribe has for its resources. It serves as the umbrella plan under which all resource planning and management activities are conducted, including integrated waste management plans.
IRMP development funds can be applied to two general areas (1) conduct long-range, strategic integrated planning activities, and (2) acquire individual and group training to directly support IRMP activities.
BIA IRMP Training – BIA offers free IRMP training on a first-come, first-served basis.
Environmental Management Funds
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Economic Development, Site Re-development/Reuse, Prevention, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Education and Outreach, Training
To determine environmental impacts of Federal projects on Indian lands; to conduct surveys of Bureau of Indian Affairs controlled Federal lands and facilities, and of Indian lands, in order to identify hazardous waste sites, evaluate the potential threat to health and the environment, and develop the necessary remedial actions; to train area, agency and tribal staff in waste management principles; and to respond to emergencies and alleviate adverse health or environmental impacts.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Use of these funds are two-fold. One, they facilitate the Bureau's fulfilling statutory responsibilities: they are used to prepare Environmental Assessments (EA's); advise agency superintendents on environmental quality, waste disposal and cultural resource management; assist area offices in gathering information for EA's and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS's); review proposed actions to determine compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and assist area offices in obtaining information for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and the Archeological Resources Protection Act. Two, they are used for individual tribal projects that enhance or protect the local environment.
Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFOR)(Jointly administered with Federal Highway Administration)
Related Keywords: Cleanup, Disposal, Transportation
The Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO) Program provides assistance to roads that have been defined as Federal roads. These are roads providing access to and within Federal and Indian lands. They include Forest Highways, Forest Development Roads, Park Roads, Parkways, Indian Reservation Roads, Public Lands Highways (including Refuge Roads) and Public Lands Development Roads. This is different from the Emergency Relief Program for Federal-aid highways such as the Interstate system.
The intent of the ERFO Program is to pay the unusually heavy expenses to manage road systems, for the repair and reconstruction of Federal roads to pre-disaster conditions (e.g. disaster debris removal). These Federal roads were damaged by a natural disaster over a wide area or by a catastrophic failure from any external cause. The ERFO Program is intended to supplement the commitment of resources by Federal agencies to help pay unusually heavy expenses resulting from extraordinary conditions.
Indian Reservation Roads(Jointly administered with Federal Highway Administration)
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
The Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) are public roads which provide access to and within Indian reservations. The IRR Program is jointly administered by the Federal Highway Administration's Federals Lands Highway Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in accordance with an interagency agreement.
This program addresses transportation needs of tribes by providing funds for planning, designing, construction, and maintenance activities. These can be coordinated with housing, economic, or integrated waste management program development. There may be opportunities to explore reusing industrial materials in roads development to promote resource and energy conservation and reduce climate change.
Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Prevention/Sustainability, Reuse/Recycling
This Office helps Indian communities gain economic self-sufficiency through the development of their energy and mineral resources, application of established business practices, and co-sponsorship of innovative training programs. Economic development projects could include biomass or renewable energy development. Resources include the Indian Loan Guaranty, Insurance, and Interest Subsidy Program.This program breaks through the conventional barriers to financing for tribes and individual Indians. The loan program helps facilitate loan financing for borrowers that would not be able to do so otherwise. The BIA Division of Capital Investment helps secure reasonable interest rates and reduce risks for all parties involved.
Eligibility requirements include
- Project must have a positive economic impact to the tribal reservation or service area
- Borrower must contribute at least 20% in equity to the proposed project
- Minimum 51% federally-recognized American Indian/Tribe/Alaska Native ownership
Indian Loan Guaranty, Insurance, and Interest Subsidy Program
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP)
Related Keywords: Data Collection, Assessment, Cleanup
NALEMP provides funds annually to mitigate environmental impacts on Indian Lands and Alaska Native Claims Settlement (ANCSA) conveyed properties that have occurred because of past military operations.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Economic Development, Site Re-Development, Prevention/Sustainability, Reuse/Recycling
Grants can be used for energy efficiency and conservation programs and projects communitywide, as well as renewable energy installations on government buildings. Activities eligible for use of funds also include:
- Development of an energy efficiency and conservation strategy
- Building energy audits and retrofits, including weatherization
- Financial incentive programs for energy efficiency such as energy savings performance contracting, on-bill financing, and revolving loan funds
- Transportation programs to conserve energy and support renewable fuel infrastructure
- Building code development, implementation, and inspections
- Installation of distributed energy technologies including combined heat and power and district heating and cooling systems
- Material conservation programs including source reduction, recycling, and recycled content procurement programs
- Reduction and capture of greenhouse gas emissions generated by landfills or similar waste-related sources
- Installation of energy efficient traffic signals and street lighting
- Installation of renewable energy technologies on government buildings
- Any other appropriate activity that meets the purposes of the program and is approved by DOE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation
Related Keywords: Planning, Enforcement, Education and Outreach Training, Transportation
This program combines multiple programs into a single application process to award funds to American Indian and Native Alaskan communities to enhance law enforcement, bolster justice systems, and support other efforts to combat crime. Activities can support illegal dumping and methamphetamine enforcement, developing court systems, strategic planning.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Related Keywords: Economic Development, Site Re-development/Reuse, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
This program supports capital investments in highway or bridge projects; public transportation projects; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; port infrastructure investments; and intermodal facilities. Priority is given to projects that support long-term sustainability, including improving energy efficiency, reducing dependence on oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and benefiting the environment. This may support efforts to use recycled industrial materials in road construction to achieve these outcomes.
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Re-development/Reuse, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
This program funds the planning, preparation, or design of surface transportation projects that would be eligible for funding under the TIGER II Discretionary Grant program.
Grant and Technical Assistance Programs under the Federal Highway Administration
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
The Federal-Aid Highway Program is a federally assisted State program. The State Highway Agency (SHA) is the recipient of Federal funds and is also responsible for administering the Program. The role of the FHWA is to administer the Federal-aid program in partnership with the SHA. The FHWA provides Federal financial assistance to the States to construct and improve the National Highway System (NHS), urban and rural roads, and bridges. Each of the fifty-two operating division offices (one in each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) is located in the same city as the SHA. These division offices provide front line Federal-aid program delivery assistance to partners and customers in highway transportation and safety services — including but not limited to — planning and research, preliminary engineering, technology transfer, right-of-way, bridge, highway safety, traffic operations, environment, civil rights, design construction and maintenance, engineering coordination, highway beautification, and administration.
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
The Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP) is administered by FHWA. Responsibilities of the FLHP include survey, design and construction of forest highway system roads, parkways and park roads, Indian reservation roads, defense access roads, and other Federal lands roads. The FLHP office provides funding for more than 90,000 miles of federally owned and public authority-owned roads. The FLHP office also provides program coordination, administration and design, and construction engineering assistance and directs the conduct of transportation planning and engineering studies.
Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFOR)(Jointly administered with the Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Related Keywords: Cleanup, Disposal, Transportation
The Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads (ERFO) Program provides assistance to roads that have been defined as Federal roads. These are roads providing access to and within Federal and Indian lands. They include Forest Highways, Forest Development Roads, Park Roads, Parkways, Indian Reservation Roads, Public Lands Highways (including Refuge Roads) and Public Lands Development Roads. This is different from the Emergency Relief Program for Federal-aid highways such as the Interstate system.
The ERFO program also includes assistance to the following federal agencies having federal roads that are open to public travel for which title and maintenance responsibility is vested in the US government. They include Bureau of Reclamation roads, US Army Corps of Engineers roads, Department of Energy roads (previously under jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation, i.e., owned by the Western Area Power Association), Department of Defense roads (Military Installation roads), Surface Deployment and Distribution Command roads (Defense Access roads), and Bureau of Land Management roads (Land Management roads).
The Federal share for the repair of Federal roads is 100 percent under the ERFO Program. Funds for the ERFO Program are provided from the Highway Trust Fund and the General Funds through the Emergency Relief Program for Federal-aid Highways. ERFO funds are not to duplicate assistance under another Federal program or compensation from insurance, cost share, or any other source.
The intent of the ERFO Program is to pay the unusually heavy expenses to agencies that manage road systems, for the repair and reconstruction of Federal roads to pre-disaster conditions. These Federal roads were damaged by a natural disaster over a wide area or by a catastrophic failure from any external cause. The ERFO Program is intended to supplement the commitment of resources by Federal agencies to help pay unusually heavy expenses resulting from extraordinary conditions.
Indian Reservation Roads(Jointly administered with the Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
The Indian Reservation Roads (ERR) Program is one of the funding categories under the FLHP. The ERR are defined as any public road on an Indian reservation, Indian trust land, restricted Indian land, or Alaska Native Villages. In States where tribes do not have reservations, public roads that serve Indian communities, and/or are primarily used by Tribal members, may be designated as ERR. The Flap's, ERR Program is jointly administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the FHWA through an interagency agreement.
Public Transportation on Indian Reservations
Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Transportation
The goals of the Tribal Transit Program are: 1) to enhance the access of public transportation on and around Indian reservations in non-urbanized areas to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services, and recreation; 2) to assist in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of public transportation systems in rural and small urban areas; 3) to encourage and facilitate the most efficient use of all Federal funds used to provide passenger transportation in non-urbanized areas through the coordination of programs and services; and 4) to provide for the participation of private transportation providers in non-urbanized transportation to the maximum extent feasible.
Training and Technical Assistance
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Operations and Maintenance, Transportation, Training
The Tribal Transportation Planning Module Training Series provides modules for eight planning topics. The training modules are designed to assist transportation professionals responsible for planning for the capital, operating, and maintenance needs on tribal lands. The Module Training Series is under development.
Transportation Planning Capacity Building (TIC)
Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
The Transportation Planning Capacity Building (TIC) Program is designed to help decision makers, transportation officials, and staff resolves the increasingly complex issues they face when addressing transportation needs in their communities. This comprehensive program for training, technical assistance, and support targets State, local, regional, and Tribal governments, transit operators, and community leaders.
Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
The TPCB Peer Program offers transportation professionals at all levels the opportunity to gather knowledge and build their skills by organizing, facilitating, and documenting peer events. During peer events transportation planning staff interact with one another to share information, accomplishments, and "lessons learned" from the field and help one another overcome shared planning challenges.
Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) Centers
Related: Transportation, Training
The Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) and Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) are composed of a network of centers — one in every state, Puerto Rico and regional centers serving tribal governments — providing a variety of training programs, an information clearinghouse, new and existing technology updates, personalized technical assistance and newsletters.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Global Climate Change Mitigation Incentive Fund
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Re-development/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Reuse/Recycling
EDA's Global Climate Change Mitigation Incentive Fund (GCCMIF) was established to strengthen the linkages between economic development and environmental quality. The purpose and mission of the GCCMIF is to finance projects that foster economic development by advancing the green economy in distressed communities. The GCCMIF supports projects that create jobs through, and increase private capital investment in, efforts to limit the nation's dependence on fossil fuels, enhance energy efficiency, curb greenhouse gas emissions and protect natural systems. Project types include:
Renewable Energy. The development, production, or use of energy derived from sources that do not deplete finite natural resources, including wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy.
Energy Efficiency. A reduction in the energy produced or the energy consumed for the same level of output with the goal of lowering energy costs.
Reuse/Recycling/Restoration. The reuse of a given product (or products), or production of a new or innovative product from recyclable materials. This might include waste management practices that reduce raw material usage and the amount of waste that ends-up in landfills. This category also includes ecosystem restoration.
Green Building. New construction or renovation that is certified by the US Green Building Council's under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) or other comparable certification program.
Development and/or manufacture of a green end-product. Investments that produce an end-product that furthers or contributes to sustainability in general and/or the environmental quality of the associated community or region. The ‘end-product' can take numerous forms (i.e., activity, item, plan, or program).
Greening of an existing function or process. Investments that result in green enhancements to the resource, energy, water, and/or waste, etc. efficiency of an existing function or process. The ‘enhancements' reflect changes to the life-cycle process of an existing function so that the function is performed in a more sustainable manner.
Creation or renovation of a green building. Investments that result in the construction or renovation of a structure using green building techniques that result in a net positive outcome in terms of energy, materials, and/or water use efficiency. Such buildings or structures must have LEED or other comparable green building certification.
Public Works and Development Facilities
Related Keywords: Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
Public Works grants support the construction or rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and facilities necessary to generate or retain private sector jobs and investments, attract private sector capital, and promote regional competitiveness, innovation, and entrepreneurship, including investments that expand and upgrade infrastructure to attract new industry, support technology-led development, accelerate new business development, and enhance the ability of regions to capitalize on opportunities presented by free trade.
Characteristic projects include investments in facilities such as water and sewer systems, industrial access roads, industrial and business parks, port facilities, rail spurs, skill-training facilities, business incubator facilities, brownfield redevelopment, eco-industrial facilities, and telecommunications and broadband infrastructure improvements necessary for business creation, retention and expansion.
Economic Adjustment Assistance Program
Related Keywords: Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
Through the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program, EDA provides a wide range of construction and non-construction assistance, including public works, technical assistance, strategies, and revolving loan fund (RLF) projects, in regions experiencing severe economic dislocations that may occur suddenly or over time. This program is designed to respond flexibly to pressing economic recovery issues and is well suited to help address challenges faced by U.S.
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation
Economic Development Administration (EDA) provides Planning assistance to provide support to Planning Organizations (as defined in 13 CFR 303.2) for the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), short-term planning efforts, and State plans designed to create and retain higher-skill, higher-wage jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the nation's most economically distressed regions.
National, Local, and University Center Technical Assistance
Related Keywords: Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Training
EDA oversees three technical assistance programs (National, Local and University Center) that promote economic development and alleviate unemployment, underemployment, and out-migration in distressed regions. These programs provide grants or cooperative agreements to: (1) invest in institutions of higher education to establish and operate University Centers to provide technical assistance to public and private sector organizations with the goal of enhancing local economic development; (2) support innovative approaches to stimulate economic development in distressed regions; (3) disseminate information and studies of economic development issues of national significance; and (4) finance feasibility studies and other projects leading to local economic development. These programs aid the long-range economic development of regions with severe unemployment and low per capita income.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Operations and Maintenance, Emergency Response
The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program provides funds to states, territories, Indian tribal governments, communities, and universities for hazard mitigation planning and the implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster event. Funding these plans and projects reduces overall risks to the population and structures, while also reducing reliance on funding from actual disaster declarations. PDM grants are to be awarded on a competitive basis and without reference to state allocations, quotas, or other formula-based allocation of funds.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
Related Keywords: Planning, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Operations and Maintenance, Emergency Response, Training
The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) supports implementation of long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration. The purpose of the HMGP is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation measures to be implemented during the immediate recovery from a disaster.
Related Keywords: Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Emergency Response
Debris management includes the clearance, removal, and/or disposal of items such as trees, sand, gravel, building components, wreckage, vehicles, and personal property. Public Assistance funds are available to eligible applicants for debris clearance, removal and disposal operations. Eligible applicants include State and local governments, Indian tribes, and certain private nonprofit organizations. In order to be eligible for FEMA funding, the debris removal work must:
- Be a direct result of a Presidentially declared disaster;
- Occur within the designated disaster area; and
- Be the responsibility of the applicant at the time of the disaster.
In addition, debris removal work must be necessary to:
- Eliminate an immediate threat to lives, public health and safety;
- Eliminate immediate threats of significant damage to improved public or private property; or
- Ensure the economic recovery of the affected community to the benefit of the community-at-large.
National Flood Insurance Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Cleanup, Disposal, Emergency Management
NFIP may cover flood related disposal costs and can address waste disposal related issues through development of floodplain management regulations. This program is designed to provide an alternative to disaster assistance to reduce the escalating costs of repairing damage to buildings and their contents caused by floods. NFIP identifies and maps the Nation's floodplains. Mapping flood hazards creates broad-based awareness of the flood hazards and provides the data needed for floodplain management programs and to actuarially rate new construction for flood insurance.
FEMA trainingfor tribal governments and officials includes emergency management, mitigation
Indian Community Development Block Grants
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
The ICDBG Program provides eligible grantees with direct grants for use in developing viable Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities, primarily for low and moderate income persons.
The ICDBG program can provide funding for recipients in the following categories:
- Housing
Housing rehabilitation, land acquisition to support new housing construction, and under limited circumstances, new housing construction. - Community Facilities
Infrastructure construction, e.g., roads, waste management facilities; and, single or multipurpose community buildings. - Economic Development
Wide variety of commercial, industrial, agricultural projects which may be recipient owned and operated or which may be owned and/or operated by a third party.
Indian Housing Block Grant (NAHASDA)
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
The Native American Housing and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) of 1996 is designed to provide Federal assistance for Indian tribes in a manner that recognizes the right of tribal self-governance. NAHASDA reorganizes the system of Federal housing assistance to Native Americans by eliminating several separate programs of assistance and replacing them with a single block grant program. This grant can be used for various housing related activities including the support of existing HUD-financed housing, new construction and rehabilitation.
Title VI Tribal Housing Activities Loan Guarantee Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
The purpose of the Title VI loan guarantee is to assist Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG)recipients (borrowers) who want to finance eligible affordable housing activities and ancillary structures, but are unable to secure financing without the assistance of a federal guarantee. (A federal guarantee is a pledge by the U.S. Government to repay all or a portion of the unpaid principal balance and accrued interest for an obligation by a borrower to a lender after a default under the terms of the repayment agreement.)
The borrower leverages IHBG funds to finance affordable housing activities today by pledging future grant funds as security for repayment of the guarantee obligation. A private lender or investor provides the financing and HUD provides the guarantee to the lender or investor.
The borrower repays the obligation. However, when if a borrower fails to repay the debt and a default is declared, HUD repays the obligation and will seek reimbursement from the borrower's future IHBG grant funds.
Related Keywords: Planning, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
The Healthy Homes Program addresses multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home. The Initiative takes a comprehensive approach to these activities by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. Healthy Homes grants focus on researching and demonstrating low-cost, effective home hazard assessment and intervention methods, as well as on public education that stresses ways in which communities can mitigate housing-related hazards, such as safer alternatives to household chemicals and safe disposal of household hazardous waste. Eligible activities under the Healthy Homes Demonstration and Healthy Homes Technical Studiesgrant programs may include:
- Developing low-cost methods for hazard assessment and intervention
- Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions
- Building local capacity to educate residents and mitigate hazards
- Developing and delivering public-education programs
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant
Related Keywords: Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
The purpose of these programs is to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned housing for rental or owner-occupants.
HOME Investment Partnerships Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability
HOME provides formula grants to States and localities that communities use-often in partnership with local nonprofit groups-to fund a wide range of activities that build, buy, and/or rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership or provide direct rental assistance to low-income people.
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
The Rural Innovation Fund (formerly the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program) provides for capacity building for rural housing and economic development and to support innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas.
Possible activities include: preparation of plans, architectural drawings, acquisition of land and buildings, demolition, provision of infrastructure, purchase of materials and construction costs, use of local labor markets, job training and counseling for beneficiaries and financial services such as revolving loan funds and Individual Development Accounts or IDAs. Other possible activities include: homeownership and financial counseling, application of innovative construction methods; provision of financial assistance to homeowners, businesses, and developers; and the establishment of CDFIs, lines of credit, revolving loan funds, microenterprises, and small business incubators.
A special grant category for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship for Federally Recognized Tribes can support green building efforts and possibly innovative waste management enterprises.
Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
This program supports regional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure investments in a manner that empowers jurisdictions to consider the interdependent challenges of economic competitiveness and revitalization; social equity, inclusion, and access to opportunity; energy use and climate change; and public health and environmental impacts. Applicants must represent a consortium of units of government, regional planning agencies, non-profit organizations and allied public and private sector partners that seek to develop a regional plan.
Community Challenge Planning Grant
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
Under a joint Notice of Federal Assistance (NOFA) with the Department of Transportation TIGER II Planning Grant, this HUD funding focused on individual jurisdictions and more localized planning efforts which target housing, economic development, and land use planning strategies that will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a related transportation project being planned.
Trainingis also available to help with implementation of the above HUD programs.
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Education and Outreach, Training
Grants are available for project development, to maintain sanitation deficiency inventories, provide environmental engineering services, to fund water, wastewater, and solid waste projects; to provide professional design and construction services; to provide operations and maintenance technical consultation, and advocate for Indian people on environmental issues.
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE
Emergency Watershed Protection
Related Keywords: Cleanup, Disposal
The purpose of the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program is to undertake emergency measures, including the purchase of flood plain easements, for runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention to safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed whenever fire, flood or any other natural occurrence is causing or has caused a sudden impairment of the watershed.
It is not necessary for a national emergency to be declared for an area to be eligible for assistance. Program objective is to assist sponsors and individuals in implementing emergency measures to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by a natural disaster. Activities include providing financial and technical assistance to remove debris from streams, protect destabilized streambanks, establish cover on critically eroding lands, repairing conservation practices, and the purchase of flood plain easements. The program is designed for installation of recovery measures.
Environmental Quality Incentives (EQIP)
Related Keywords: Economic Development, Reuse/Recycling,
EQIP provides a voluntary conservation program for farmers, ranchers and owners of private, non-industrial forest land that promotes agricultural production, forest management and environmental quality as compatible national goals. EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible producers install or implement conservation practices on eligible agricultural land.
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Cleanup, Disposal
Expertise includes engineering, soils, rural development, resource inventories.
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Cleanup, Disposal
Published soil surveys of counties or other comparably sized areas. Many of the soil surveys include Indian land both on and off the reservations. Soil surveys are in progress on other reservations. To provide the basic and detailed information needed for agricultural and natural resource development programs.
Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Councils
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection Reuse/Recycling, Cleanup/Closure, Disposal, Operations and Maintenance
The purpose of the Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) program is to accelerate the conservation, development and utilization of natural resources, improve the general level of economic activity, and to enhance the environment and standard of living in designated RC&D areas. It improves the capability of State, tribal and local units of government and local nonprofit organizations in rural areas to plan, develop and carry out programs for resource conservation and development. The program also establishes or improves coordination systems in rural areas. Current program objectives focus on improvement of quality of life achieved through natural resources conservation and community development which leads to sustainable communities, prudent use (development), and the management and conservation of natural resources. RC&D areas are locally sponsored areas designated by the Secretary of Agriculture for RC&D technical and financial assistance program funds.
Technical assistance to help local people initiate and implement long-range programs of Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D). Indian tribes have the option of forming RC&Ds based on reservation boundaries and tribal law. The RC&D Project Steering Committee and Local leadership plan and carry out associated project measures funded by other non-USDA entities, both Federal and private. Associated measures deal with any project the RC&D and local people need and approve.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Disaster Site Worker Training Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Treatment, Storage, Cleanup, Disposal, Operations and Maintenance, Emergency Response, Training,
This training is a voluntary program for disaster site workers who provide skilled support services (e.g. utility, demolition, debris removal, or heavy equipment operation) or site clean-up services in response to natural and man-made disasters.
Water and Waste Disposal Guaranteed Loans
Related Keywords: Planning, Assessment, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Disposal,
This program provides loan guarantees for the construction or improvement of water and waste disposal projects serving the financially needy communities in rural areas. This purpose is achieved through bolstering the existing private credit structure through the guarantee of quality loans which will provide lasting benefits. The water and waste disposal guarantee loans are to serve a population not in excess of 10,000 in rural areas.
Solid Waste Management Grant Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Assessment, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Storage, Disposal,
This program provides support to: evaluate current landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources; provide technical assistance and/or training to enhance operator skills in the operation and maintenance of active landfills; provide technical assistance and/or training to help communities reduce the solid waste stream; and provide technical assistance and/or training for operators of landfills which are closed or will be closed in the near future with the development and implementation of closure plans, future land use plans, safety and maintenance planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements.
Grant funds may NOT be used to pay for: capital assets, the purchase of real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; or construction or operation and maintenance costs.
Technical Assistance and Training Grants for Rural Waste Systems
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Disposal, Enforcement, Education and Outreach, Training
This program awards grants to non-profit organizations to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations on a wide range of issues relating to delivery of water and waste disposal service. These associations are located in rural areas or cities and towns with a population of 10,000 or less. These grants are awarded to intermediary organizations, such as tribal consortia and other technical assistance organizations, to provide multi-project services to communities in a geographic region. These grants can be used to identify and evaluate solutions to waste related problems in rural areas.
Pre-development planning grants can be awarded directly to a beneficiary tribe to address its specific waste issues.
Section 306C Water and Waste Disposal Grants to alleviate health risks
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Disposal, Enforcement, Education and Outreach, Training
This program provides water and waste disposal facilities and services to low income rural communities whose residents face significant health risks. Every effort is made to identify and fund the neediest projects. Residents of the rural area to be served must face significant health risks due to the fact that a significant proportion of the community residents do not have access to, or are not served by, adequate, affordable, water and/or waste disposal systems. Documentation to support the poor sanitary waste disposal and health risks should be provided to USDA.
Community Facilities Loans and Grants
Related Keywords: Planning, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Transportation, Storage, Disposal
Community Programs provide loans, grants and loan guarantees for projects to develop essential community facilities for public use in rural areas. This may include hospitals, fire protection, public safety, libraries, schools, day care centers as well as facilities for waste management related infrastructure.
Business Programs Loans and Grants
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Disposal
several programs supporting biofuels, alternative energy and energy efficiency
Rural Business Enterprise Grants
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Disposal
The RBEG program provides grants for rural projects that finance and facilitate development of small and emerging rural businesses, help fund business incubators, and help fund employment related adult education programs. To assist with business development, RBEGs may fund a broad array of activities. There is no required maximum level of grant funding. However, smaller projects are given higher priority. Generally grants range $10,000 up to $500,000.
The RBEG program is a broad based program that reaches to the core of rural development in a number of ways. Examples of eligible fund use include: Acquisition or development of land, easements, or rights of way; construction, conversion, renovation of buildings, plants, machinery, equipment, access streets and roads, parking areas, utilities; pollution control and abatement; capitalization of revolving loan funds including funds that will make loans for start ups and working capital; training and technical assistance; distance adult learning for job training and advancement; rural transportation improvement; and project planning. Any project funded under the RBEG program should benefit small and emerging private businesses in rural areas. Small and emerging private businesses are those that will employ 50 or fewer new employees and have less than $1 million in projected gross revenues.
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans (B&I)
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Disposal
The purpose of the B&I Guaranteed Loan Program is to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment and improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities. This purpose is achieved by bolstering the existing private credit structure through the guarantee of quality loans which will provide lasting community benefits.
Loan purposes must be consistent with the general purpose contained in the regulation. They include but are not limited to the following:
- a. Business and industrial acquisitions when the loan will keep the business from closing, prevent the loss of employment opportunities, or provide expanded job opportunities.
- b. Business conversion, enlargement, repair, modernization, or development.
- c. Purchase and development of land, easements, rights-of-way, buildings, or facilities.
- d. Purchase of equipment, leasehold improvements, machinery, supplies, or inventory.
Biorefinery Assistance Program Loan Guarantees
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Waste Collection, Reuse/Recycling, Disposal
The purpose of this program is to help develop new and emerging technologies for the development of advanced biofuels, so as to: increase the energy independence of the United States; promote resource conservation, public health, and the environment; diversify markets for agricultural and forestry products and agriculture waste material; and create jobs and enhance the economic development of the rural economy.
Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA)
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Cleanup, Disposal,
The Tribal Forest Protection Act (Public Law 108-278) authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to give special consideration to tribally-proposed projects on agency lands bordering or adjacent to Indian trust land. The Act provides a tool for tribes to propose work and enter into contracts and agreements with the Forest Service (FS) or Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reduce threats from on Federal lands adjacent to Indian trust land and Indian communities, such as open dumping or burning of waste. USFS can assist and coordinate with tribes on complementary waste management programs and long-term planning on Forest Service lands (e.g. shared property boundaries with tribes or FS managed ceded lands), including:
- - Provide information on partial inventories of open dump sites on USFS lands adjacent to tribal lands
- - Provide records related to road/area levels of use
- - Cleanup on USFS lands adjacent to tribal lands
- - Road maintenance on USFS roads adjacent or through tribal lands
Urban Community Forestry Program
Related Keywords: Planning, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Prevention/Sustainability, Reuse/Recycling, Education and Outreach
This program provides support for a variety of purposes, including preserving urban forest cover, planting and maintaining trees, providing education programs, facilitating better use of wood from urban trees, and reducing urban tree waste in landfills.
Forest Service expertise available includes a wide variety of natural resource specialists, planners, engineers, contract specialists, etc.
Related Keywords: Planning, Data Collection, Assessment, Economic Development, Site Redevelopment/Reuse, Cleanup, Disposal
USGS can fund and/or assist with characterizing the impacts of waste disposal (and brownfields) on biologic and water resources, assessing the optimal means of environmental restoration at waste-disposal sites, and providing background geologic, hydrologic, biologic, and topographic information that can be used when citing waste-disposal sites. Technical assistance is available for characterizing impacts of waste disposal (and brownfields) on biologic and water resources, assessing environmental restoration at waste disposal sites. Technical information can also be provided for siting waste-disposal sites.
May provide up to half the cost of certain water measurement facilities such as stream gages or water quality gauges.