Opportunity ID: 335979

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: TATFY22
Funding Opportunity Title: Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Environment
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Category Explanation: The Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant Program has been established to assist communities with water or wastewater systems through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients. Qualified private non-profit organizations will receive TAT grant funds to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas, assist applicants in preparing applications for water and waste grants made at the State level offices, and improve operation and maintenance of existing water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
Expected Number of Awards: 35
Assistance Listings: 10.761 — Technical Assistance and Training Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 3
Posted Date: Sep 30, 2021
Last Updated Date: Oct 07, 2021
Original Closing Date for Applications: Dec 31, 2021 Lorrie Davis lorrie.davis@usda.gov
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec 31, 2021 Lorrie Davis lorrie.davis@usda.gov
Archive Date: Jan 30, 2022
Estimated Total Program Funding: $40,000,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: (a) Entities eligible for grants must be private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal Revenue Service. A nonprofit organization is defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that:(1) Is operated primarily for scientific, education, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest.(2) Is not organized primarily for profit.(3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations.(b) Entities must be legally established and located within a state as defined in §1775.2.(c) Organizations must be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application period occurs to be eligible for funds.(d) Private businesses, Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants.(e) Applicants must also have the proven ability, background, experience (as evidenced by the organization’s satisfactory completion of project(s) similar to those proposed), legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations as provided in §1775.33. To meet the requirement of actual capacity, an applicant must either:(1) Have the necessary resources to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations in rural areas through its staff, or (2) Be assisted by an affiliate or member organization which has such background and experience, and which agrees, in writing, that it will provide the assistance, or (3) Contract with a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed assistance.

Eligible Projects. Grants may be made to organizations as defined in §1775.35 to enable such organizations to assist associations to: (a) Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems of associations in rural areas relating to source, storage, treatment, and/or distribution (b) Identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems of associations in rural areas relating to collection, treatment, and/or disposal (c ) Prepare water and/or waste disposal loan/grant applications (d) Provide technical assistance/training to association personnel that will improve the management, operation, and maintenance of water and waste facilities (e) Pay the expenses associated with providing the technical assistance and/or training authorized in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Rural Utilities Service
Description:

Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems relating to collection, treatment, or disposal: assist applicants, that have filed a pre-application with RUS, in the preparation of water and/or waste loan and/or grant applications; and/or provide technical assistance and/or training to water/wastewater system personnel that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to duplicate current services, such as those performed by an association’s consultant in developing a project; fund political or lobbying activities; pay for capital assets; purchase real estate or vehicles; improve or renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; pay the costs for construction, improvement, rehabilitation, modification or operation and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to effective date of grant.

Link to Additional Information: Government website
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

LORRIE A. DAVIS

Community Programs Specialist

Phone 202-568-9046
Email:lorrie.davis@usda.gov

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
Renumbered for clarity. Oct 07, 2021
Sep 30, 2021

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 3

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: TATFY22
Funding Opportunity Title: Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Environment
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Category Explanation: The Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant Program has been established to assist communities with water or wastewater systems through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients. Qualified private non-profit organizations will receive TAT grant funds to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas, assist applicants in preparing applications for water and waste grants made at the State level offices, and improve operation and maintenance of existing water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
Expected Number of Awards: 35
Assistance Listings: 10.761 — Technical Assistance and Training Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 3
Posted Date: Sep 30, 2021
Last Updated Date: Oct 07, 2021
Original Closing Date for Applications: Dec 31, 2021 Lorrie Davis lorrie.davis@usda.gov
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec 31, 2021 Lorrie Davis lorrie.davis@usda.gov
Archive Date: Jan 30, 2022
Estimated Total Program Funding: $40,000,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: (a) Entities eligible for grants must be private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal Revenue Service. A nonprofit organization is defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that:(1) Is operated primarily for scientific, education, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest.(2) Is not organized primarily for profit.(3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations.(b) Entities must be legally established and located within a state as defined in §1775.2.(c) Organizations must be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application period occurs to be eligible for funds.(d) Private businesses, Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants.(e) Applicants must also have the proven ability, background, experience (as evidenced by the organization’s satisfactory completion of project(s) similar to those proposed), legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations as provided in §1775.33. To meet the requirement of actual capacity, an applicant must either:(1) Have the necessary resources to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations in rural areas through its staff, or (2) Be assisted by an affiliate or member organization which has such background and experience, and which agrees, in writing, that it will provide the assistance, or (3) Contract with a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed assistance.

Eligible Projects. Grants may be made to organizations as defined in §1775.35 to enable such organizations to assist associations to: (a) Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems of associations in rural areas relating to source, storage, treatment, and/or distribution (b) Identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems of associations in rural areas relating to collection, treatment, and/or disposal (c ) Prepare water and/or waste disposal loan/grant applications (d) Provide technical assistance/training to association personnel that will improve the management, operation, and maintenance of water and waste facilities (e) Pay the expenses associated with providing the technical assistance and/or training authorized in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Rural Utilities Service
Description:

Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems relating to collection, treatment, or disposal: assist applicants, that have filed a pre-application with RUS, in the preparation of water and/or waste loan and/or grant applications; and/or provide technical assistance and/or training to water/wastewater system personnel that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to duplicate current services, such as those performed by an association’s consultant in developing a project; fund political or lobbying activities; pay for capital assets; purchase real estate or vehicles; improve or renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; pay the costs for construction, improvement, rehabilitation, modification or operation and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to effective date of grant.

Link to Additional Information: Government website
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

LORRIE A. DAVIS

Community Programs Specialist

Phone 202-568-9046
Email:lorrie.davis@usda.gov

DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: TATFY22
Funding Opportunity Title: Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Environment
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Category Explanation: The Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant Program has been established to assist communities with water or wastewater systems through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients. Qualified private non-profit organizations will receive TAT grant funds to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas, assist applicants in preparing applications for water and waste grants made at the State level offices, and improve operation and maintenance of existing water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
Expected Number of Awards: 35
Assistance Listings: 10.761 — Technical Assistance and Training Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 2
Posted Date: Sep 30, 2021
Last Updated Date: Oct 07, 2021
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec 31, 2021 Lorrie Davis lorrie.davis@usda.gov
Archive Date: Jan 30, 2022
Estimated Total Program Funding: $40,000,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: (a) Entities eligible for grants must be private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal Revenue Service. A nonprofit organization is defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that:(1) Is operated primarily for scientific, education, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest.(2) Is not organized primarily for profit.(3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations.(b) Entities must be legally established and located within a state as defined in §1775.2.(c) Organizations must be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application period occurs to be eligible for funds.(d) Private businesses, Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants.(e) Applicants must also have the proven ability, background, experience (as evidenced by the organization’s satisfactory completion of project(s) similar to those proposed), legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations as provided in §1775.33. To meet the requirement of actual capacity, an applicant must either:(1) Have the necessary resources to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations in rural areas through its staff, or(2) Be assisted by an affiliate or member organization which has such background and experience, and which agrees, in writing, that it will provide the assistance, or(3) Contract with a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed assistance.f. Corporations that have been convicted of a federal felony within the past 24 months are not eligible. Any corporation that has been assessed to have any unpaid federal tax liability, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed and is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, is not eligible for financial assistance. 2. Eligible Projects. Grants may be made to organizations as defined in §1775.35 to enable such organizations to assist associations to:a. Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems of associations in rural areas relating to source, storage, treatment, and/or distribution.b. Identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems of associations in rural areas relating to collection, treatment, and/or disposal.c. Prepare water and/or waste disposal loan/grant applications.d. Provide technical assistance/training to association personnel that will improve the management, operation, and maintenance of water and waste facilities.e. Pay the expenses associated with providing the technical assistance and/or training authorized in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Rural Utilities Service
Description:

Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems relating to collection, treatment, or disposal: assist applicants, that have filed a pre-application with RUS, in the preparation of water and/or waste loan and/or grant applications; and/or provide technical assistance and/or training to water/wastewater system personnel that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to duplicate current services, such as those performed by an association’s consultant in developing a project; fund political or lobbying activities; pay for capital assets; purchase real estate or vehicles; improve or renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; pay the costs for construction, improvement, rehabilitation, modification or operation and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to effective date of grant.

Link to Additional Information: Government website
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

LORRIE A. DAVIS

Community Programs Specialist

Phone 202-568-9046
Email:lorrie.davis@usda.gov

Folder 335979 Full Announcement-TAT FOA -> FY2022 – TAT SWM Application Guide – FINAL508.pdf

Folder 335979 Full Announcement-TAT FOA -> WEP-TAT FOA FY22 FINAL.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: LORRIE A. DAVIS
Community Programs Specialist
Phone 202-568-9046
Email: lorrie.davis@usda.gov
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
10.761 PKG00269206 Oct 07, 2021 Dec 31, 2021 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

335979 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf

335979 SF424B-1.1.pdf

335979 SF424A-1.0.pdf

335979 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf

335979 AD_1047-1.0.pdf

335979 AD_1048-1.0.pdf

Optional forms

335979 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

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