The RUS Department is offering the TAT Grant Program FY16 to provide funds for technical assistance and training in addressing water-related and waste disposal problems. Grants can be used for assisting with loan and grant applications, offering training programs for facility management, and evaluating solutions. Not eligible for expenses include recruiting applications, funding political activities, or paying for capital assets. The closing date for applications is December 31, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 279333
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | TATFY16 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | TAT Grant Program FY16 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| 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: | 17 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.761 — Technical Assistance and Training Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 01, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 30, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $19,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligibility criteria for TAT grants is as follows:(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 7 CFR 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. |
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, and distribution, and to waste disposal problems relating to collection, treatment, and disposal; assist applicants that have filed a preapplication with RUS in the preparation of water and/or waste disposal loan and/or grant applications; and to provide training that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to recruit applications, duplicate current services such as those performed by a consultant in developing a project, fund political activities, pay for capital assets, purchase real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office space or repair and maintain privately owned property, pay construction or O&M costs, and pay costs incurred prior to the effective date of grants made. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Website Address |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Anita OBrien
Loan Specialist Phone 202-690-3789 Email:anita.obrien@wdc.usda.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 279333 Other Supporting Documents-Regulation and Application Guide 1 -> 1775 finalrule.pdf
Folder 279333 Other Supporting Documents-Regulation and Application Guide 1 -> application guide tat_swm grants fy 2016.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Anita OBrien Loan Specialist Phone 202-690-3789 Email: anita.obrien@wdc.usda.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.761 | PKG00218856 | Oct 01, 2015 | Dec 31, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
279333 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
279333 Other-1.1.pdf
279333 SF424B-1.1.pdf
279333 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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