This grant, offered by the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), provides funding for technical assistance and training aimed at improving water and waste disposal facilities. Eligible uses include identifying and evaluating solutions for water issues like source, storage, treatment, or distribution, and waste problems such as collection, treatment, or disposal. Funds also support assisting RUS pre-applicants in preparing water and/or waste loan/grant applications. Additionally, the grant provides training for water/wastewater system personnel to enhance the management, operation, and maintenance of these facilities. The program focuses on capacity building and problem-solving, not on funding construction, capital assets, or ongoing operational costs.
Opportunity ID: 356557
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | TATFY25 |
| 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 Employment, Labor and Training 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: | 40 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.761 — Technical Assistance and Training Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Sep 26, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Sep 26, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $37,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2024 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | TATFY25 |
| 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 Employment, Labor and Training 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: | 40 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.761 — Technical Assistance and Training Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Sep 26, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Sep 26, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $37,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| 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 |
Related Documents
Folder 356557 Full Announcement-Full Announcement – TAT FY25 -> FY25 TAT Application Guide.pdf
Folder 356557 Full Announcement-Full Announcement – TAT FY25 -> TAT FY 25 NOFO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00287998 | Oct 01, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
356557 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
356557 SF424A-1.0.pdf
356557 SF424B-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
356557 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
356557 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
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