SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households in Kentucky

Funding Opportunity

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.

Funds may be used to pay predevelopment planning costs, including:

  • Feasibility studies to support applications for funding water or waste disposal projects
  • Preliminary design and engineering analysis
  • Technical assistance for the development of an application for financial assistance

The predevelopment planning costs must be related to a proposed project that meets the following requirements:

  • Construct, enlarge, extend or improve rural water, sanitary sewage, solid waste disposal and storm wastewater disposal facilities
  • Construct or relocate public buildings, roads, bridges, fences or utilities, and to make other public improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
  • Relocate private buildings, roads, bridges, fences, or utilities, and other private improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
Deadline:
Amount:
Assistance:
Funding and Direct TA
Location:

Eligibility:

  • Most state and local governmental entities
  • Nonprofits
  • Federally recognized tribes

Areas to be served must be rural and financially distressed:

  • Rural areas with a population of 2,500 or less
  • Have a median household income below the poverty line or less than 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan median household income based on latest Census data

Timing:

Applications for this program are accepted year round through the Kentucky Rural Development Office.

Cost Share / Match:

SEARCH - Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households in Kentucky

Funding Opportunity

This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.

Funds may be used to pay predevelopment planning costs, including:

  • Feasibility studies to support applications for funding water or waste disposal projects
  • Preliminary design and engineering analysis
  • Technical assistance for the development of an application for financial assistance

The predevelopment planning costs must be related to a proposed project that meets the following requirements:

  • Construct, enlarge, extend or improve rural water, sanitary sewage, solid waste disposal and storm wastewater disposal facilities
  • Construct or relocate public buildings, roads, bridges, fences or utilities, and to make other public improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
  • Relocate private buildings, roads, bridges, fences, or utilities, and other private improvements necessary for the successful operation or protection of facilities
Dates:
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Date:
Time:
Cost:
Assistance:
Funding and Direct TA
Location:

Eligibility:

  • Most state and local governmental entities
  • Nonprofits
  • Federally recognized tribes

Areas to be served must be rural and financially distressed:

  • Rural areas with a population of 2,500 or less
  • Have a median household income below the poverty line or less than 80 percent of the statewide non-metropolitan median household income based on latest Census data

Cost Share / Match:

Timing:

Applications for this program are accepted year round through the Kentucky Rural Development Office.

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Kentucky G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2024

Kentucky Government Grant Match Program

The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.

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Amount
Assistance
Grant Match
Location

Kentucky G.R.A.N.T. Program of 2024

Kentucky Government Grant Match Program

The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.

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Dates:
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Assistance:
Grant Match
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Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Water Grants Program in Kentucky

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Amount
Assistance
Location
Kentucky

Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Water Grants Program in Kentucky

U.S. Department of Agriculture

The USDA has made $247 million in supplemental grants available nationwide to help communities repair water infrastructure damaged by presidentially declared disasters in calendar year 2022.

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Kentucky

Charles H. Dater Foundation Grant

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Deadline
Amount
While some grants have been significant in size, the median grant is $10,000 and the average grant is about $14,000.
Assistance
Location
Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties in Kentucky

Charles H. Dater Foundation Grant

The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc.

The Foundation makes grants to organizations and public agencies in Greater Cincinnati for programs that benefit children in the region in the areas of arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community needs.

Date:
Dates:
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Cost:
While some grants have been significant in size, the median grant is $10,000 and the average grant is about $14,000.
Assistance:
Location:
Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties in Kentucky

Appalachian Community Fund Technical Assistance Grants

Technical Assistance Grant

Designed to meet specific technical assistance needs of grassroots organizations working for social change in Appalachia, this program awards grants to help build organizational capacity and train board or staff members in key skills.

Deadline
Amount
Varies by project need
Assistance
Location

Appalachian Community Fund Technical Assistance Grants

Technical Assistance Grant

Designed to meet specific technical assistance needs of grassroots organizations working for social change in Appalachia, this program awards grants to help build organizational capacity and train board or staff members in key skills.

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Dates:
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Cost:
Varies by project need
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Location:

Kentucky Statewide Reserve Fund

State Government Grant, Kentucky Education & Labor Cabinet

The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a federally funded grant program that provides Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker funding throughout our Commonwealth.

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Kentucky Statewide Reserve Fund

State Government Grant, Kentucky Education & Labor Cabinet

The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a federally funded grant program that provides Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker funding throughout our Commonwealth.

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Funding
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Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program

Federal Grant Program

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Deadline
Nov 21, 2024
Amount
$10 million - $20 million
Assistance
Location

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program

Federal Grant Program

Approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds in environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities.

Date:
Nov 21, 2024
Dates:
-
Cost:
$10 million - $20 million
Assistance:
Location: