Available Funds

Date: Applications accepted until February 24
Recipients: Fire stations
Granting Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Amount: Variable ($380 million total available)
Purpose: Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants help fire departments hire new firefighters and recruit and retain volunteer firefighters
Facts: Application details and more information are available at www.fema.gov/firegrants.

Date: Pre-applications due February 20; final applications due March 19
Recipients: City, tribal, regional and state transportation authorities
Granting Agency: Department of Transportation
Amount: Variable – $10 million minimum, $500 million total available
Purpose: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants fund capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure and are awarded on a competitive basis.  Projects will be evaluated on safety, economic competitiveness, livability, environmental sustainability, state of repair and short-term job creation
Facts: If any lead applicant submits more than three applications, only the first three received will be considered. For more information, contact TIGERGrants@dot.gov or call Howard Hill at (202) 366–0301.

Awarded Grants, Loans and Contracts

Date: February 7
Recipient: Comite de Bien Estar
Granting Organization: NeighborWorks America
Amount: $49,350 (grant)
Purpose: This project, funded through the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012, will help Comite de Bien Estar with neighborhood revitalization projects, promote and preserve affordable housing, and create or sustain jobs through local NeighborWorks-supported projects. Comite de Bien Estar is a member of the national NeighborWorks public/private network.

Date: February 7
Recipient: Primavera Foundation
Granting Organization: NeighborWorks America
Amount: $256,600 (grant)
Purpose: This project, funded through the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012, will help the Foundation with neighborhood revitalization projects, promote and preserve affordable housing, and create or sustain jobs through local NeighborWorks-supported projects. The Primavera Foundation is a member of the national NeighborWorks public/private network.

Date: February 7
Recipients: Ak-Chin Indian Community, Cocopah Indian Housing and Development, Colorado River Residential Management Corp., Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Granting Organization: Department of Housing and Urban Development Indian Housing Block Grants
Amount: $381,945 (Ak-Chin), $845,367 (Cocopah), $2,306,848 (Colorado), $8,390,175 (Gila River)
Purpose: These grants, made through the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, can be used for a variety of eligible affordable housing activities, including affordable housing development and construction, building rehab, low income housing management, and crime prevention or other quality-of-life improvement efforts.