Community Facilities Program Disaster Repair Grants
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The Rural Housing Service is offering the Community Facilities Program Disaster Repair Grants, aimed at providing financial assistance for the repair of essential community facilities damaged by federally declared disasters in 2022. Eligible applicants include public bodies, nonprofit corporations, and Federally-recognized tribes located in rural areas affected by such disasters, with grants covering up to 75% of total project costs. This program has a total funding amount of $50 million, with no minimum or maximum award limits, and applications will be accepted on a continual basis until funds are exhausted. Interested applicants can reach out to Surabhi Dabir at Surabhi.dabir@usda.gov or by phone at 202-768-5875 for further information and guidance on the application process.
Eligible Applicants
An eligible applicant must be a public body, nonprofit corporation, or Federally-recognized tribe. To be eligible for grant funds under this Notice, the project must be located in a rural area in a county (or a rural area of a Reservation for Indian tribes) with a disaster declaration as declared by the President of the United States; the disaster declaration must be related to the consequences of a disaster occurring in CY 2022; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must have provided a notice declaring the disaster. The term rural or rural area is defined in Section 343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C)), as amended, as a city, town or, unincorporated area that has a population of not more than 20,000 inhabitants.