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  1. www.fema.gov › grantsFEMA Grants | FEMA.gov

    Preparedness grants support our citizens and first responders to ensure we work together as a nation to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate terrorism and other high-consequence disasters and emergencies.

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  3. highways.dot.gov › newsroom › protect-grant-awardsBiden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $830 Million in ...

    Apr 11, 2024 · As part of today’s announcement, the Federal Highway Administration is awarding funding under four different grant types to 80 projects in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands:

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  5. www.fema.gov › press-release › 20240311FEMA Seeking Applications for $36 Million in Grants to ...

    Mar 11, 2024 · To help keep communities and firefighters safer, FP&S funding is being made available directly to eligible fire departments, national, regional, state, local, tribal and non-profit organizations such as academic (e.g., universities), research foundations, public safety institutes, public health, occupational health, and injury prevention ...

  6. ffis.org › publications › 2022A Guide to Federal Grants for State and Local Governments ...

    • Introduction
    • What is the diference between mandatory and discretionary grants?
    • What are competitive grants?
    • What are maintenance-of-efort (MOE) and matching requirements?

    FFIS has been in the federal grant reporting business for a long time—more than 30 years. The main thing we’ve learned in that time is that this stuf is complicated, almost a language unto itself. For example, when a person refers to “total federal grants,” that could mean any number of things—with diferent corresponding amounts. This guide is mea...

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    Most grants are discretionary, but most funding is for mandatory programs. Discretionary programs: Congress sets program funding annually through the appropriations process. Such grants may be allocated competitively or by formula. Mandatory programs: Funding is required by the legislation that authorizes the grant. For some, such as Medicaid, spen...

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    Competitive grants are not awarded by formula; therefore, not every state receives them. Rather, federal agencies review applications and select grantees using criteria established for each program. There are many more competitive grants than formula grants. However, they are typically small programs and altogether account for only 9% of all grant ...

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    Federal grants are usually intended to supplement state and local government eforts. As such, many grant programs require state and local governments to contribute resources. About half of the grants in the FFIS database have matching requirements. Fewer have MOE requirements. Because the FFIS database is dominated by formula programs, it does not ...

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  7. www.grants.gov › learn-grants › grant-makingEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Grants.gov

    Under the Environmental Education Grants Program, the EPA seeks grant proposals from eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental awareness and stewardship and help provide people with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment.

  8. www.taxpolicycenter.org › briefing-book › what-typesWhat types of federal grants are made to state and local ...

    The federal government distributes grants to states and localities for many purposes. Some grants are delivered directly to these governments, but others are “pass-through” grants that first go to state governments, who then direct the funds to local governments.

  9. www.nlc.org › article › 2023/05/01Now Open: PROTECT Grants to Make Transportation More ...

    May 1, 2023 · Cities, towns and villages awarded a planning grant will have 100 percent of the cost covered by the Federal government. Awardees can use planning grants for resiliency planning, predesign or develop data tools to simulate transportation disruption scenarios, including assessing vulnerable assets.