State
Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)
01/17/20
03/27/20 4:00 PM
Grants to Maine government agencies for projects to develop local communities. Interested applicants are required to submit a letter of intent prior to the full proposal. Funding is intended to support activities that include planning, acquisition, construction, installation, relocation, and reconstruction associated with the improvement of public infrastructure.
The Public Infrastructure Grant Program (PI) provides communities with grant funds to help meet their identified public infrastructure needs in one of three activity groups. Multi-jurisdictional applications from two or more communities must designate a lead community. Counties may apply on behalf of unorganized territories.
Eligible Activities: Eligible activities in the PI Program are construction, acquisition, reconstruction, installation, relocation assistance associated with public infrastructure, and public infrastructure limited to supporting construction of fully-funded affordable LMI housing; eligible planning activities necessary to complete the Project Development Phase.
All CDBG funded activities must meet one of three National Objectives of the program.
These objectives are:
GrantWatch ID#: 167229
Funds will not be available until after July 1, 2020.
Applicants have six months to complete the project development phase process or notice of award may be rescinded.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Letters of Intent may be submitted via email to: ocd.loi@maine.gov
Applications must be received at the:
Office of Community Development
Department of Economic and Community Development
59 State House Station
111 Sewall Street
Augusta, Maine 04333-0059
(207) 624-7484
Phone: (207) 624-9819
FAX: (207) 287-8070
ocd.loi@maine.gov
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