STATE PROGRAMS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS: 

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry: 2023-24 PennSERVE Grants for Health and Community Service Programs  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

Who May Apply: Institutions of higher education, Indian tribes, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and states.

Use: To allow organizations to recruit and support AmeriCorps members as they serve unmet community needs.

Funds: Varies by award.

Application Deadline: October 12, 2022

More Information: Click on https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/pennserve/grants/Pages/default.aspx.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Youth Justice Advisory Board Council Pilot Program  (Funding Source: General Fund)

Who May Apply: Any agency currently implementing a youth engagement program including (but not limited to): Any private non-profit agency, public agency, or unit of local government.

Use: To establish and coordinate county-based Youth Justice Advisory Board Councils (YJAB-Cs) across the Commonwealth with the long-term goal to increase directly impacted youth voice and input in their communities and

with the youth-led subcommittee and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee.

Funds: Up to $350,000 in total state funding to support between three or four organizations.

Application Deadline: October 19, 2022

More Information: Click on https://egrants.pccd.pa.gov/Public/OpenAnnouncements.aspx.

Pennsylvania Office of the State Fire Commissioner: Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program  (Funding Source: State Gaming Fund, Property Tax Relief Fund, and Fireworks Tax)

Who May Apply: Eligible volunteer, municipal, and combination volunteer and municipal fire companies and eligible volunteer and career emergency medical services companies.

Use: To support fire and EMS companies in Pennsylvania.

Funds: Between $2,500-$15,000 for eligible fire companies and $2,500-$10,000 for eligible EMS companies.

Application Deadline: October 21, 2022

More Information: Click on https://www.osfc.pa.gov/GrantsandLoans/Volunteer%20Fire%20Company%20And%20Ambulance%20Grants/Pages/default.aspx.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency: 2023-2024 Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP) Implementation Program  (Funding Source: General Fund)

Who May Apply: Non-profit entities and institutions of higher education.

Use: To evaluate the quality of services provided to system involved youth, assist providers in the development and implementation of a quality improvement plan, then reassessing the service again to look for positive changes in service delivery.

Funds: PCCD expects to fund one grant, with a budget not to exceed $2,000,000 over the 24-month project period, with a limit of $1,000,000 for each year.

Application Deadline: October 24, 2022

More Information: Click on https://egrants.pccd.pa.gov/Public/OpenAnnouncements.aspx.

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency: Women’s Reentry Services Initiative  (Funding Source: General Fund)

Who May Apply: Non-profit organizations.

Use: To provide holistic reentry services to assist women in their return to communities across Pennsylvania.

Funds: PCCD expects to fund twenty grants with budgets not to exceed $100,000 over the 12-month project period.

Application Deadline: October 25, 2022

More Information: Click on https://egrants.pccd.pa.gov/Public/OpenAnnouncements.aspx.

FEDERAL PROGRAMS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS: 

U.S. Department of Energy: Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Grant Program  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

Who May Apply: Institutions of higher education, for-profit entities, non-profit entities, local government entities, state government entities, and Tribal nations.

Use: To solicit regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) in accordance with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

Funds: Varies by award.

Application Deadline: November 7, 2022 (Concept papers due)

More Information: Click on https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-historic-7-billion-funding-opportunity-jump-start.

OTHER PROGRAMS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS: 

Natural Lands/PECO: PECO Green Region Open Space Program  (Funding Source: Private Funding)

Who May Apply: Southeastern Pennsylvania municipalities, as well as non-profits within the City of Philadelphia.

Use: To support efforts to preserve, protect, and improve open spaces.

Funds: Varies by award.

Application Deadline: October 12, 2022

More Information: Click on https://natlands.org/what-we-do/growing-greener-communities/peco-green-region/.

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts: Community-Driven Responses to Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Mortality Program  (Funding Source: Foundation Funding)

Who May Apply: Non-profit organizations providing a range of social- and/or health-related services within a given geographic area, Recovery Community Organizations, and community coalitions/partnership.

Use: To support community-based organizations’ (CBO) capacity to reduce opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose mortality.

Funds: Up to $75,000 a year for up to two years.

Application Deadline: October 21, 2022

More Information: Click on https://forefdn.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CBO_RFP_FINAL_VERSION.pdf.

UPCOMING APPLICATION DEADLINES:

PennDOT Traffic Signal Technologies Grant Program: September 30, 2022  (Funding Source: Motor License Fund)       

• Municipalities. - To install and maintain traffic signal technologies.

Ag Agriculture and Youth Grant Program: September 30, 2022  (Funding Source: General Fund)       

• Agriculture and youth organizations. - To help fund projects, programs and equipment purchases conducted or made by an organization composed mainly of youth, or an organization with programs that benefit youth, and organized to promote development in the areas of agriculture, community leadership, vocational training and peer fellowship.

CFA Luzerne Local Share Account: September 30, 2022  (Funding Source: Luzerne Local Share Account)

• All Luzerne County municipalities, the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority, and multi-municipal applications - To support projects that improve the quality of life of citizens in the community.

CFA Monroe Local Share Account: September 30, 2022  (Funding Source: Monroe Local Share Account)

• Any municipality in Monroe County, as well as those counties and municipalities contiguous to Monroe County. Economic development and redevelopment authorities in Monroe County and the contiguous counties (Carbon, Lackawanna, Northampton, Pike, and Wayne) - To support projects that improve the quality of life of citizens in the community.

CFA Northampton and Lehigh Local Share Account: September 30, 2022  (Funding Source: Northampton & Lehigh Local Share Account)

• Municipalities, counties, economic development agencies and redevelopment authorities in Northampton and Lehigh counties. - To support projects that improve the quality of life of citizens in the community.

PCCD Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Grant Program: October 12, 2022  (Funding Source: American Rescue Plan Act Funds)

• Community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, municipalities, district attorneys, and counties. - To address community violence and prevention efforts.

PCCD Local Law Enforcement Support Grant Program: October 13, 2022  (Funding Source: American Rescue Plan Act Funds)

• Local law enforcement agency, Campus police or university police, Railroad or street railway police, Airport authority police, and County park police. - To provide funding to local law enforcement agencies to implement information technology improvements, purchase or upgrade equipment, cover non-traditional law enforcement personnel costs, support retention and recruitment efforts, and provide necessary training and cover related expenses.

PCCD Gun Violence Investigation & Prosecution (GVIP) Grant Program: October 13, 2022  (Funding Source: American Rescue Plan Act Funds)

• (1) A public agency of a political subdivision having general police powers and charged with making arrests in connection with the enforcement of the criminal or traffic laws. (2) A campus police or university police department. (3) A railroad or street railway police department. (4) An airport authority police department, including the Harrisburg International Airport Police. (5) A county park police force. - To support grants to local law enforcement agencies and district attorneys in Pennsylvania.

U.S. HUD Continuum of Care Supplemental to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness: October 20, 2022  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

• Nonprofit providers, states, and local governments. - To quickly rehouse homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.

PCCD Coordinated Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Strategies Pilot Grants Program: October 31, 2022  (Funding Source: ARPA Funds)

• Community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, municipalities, district attorneys, and counties. - To support five to eight pilot projects with planning and implementation of short-term intervention, mid-term prevention, and long-term transformation strategies designed to increase local coordination to more effectively prevent, intervene, and respond to gun and group-related violence.

PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF): November 14, 2022  (Funding Source: Multimodal Transportation Fund)       

• Municipalities, council of governments, business and non-profit organizations, economic development organizations, public transportation agencies, public airports, airport authorities, and port and rail entities. - To improve transportation assets that enhance communities, pedestrian safety, and transit revitalization.

DEP Environmental Education Grants: December 9, 2022  (Funding Source: Environmental Education Fund)     

• Schools, colleges, nonprofit community and environmental organizations, county conservation districts, and businesses. - To provide opportunities to expand the public’s understanding of Pennsylvania’s environmental issues and develop skills required to make informed decisions and take responsible action on behalf of the environment.

DEP Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant: December 16, 2022  (Funding Source: General Fund)

• School districts, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and businesses in Pennsylvania. - To assist in a transition to cleaner fuel transportation.

DHS Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Improvement Program: December 31, 2022 or until funds are expended  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

• An entity enrolled with the Department’s OLTL as a Medical Assistance provider type 59 and have a signed OLTL-HCBS Waiver Agreement and be actively rendering services to participants in the CHC or OBRA waiver programs or both as of the date of May 1, 2022. - To help HCBS providers implement projects to improve the quality of services provided to individuals in the CHC and the OBRA waiver programs.

DEP Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates: Until funds are expended.  (Funding Source: Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants Fund)

• Pennsylvania residents who purchase/lease a new or used alternative fuel vehicle with a purchase price of $50,000 or less.  Businesses are not eligible. - To defray costs of purchasing a battery electric vehicle (BEV), hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (HFCV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, electric motorcycle, natural gas vehicle, or propane vehicle.

DHS Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP): No Deadline Provided  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

• Households that are in emergency situations maintain essential water access. Crisis situations include: past-due water bills; termination of water service; or, threat of termination of water service in the next 60 days. - To help families who have overdue water bills or at risk of losing water service for their home.

PHFA Homeowners Assistance Fund: No Deadline Provided  (Funding Source: Federal Funding)

• Owner-occupied homeowners who experienced a financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic after January 21, 2020. - To assist Pennsylvania homeowners facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.