HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-28-23 Correspondence - US Dept of Agriculture - USDA Makes Technical Assistance Available to Help Rural Communities in Montana Recover and Increase Resiliency of Water Infrastructure Damaged by Flooding in 2022From:USDA Rural Development MontanaTo:AgendaSubject:[EXTERNAL]USDA Makes Technical Assistance Available to Help Rural Communities in Montana Recover and IncreaseResiliency of Water Infrastructure Damaged by Flooding in 2022Date:Thursday, September 28, 2023 8:18:00 AM
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Contact: mark.mccann@usda.gov
USDA Makes Technical Assistance Available to Help RuralCommunities in Montana Recover and Increase Resiliency of
Water Infrastructure Damaged by Flooding in 2022
BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 28, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced
today the availability of grants to help rural and Tribal communities in Montana recover
and increase resiliency of water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste infrastructure
damaged by flooding in presidentially declared disasters in 2022.
USDA is making more than $8 million in grants available through the 2022 Disaster Circuit
Rider Technical Assistance (CY 2022 Disaster CRTA) Grants Program. Eligible applicants
include public bodies, organizations operated on a not-for-profit basis and Federally
recognized Tribes.
Funds may be used to provide on-site technical assistance to:
Support post-disaster mitigation of eligible events.
Identify and evaluate solutions to impacted water, wastewater, stormwater, and
solid waste challenges.
Help communities develop and prepare applications for water, wastewater,
stormwater, and solid waste loans and grants.
Deliver training and other resources to operators, managers, and other system
personnel.
Provide certain technical assistance efforts that support the resiliency and capacity
of eligible systems.
Pay certain expenses associated with the provision of such services.
Eligible applicants must reside in one of the seven Montana counties listed as a
presidentially declared disaster area resulting from flooding in 2022. Those counties are
Carbon, Flathead, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, and Yellowstone.
The program application period is September 28 – October 30, 2023. Applications must
be submitted via Grants.gov not later than 9:59 p.m. Mountain Time on October 30,
2023.
For more information on how to apply, see page 66797 of the September 28, 2023,
Federal Register.
Additional resources to support rural communities seeking disaster assistance are
available at https://www.rd.usda.gov/page/rural-development-disaster-assistance.
To learn more contact Steve Troendle, Director of Community Facilities and Water and
Environmental Programs for USDA Rural Development in Montana at
steve.troendle@usda.gov.
USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic
opportunities, create jobs and improve the quality of life for millions of Americans in rural
and Tribal areas. For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov.
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