Pennsylvania grant & resource directory - pa house
Pennsylvania grant & resource directory - pa house
Pennsylvania grant & resource directory - pa house
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DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES (DCNR)<br />
www.dcnr.state.<strong>pa</strong>.us<br />
GRANT/LOAN<br />
COMMUNITY GRANTS<br />
Munici<strong>pa</strong>lities and munici<strong>pa</strong>l agencies are eligible applicants. The de<strong>pa</strong>rtment provides <strong>grant</strong> funding at a level<br />
not to exceed 50 percent of eligible costs unless noted otherwise.<br />
Circuit Riders – Four-year <strong>grant</strong> program to hire full-time<br />
recreation and/or <strong>pa</strong>rk director to share services through an<br />
intergovernmental cooperative effort created by two or more<br />
munici<strong>pa</strong>lities. Available <strong>grant</strong> funding for the circuit rider’s<br />
salary decreases from 100 percent the first year to 75 percent<br />
the second, 50 percent the third and 25 percent the fourth<br />
year.<br />
DEADLINE / REGULATIONS<br />
Circuit Rider <strong>grant</strong> applications are<br />
accepted 12 months a year. Require Peer to<br />
Peer Study first.<br />
Information is available at any DCNR<br />
regional office.<br />
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS<br />
Comprehensive Recreation, Park and Open S<strong>pa</strong>ce Plans<br />
– Grants to develop a comprehensive long-range planning<br />
document that provides strategies to address a munici<strong>pa</strong>lity’s<br />
recreation, <strong>pa</strong>rk and open s<strong>pa</strong>ce needs.<br />
Conservation/Sound Land Use – Grants to encourage<br />
conservation planning and sound land use. Either as a standalone<br />
product or as <strong>pa</strong>rt of comprehensive recreation, <strong>pa</strong>rk<br />
and open s<strong>pa</strong>ce or a munici<strong>pa</strong>l plan, the de<strong>pa</strong>rtment will fund<br />
studies that advance conservation or sound land use strategies<br />
or practices identified in existing plans.<br />
DCNR applications for <strong>grant</strong>s due by date<br />
listed on www.dcnr.state.<strong>pa</strong>.us/brc/<strong>grant</strong>s.<br />
Information is available at any DCNR<br />
regional office.<br />
DCNR applications for <strong>grant</strong>s due by date<br />
listed on www.dcnr.state.<strong>pa</strong>.us/brc/<strong>grant</strong>s.<br />
Information is available at any DCNR<br />
regional office.<br />
County Natural Areas Inventories – Grants to inventory<br />
important natural areas, habitats for species of special<br />
concern, significant natural plant communities and areas<br />
important for open s<strong>pa</strong>ce, recreation and wildlife habitat.<br />
Inventories are done on a county or multi-county area.<br />
DCNR applications for <strong>grant</strong>s due by date<br />
listed on www.dcnr.state.<strong>pa</strong>.us/brc/<strong>grant</strong>s.<br />
Information is available at any DCNR<br />
regional office.<br />
Feasibility Studies (Swimming Pool/Recreation Facilities)<br />
– Grants to determine the feasibility of acquiring, developing<br />
or rehabilitating swimming pools, ice rinks, sports<br />
complexes, recreation centers, etc. DCNR usually requires the<br />
completion of these studies before a munici<strong>pa</strong>lity is funded<br />
for development or rehabilitation of major facilities under<br />
the Community Conservation Partnership Program (C2P2)<br />
Acquisition and Development Grants.<br />
DCNR applications for <strong>grant</strong>s due by date<br />
listed on www.dcnr.state.<strong>pa</strong>.us/brc/<strong>grant</strong>s.<br />
Information is available at any DCNR<br />
regional office.<br />
PA Grant & Resource Directory<br />
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