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FUNDING 

Where to Find Funding for Local Government

Grants, Funds, Programs, and Bonds

Loan and Grant Fund Opportunity for Mineral Resource Development in Impacted Areas of Utah

Grants available to Cities or Towns with fewer than 50,000 people and Counties with fewer than 200,000.

Utah's tax-exempt bonding authority.

Grants and Loans provided to Counties in the Uintah Basin

Online grants management system automating the grant and loan application process

Grant applications, funding, limits, and rules and procedures.

Technical Planning Assistance Grant

Search broadband, water, energy, environmental, housing, recreational, resilience, transportation, econ. Development, and Agricultural Grant and Loan opportunities.

This program provides funding for highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects, promoting safety and mobility for people and goods. Communities can use grant funding for track relocation; to improve or install protective devices, signals, or signs; to improve safety; and to conduct environmental audits of eligible projects.

This fund provides cities, towns, and villages with opportunities to address urgent water challenges facing local communities. More specifically, the fund offers a variety of financial assistance through loans, purchase of debt or refinance, guarantees, insurance, investments, and additional subsidization. Through these grants, local governments can improve their drinking water and wastewater systems.

This funding program helps fund opportunities for communities looking to expand high-speed internet access through broadband planning, deployment, mapping, equity, and adoption projects and activities.

This funding program helps to reconnect neighborhoods divided by infrastructure. Cities, towns, and villages can use funds to address local infrastructure projects such as removing, replacing, or retrofitting highways and freeways.

The Bridge Investment Program works alongside all levels of government to meet community infrastructure needs with a focus on reducing the number of existing bridges in poor condition or in fair condition as risk. This funding marks an unprecedented focus on bridge infrastructure, which is vital for connecting residents and local communities.

HCNEU is proud to offer the Decentralized Water Systems (DWS) Loan Program to individuals residing in Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties.  The DWS Loan Program provides 1% interest loans to eligible individuals with terms of up to 20 years.  The purpose of the loan is to repair or replace a failed or failing onsite wastewater system (septic system).  

June 27 2024 to July 31 2024 THE UTAH DIVISION OF OUTDOOR RECREATION IS PROUD TO ADMINISTER SEVERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE PLANNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

July 1 2024 to Aug 30  2024 The RCOG is competitive and requires a funding match based on the community’s population. Applications are scored based on their quality, proposed budget, economic development projects and activities descriptions, and the purposes, goals, and measurable outcomes related to improving the community’s overall economy. Applicants are required to justify the economic development need for the grant and the amount of funding requested. Matching funds will also be required.

Several types of federal funds are allocated to Utah each year by congress for use on transportation facilities in the rural and small urban areas of the state. In addition to these funds, specific dollars are also set aside for bridges on the local system in all areas of the state.  In Utah, the Joint Highway Committee (JHC) provides coordination and yearly project recommendations to the Utah Transportation Commission for the use of these federal funds.  The Joint Highway Committee is made up of representatives from Utah counties and cities. They meet twice a year and make project recommendations each spring to the Utah Transportation Commission. They also make recommendations for the use of state provided state park access funds.

The Utah State Legislature recognizes the need for adequate sidewalk and pedestrian safety amenities and state policy affirms the need to include pedestrian safety considerations for all projects where foot-travel is a significant factor. The Safe Sidewalk Program provides a legislative funding source for construction of new sidewalks adjacent to state routes where sidewalks do not currently exist and where major construction or reconstruction is not planned for ten or more years.

There is growing concern in Utah and nationally about the safety of children who walk or bike to school. With increased traffic congestion around schools, students who choose to walk or bike have limited safe routes, which discourages this healthy activity.  To assist in addressing this public safety and health issue, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) provides Utah schools with walking and biking safety resources through the UDOT Safe Routes Utah Program, and the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program.

These funds are available for transportation alternatives projects like pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, community improvements such as historic preservation and vegetation management, and environmental mitigation related to stormwater and habitat connectivity.

Several types of federal funds are allocated to Utah each year by congress for use on transportation facilities in the rural and small urban areas of the state. In addition to these funds, specific dollars are also set aside for bridges on the local system in all areas of the state.  In Utah, the Joint Highway Committee (JHC) provides coordination and yearly project recommendations to the Utah Transportation Commission for the use of these federal funds.  The Joint Highway Committee is made up of representatives from Utah counties and cities. They meet twice a year and make project recommendations each spring to the Utah Transportation Commission. They also make recommendations for the use of state provided state park access funds.

The Utah State Legislature recognizes the need for adequate sidewalk and pedestrian safety amenities and state policy affirms the need to include pedestrian safety considerations for all projects where foot-travel is a significant factor. The Safe Sidewalk Program provides a legislative funding source for construction of new sidewalks adjacent to state routes where sidewalks do not currently exist and where major construction or reconstruction is not planned for ten or more years.

There is growing concern in Utah and nationally about the safety of children who walk or bike to school. With increased traffic congestion around schools, students who choose to walk or bike have limited safe routes, which discourages this healthy activity.  To assist in addressing this public safety and health issue, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) provides Utah schools with walking and biking safety resources through the UDOT Safe Routes Utah Program, and the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program.

These funds are available for transportation alternatives projects like pedestrian and bicycle facilities, recreational trails, community improvements such as historic preservation and vegetation management, and environmental mitigation related to stormwater and habitat connectivity.

Everything Grants 

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provides equitable health care to the nation’s highest-need communities. Programs support people with low incomes, people with HIV, pregnant people, children, parents, rural communities, transplant patients, and the health workforce.

Grant Opportunities 

The RCP Program aims to advance and support reconnection of communities divided by transportation infrastructure – with a priority on helping disadvantaged communities improve access to daily needs (jobs, schools, healthcare, grocery stores, and recreation). Funds for the fiscal years (FY) 2024, 2025, and 2026 RCP grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and capital construction activities that aim to restore community connectivity through the removal, retrofit, mitigation or replacement of highways, roadways, or other infrastructure facilities that create barriers to mobility, access or economic development. 

This comprehensive resource is designed to support state agencies, local governments, tribal nations, and other stakeholders as they navigate infrastructure initiatives. Whether you're seeking detailed information on recent legislation, or looking to apply for specific grants, this portal is your go-to resource.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law consists of nearly 400 funding opportunities. This tool can help you find those that best align with your community priorities.

Welcome to the Utah Infrastructure Grant Playbook. Whether you are a state agency, local government, institution of higher education, or other stakeholder, we hope that this guide will be a valuable resource for all involved to collectively elevate Utah’s infrastructure.

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