Federal funding opportunities on community and economic development, housing, public safety, transportation, water and storm sewer, and other infrastructure.
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Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program
This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.
Deadline: Applications Accepted Year-Round
FY26 Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing)
HUD has four goals for this competition: Decrease the cost and increase the supply of affordable housing, especially in Opportunity Zones and rural communities. Remove barriers to affordable housing, removal of which will lead to constructing or rehabilitating more units, reducing time to produce units, and unlocking land that can be used for affordable housing units. Reward jurisdictions that have enacted laws and regulations that will lead to more affordable housing production and preservation. Increase opportunities for affordable homeownership by reducing administrative and structural barriers.
Deadline: August 3, 2026
T-Mobile Hometown Grant Program
The T-Mobile Hometown Grants program funds up to $50,000 for projects to build, rebuild, or refresh community spaces that help foster local connections in your town. Projects should be shovel-ready, physical builds or improvements that can be completed within 12 months of receiving Hometown Grants funding.
Eligibility
Applications must be for cities and towns with fewer than 50,000 people and should provide a community benefit where it might otherwise be difficult to secure funding. Plans must be able to be executed within 12 months of receiving funds.
Deadline: Next Deadline is September 30, 2026, Grant Expected to be Awarded on a Quarterly Basis
COPS Hiring Program (CHP)
The Fiscal Year 2026 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is a competitive award program designed to provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers/deputies in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
Anticipated outcomes of the CHP program awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities.
Deadline: July 29, 2026
Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program
The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) program furthers the Administration priority of supporting the mental health and wellness of law enforcement officers and their families. Through the LEMWHA program, the Department of Justice will fund the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement officers and their families through the implementation of peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, stress reduction, clinical support, and other promising practices for wellness programs.
This goal will be achieved by:
- Increasing law enforcement agency capacity to provide mental health and wellness training and resources for employees of law enforcement agencies and their families.
- Increasing law enforcement agency capacity to implement peer support networks for crisis and non-crisis circumstances.
- Increasing law enforcement agency capacity to create a culture of wellness by supporting the implementation of mental health education and development of resources
The FY26 LEMHWA program has three funding opportunity:
- Start-up LEMHWA Implementation Projects – The goal of this program is to provide support to law enforcement agencies that do not have established law enforcement–specific mental health and wellness programming. These funds will serve as start-up costs to support the development of new mental health and wellness service and programming.
- Enhanced LEMHWA Implementation Projects – The goal of this program is to provide support for law enforcement agencies that have current wellness programs in place and are seeking to enhance or expand upon those existing wellness programs.
- LEMHWA Community of Practice Initiative – The goal of this program is to fund a provider that will create a support network for LEMHWA grantees that includes peer support and technical assistance through the development and facilitation of an innovative forum where grantees can learn from their peers and share promising practices. The forum should be responsive and adaptive to the needs of the LEMHWA grantees.
Deadline: August 5, 2026
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants
This program helps prevent damage or restore households and businesses’ access to clean, reliable drinking water in eligible rural areas and towns following natural disasters. Funding can improve the natural environment and encourage manufacturers and other businesses to locate or expand operations.
Deadline: Applications Accepted Year-Round
US Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Programs
Programs range from studies only that are 100% federally funded to construction projects with a project limit of up to $10M of federal funding on a 65/35 cost share. Programs include:
- Commercial Navigation
- Flood Risk Management
- Ecosystem Restoration
- Emergency Response
- Recreation
- Federal Real Estate Management
- Regulatory Program and Permit
Deadline: Applications Accepted Year-Round
Local Infrastructure Hub
The Local Infrastructure Hub is a national program that was created to inform cities of federal infrastructure funding opportunities along with other resources to help cities successfully apply for funding.
GRANTS.GOV
Grants.gov is a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for federal funding opportunities. In addition, the website currently handles grant application submissions to many federal agencies.
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