Community Resilience Partnership - Community Action Grants and Service Provider Grants

Community Resilience Partnership - Community Action Grants and Service Provider Grants is sponsored by Maine Office of Community Affairs. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Grants and Technical Assistance Opportunities | Maine Office of Community Affairs Grants and Technical Assistance Opportunities The Community Resilience Partnership provides grants and technical assistance to eligible Maine communities and regional service providers assisting groups of communities to pursue climate action activities.

This includes the Partnership’s flagship grant opportunities—Community Action Grants and Service Provider Grants—and other limited period grant and technical assistance offerings, when available. The Partnership, along with other MOCA grant programs, use the grants application and management platform Submittable. Visit the MOCA Grants Portal to see all open MOCA and Community Resilience Partnership applications.

For assistance, see this grant portal tutorial and Submittable FAQ (PDF). Maine Social Vulnerability Index (MSVI) The Maine Social Vulnerability Index (MSVI) is one of many tools that the CRP references in grant applications to help ensure the equitable distribution of funding and technical assistance.

The MSVI is used to help identify where vulnerable populations are located and what factors contribute to those vulnerabilities and is based on 19 socioeconomic and demographic indicators taken from U.S. Census data.

The MSVI is intended to support communities in decision making that improves the resiliency of the whole community by addressing the needs of those who might be at-risk or underserved and can be used to help inform planning processes, allocation of resources, and policy and program development by bringing the elements of social vulnerability into the calculus.

Use the CRP's Social Vulnerability Index for Maine Communities List (PDF) to identify a community's MSVI when completing a CRP grant application. Find open grant and technical assistance opportunities through the Community Resilience Partnership.

(Last updated: October 1, 2026) Service Provider Grants – Round 7 Service Provider Grants support service provider organizations to assist communities with climate action, energy and resilience planning.

There are two Service Provider Grant Tracks: Track 1 Community Enrollment Service Provider Grants enable organizations to assist up to five communities to prepare for and enroll in the Community Resilience Partnership and then apply for grant funds to undertake priority climate and energy projects.

Track 2 Community Vulnerability Assessment Service Provider Grants enable organizations to assist up to five enrolled/enrolling Communities to complete community vulnerability assessments that identify vulnerable community members, infrastructure, and assets, and then utilize that data to further prioritize climate action projects and apply for grant funds.

Service Provider organizations can apply for both grant tracks but can only submit one application per track. Applications for both Track 1 and Track 2 may be submitted at any time and are reviewed quarterly. Awards are made as funding is available and are subject to the annual program funding limit indicated in the program statement.

Next quarterly application deadline: November 13, 2026, 5 p. m.

EST Future quarterly application deadlines SPG2026-7 Service Provider Grant Program Statement (PDF) Round 7 Service Provider Grant Informational Webinar PowerPoint slides (PDF) & Zoom recording Entities eligible to be service providers include: Regional planning organizations Regional economic development organizations Academic institutions and cooperative extension programs For all Service Provider Grants, a 15% cost share is required of the service provider.

In-kind match is permitted.