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ClosedRural Utilities Service · 2025

Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program

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Agency: Rural Utilities Service
Funding: Varies
Deadline: January 31, 2025 (Passed)
Status: Closed
Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status.

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Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program is sponsored by Rural Utilities Service. Provides technical assistance and training to rural communities to improve water and waste disposal facilities.

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gov Maintenance Calendar Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program Department of Agriculture Document Type:Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number:TAT-FY26 Funding Opportunity Title:Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program Opportunity Category:Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type:Grant Category of Funding Activity:Community Development Employment, Labor and Training Category Explanation:The Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant Program has been established to assist communities with water or wastewater systems through free technical assistance and/or training provided by the grant recipients.

Qualified private non-profit organizations will receive TAT grant funds to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas, assist applicants in preparing applications for water and waste grants made at the State level offices, and improve operation and maintenance of existing water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas. Expected Number of Awards:40 Assistance Listings:10.

761 -- Technical Assistance and Training Grants Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:No Last Updated Date:Sep 29, 2025 Original Closing Date for Applications:Dec 31, 2025 Current Closing Date for Applications:Dec 31, 2025 Archive Date:Jan 31, 2026 Estimated Total Program Funding:$ 35,000,000 Eligible Applicants:Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Additional Information on Eligibility:(a) Entities eligible for grants must be private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal Revenue Service.

A nonprofit organization is defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that:(1) Is operated primarily for scientific, education, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest. (2) Is not organized primarily for profit. (3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations.

(b) Entities must be legally established and located within a state as defined in §1775. 2. (c) Organizations must be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application period occurs to be eligible for funds.

(d) Private businesses, Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants. (e) Applicants must also have the proven ability, background, experience (as evidenced by the organization's satisfactory completion of project(s) similar to those proposed), legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations as provided in §1775. 33.

To meet the requirement of actual capacity, an applicant must either:(1) Have the necessary resources to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations in rural areas through its staff, or (2) Be assisted by an affiliate or member organization which has such background and experience, and which agrees, in writing, that it will provide the assistance, or (3) Contract with a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed assistance.

Eligible Projects. Grants may be made to organizations as defined in §1775.

35 to enable such organizations to assist associations to: (a) Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems of associations in rural areas relating to source, storage, treatment, and/or distribution (b) Identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems of associations in rural areas relating to collection, treatment, and/or disposal (c ) Prepare water and/or waste disposal loan/grant applications (d) Provide technical assistance/training to association personnel that will improve the management, operation, and maintenance of water and waste facilities (e) Pay the expenses associated with providing the technical assistance and/or training authorized in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section.

## Additional Information Agency Name:Rural Utilities Service Description:Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems relating to collection, treatment, or disposal: assist applicants, that have filed a pre-application with RUS,in the preparation of water and/or waste loan and/or grant applications; and/or provide technical assistance and/or training to water/wastewater system personnel that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities.

Grant funds may not be used to duplicate current services,such as those performed by an association’s consultant in developing a project; fund political or lobbying activities; pay for capital assets; purchase real estate or vehicles; improve or renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; pay the costs for construction, improvement, rehabilitation, modification or operation and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to effective date of grant.

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Eligibility Requirements

Private nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can apply for Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program?

According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Private nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.

When is the deadline for Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program?

The published deadline was January 31, 2025, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.

Who funds Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program?

Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program is funded by Rural Utilities Service. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.

How do I apply for Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program?

Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.

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