Resources for
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Funding
: Aug 1, 2026
max $200,000 to $6M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 24
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 24:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding amount available for all Round 22 notices is $25 million.
Eligible uses of funds include: Costs associated with the investigation, assessment, remediation and development of a brownfield, including but not limited to: soil, groundwater and infrastructure investigation; assessment; remediation; abatement; hazardous materials or waste disposal; long-term groundwater monitoring or monitoring for natural attenuation; other forms of institutional controls; attorneys’ fees (non-DECD contract related), planning, engineering and environmental consulting; building and structural issues (including demolition, asbestos abatement, PCB removal, contaminated wood or paint removal and other infrastructure remedial activities).
Funding
: Aug 1, 2026
max $200,000 to $6M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 24
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 24:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding amount available for all Round 22 notices is $25 million.
Funding
: Jan 23 – Mar 25, 2026
max $200,000 to $6M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 23
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices of the Brownfields Program. The following programs are included:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding available across all Round 23 programs is $25 million.
Eligible uses of funds include: Costs associated with the investigation, assessment, remediation and development of a brownfield, including but not limited to: soil, groundwater and infrastructure investigation; assessment; remediation; abatement; hazardous materials or waste disposal; long-term groundwater monitoring or monitoring for natural attenuation; other forms of institutional controls; attorneys’ fees (non-DECD contract related), planning, engineering and environmental consulting; building and structural issues (including demolition, asbestos abatement, PCB removal, contaminated wood or paint removal and other infrastructure remedial activities). Public-Private Partnership: DECD hopes to encourage public-private partnerships with this NOFA offering.
Funding
: Jan 23 – Mar 25, 2026
max $200,000 to $6M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 23
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices of the Brownfields Program. The following programs are included:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding available across all Round 23 programs is $25 million.
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Climate Risk Mapping Tool for Connecticut Residents
Connecticut Insurance Department CID, in Collaboration with First Street Foundation, provides climate related risk mapping tool for Connecticut residents. This tool allows users to search Connecticut property addresses to view maps and reports that provide detailed property-specific climate risk assessments, particularly for flood, wildfire, extreme heat, and hurricane wind hazards. This free risk mapping tool allows homeowners, home buyers, small-business owners, and community leaders to identify the risks using state-of-the-art climate risk mapping technology.
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Climate Risk Mapping Tool for Connecticut Residents
Connecticut Insurance Department CID, in Collaboration with First Street Foundation, provides climate related risk mapping tool for Connecticut residents. This tool allows users to search Connecticut property addresses to view maps and reports that provide detailed property-specific climate risk assessments, particularly for flood, wildfire, extreme heat, and hurricane wind hazards. This free risk mapping tool allows homeowners, home buyers, small-business owners, and community leaders to identify the risks using state-of-the-art climate risk mapping technology.
Funding
: Oct 3 – Jan 15, 2026
$25-250K for Planning, $200-650K for Advancement, up to $4M for Deployment
DEEP Climate Resilience Fund 2025
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is accepting applications for the next round of the DEEP Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF). DEEP is making available up to $44 million in state and federal funds to support planning, project advancement, and construction to help Connecticut’s communities build resilience to extreme weather. The current Notice of Funding Opportunity opens the next application period for Planning (resilience planning) and Advancement (project design) and introduces a Deployment (project implementation) category that includes an expanded matching funds program and a Request for Proposals for the construction of energy resilience infrastructure.
DCRF 2025 priorities: For this round of funding, DEEP encourages applicants to develop projects that use innovative approaches that increase community resilience by addressing multiple natural hazards. DEEP encourages applicants to consider how nature-based solutions can play a central role in cost-effective risk reduction while providing additional benefits to communities. Meaningful and inclusive community engagement is a cornerstone of all projects funded by DCRF. The DCRF also includes state and federal funding to support energy resilience projects. Note that Letters of Intent for the Deployment category are due October 31, 2025.
Funding
: Oct 3 – Jan 15, 2026
$25-250K for Planning, $200-650K for Advancement, up to $4M for Deployment
DEEP Climate Resilience Fund 2025
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is accepting applications for the next round of the DEEP Climate Resilience Fund (DCRF). DEEP is making available up to $44 million in state and federal funds to support planning, project advancement, and construction to help Connecticut’s communities build resilience to extreme weather. The current Notice of Funding Opportunity opens the next application period for Planning (resilience planning) and Advancement (project design) and introduces a Deployment (project implementation) category that includes an expanded matching funds program and a Request for Proposals for the construction of energy resilience infrastructure.
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NYC Hazard Mitigation Plan
This website contains New York City’s Federal Emergency Management Agency–mandated Hazard Mitigation Plan, which identifies natural hazard risks and vulnerabilities that are common to New York City (NYC) and long-term strategies for reducing them. It also features a Mitigation Actions Database and Map that tracks and records actions that are taken to mitigate risk from the hazards profiled in the Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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NYC Hazard Mitigation Plan
This website contains New York City’s Federal Emergency Management Agency–mandated Hazard Mitigation Plan, which identifies natural hazard risks and vulnerabilities that are common to New York City (NYC) and long-term strategies for reducing them. It also features a Mitigation Actions Database and Map that tracks and records actions that are taken to mitigate risk from the hazards profiled in the Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Funding
: Jul 15 – Sep 10, 2025
max $200,000 to $6M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 22
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 22:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding amount available for all Round 22 notices is $25 million.
Eligible uses of funds include: Costs associated with the investigation, assessment, remediation and development of a brownfield, including but not limited to: soil, groundwater and infrastructure investigation; assessment; remediation; abatement; hazardous materials or waste disposal; long-term groundwater monitoring or monitoring for natural attenuation; other forms of institutional controls; attorneys’ fees (non-DECD contract related), planning, engineering and environmental consulting; building and structural issues (including demolition, asbestos abatement, PCB removal, contaminated wood or paint removal and other infrastructure remedial activities). Public-Private Partnership: DECD hopes to encourage public-private partnerships with this NOFA offering.
Funding
: Jul 15 – Sep 10, 2025
max $200,000 to $6M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 22
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 22:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $6M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding amount available for all Round 22 notices is $25 million.
Funding
: Jan 10 – Mar 7, 2025
max $200,000 to $4M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 21
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 21:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $4M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $4M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding amount available for all Round 21 notices is $25 million.
Eligible uses of funds include: Costs associated with the investigation, assessment, remediation and development of a brownfield, including but not limited to: soil, groundwater and infrastructure investigation; assessment; remediation; abatement; hazardous materials or waste disposal; long-term groundwater monitoring or monitoring for natural attenuation; other forms of institutional controls; attorneys’ fees (non-DECD contract related), planning, engineering and environmental consulting; building and structural issues (including demolition, asbestos abatement, PCB removal, contaminated wood or paint removal and other infrastructure remedial activities). Public-Private Partnership: DECD hopes to encourage public-private partnerships with this NOFA offering.
Funding
: Jan 10 – Mar 7, 2025
max $200,000 to $4M, depending on grant type
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 21
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 21:
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $4M)
- Brownfield Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $4M)
- Brownfield Area-wide Revitalization Grant Program (up to $200K)
The total funding amount available for all Round 21 notices is $25 million.
Funding
: Jul 12 – Sep 27, 2024
max $200,000 or max $4M
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 20
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 20:
- Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $4M)
- Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $4M)
The total funding amount available for all Round 20 notices is $25 million.
Eligible uses of funds include: Costs associated with the investigation, assessment, remediation and development of a brownfield, including but not limited to: soil, groundwater and infrastructure investigation; assessment; remediation; abatement; hazardous materials or waste disposal; long-term groundwater monitoring or monitoring for natural attenuation; other forms of institutional controls; attorneys’ fees (non-DECD contract related), planning, engineering and environmental consulting; building and structural issues (including demolition, asbestos abatement, PCB removal, contaminated wood or paint removal and other infrastructure remedial activities). Public-Private Partnership: DECD hopes to encourage public-private partnerships with this NOFA offering.
Funding
: Jul 12 – Sep 27, 2024
max $200,000 or max $4M
Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development – Round 20
The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) announced multiple funding availability notices under Round 20:
- Municipal Grant Program – Remediation & Limited-Assessment (up to $4M)
- Municipal Grant Program – Assessment-Only (up to $200K)
- Targeted Brownfield Development Loan Program (up to $4M)
The total funding amount available for all Round 20 notices is $25 million.
Funding
: Apr 19, 2026
up to $20,000
Transaction Assistance Grant (TAG) Program
The Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s Transaction Assistance Grant (TAG) Program seeks to accelerate the pace of land conservation by providing financial assistance to land trusts for transaction-related project costs. TAG responds to immediate conservation needs and is designed to get funding on the ground efficiently and effectively. Applications for TAG grants are accepted monthly, with applications due on the last day of a given month as long as funds are available.
$175,000 total is available for 2026. Eligible transaction costs may include: Appraisal Work (Appraisal, Appraisal Review, Appraisal Update), Title Work (Title Search, Title Certificate, Title Insurance), Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I and Phase II ESAs), Surveys, and Record Fees. Applications must be submitted by a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission dedicated to land conservation in CT. Projects must be located within CT and can be a purchase, bargain-sale, or donation of any conservation easement or fee property, to be held by the applicant and protected in perpetuity. Applicant must be a current member of CLCC.
Funding
: Apr 19, 2026
up to $20,000
Transaction Assistance Grant (TAG) Program
The Connecticut Land Conservation Council’s Transaction Assistance Grant (TAG) Program seeks to accelerate the pace of land conservation by providing financial assistance to land trusts for transaction-related project costs. TAG responds to immediate conservation needs and is designed to get funding on the ground efficiently and effectively. Applications for TAG grants are accepted monthly, with applications due on the last day of a given month as long as funds are available.