Resources for
workforce development
Funding
: Jun 9 – Aug 31, 2025
up to $200,000
Trees for Communities Grant Program
The Trees for Communities Grant Program supports urban forestry projects that will increase tree cover or contribute to other urban forestry objectives such as improvement of forest health or utilization of urban wood in communities of need. Recent awardee projects can be found here: Urban and Community Forestry Grant Accomplishments.
Potential projects include but are not limited to: (1) Tree planting, stewardship, and maintenance; (2) Planning projects (e.g. tree inventories and forest management plans); (3) Workforce development; (4) Invasive species management; and (5) Urban wood utilization.
Funding
: Jun 9 – Aug 31, 2025
up to $200,000
Trees for Communities Grant Program
The Trees for Communities Grant Program supports urban forestry projects that will increase tree cover or contribute to other urban forestry objectives such as improvement of forest health or utilization of urban wood in communities of need. Recent awardee projects can be found here: Urban and Community Forestry Grant Accomplishments.
Funding
: Aug 26 – Oct 23, 2024
Rooting Resilience: Funding and Technical Assistance for Urban and Community Forestry Projects
The Rooting Resilience Program will provide funding and technical assistance to community-based projects that build resilience and enhance communities’ abilities to plan and carry out forestry projects. This opportunity is available for projects located in federally designated disadvantaged communities, including urban, suburban, and rural communities in the United States and its territories. Special priority will be given to community-led groups that are seeking federal funding for the first time.
This opportunity is for urban and community forestry projects led by: Federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations/villages, Tribal organizations, organizations working in Tribal communities, or Community-based non-profits. The Rooting Resilience program will prioritize: (1) Work rooted in community. This includes work proposed by and with support from Tribal or disadvantaged community members who understand, based on lived experience, what approaches will work best for their area; (2) Entities or organizations that are seeking federal pass-through funding for the first time and/or have limited experience receiving charitable funds or grants; (3) Projects that clearly demonstrate the benefits of their proposed activities to their community and their local trees.
Funding
: Aug 26 – Oct 23, 2024
Rooting Resilience: Funding and Technical Assistance for Urban and Community Forestry Projects
The Rooting Resilience Program will provide funding and technical assistance to community-based projects that build resilience and enhance communities’ abilities to plan and carry out forestry projects. This opportunity is available for projects located in federally designated disadvantaged communities, including urban, suburban, and rural communities in the United States and its territories. Special priority will be given to community-led groups that are seeking federal funding for the first time.
Funding
: Jul 9 – Sep 30, 2024
up to $2M for Planning, $5-$100M for Capital Construction
Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, available through the Office of the Secretary of Transportation and US DOT, makes awards on a competitive basis for projects that reconnect communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access, or economic development.
Planning Grants fund the study of removing, retrofitting, or mitigating an existing facility to restore community connectivity; public engagement; and other transportation planning activities. Capital Construction Grants fund a project to remove, retrofit, mitigate, or to replace an existing eligible facility with a new facility that reconnects communities.
Funding
: Jul 9 – Sep 30, 2024
up to $2M for Planning, $5-$100M for Capital Construction
Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program
The Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, available through the Office of the Secretary of Transportation and US DOT, makes awards on a competitive basis for projects that reconnect communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity, including to mobility, access, or economic development.
Funding
: Feb 12 – Mar 8, 2024
No pre-defined funding range
Working Lands Climate Corps
The Working Lands Climate Corps will provide technical training and career pathway opportunities for young people, helping them deliver economic benefits through climate-smart agriculture solutions for farmers and ranchers across the country, now and in the future. The Working Lands Climate Corps is part of the American Climate Corps, a workforce training and service initiative that is working to ensure more young people have access to the skills-based training needed for good paying careers in the clean energy and climate resilience economy.
Eligible organizations may apply to host one or several WLCC members. Awarded organizations will work collaboratively with state and/or county-level NRCS staff to facilitate and track the climate work of WLCC members. This project aims to engage at least 100 Working Lands Climate Corps members with host organizations across the country. Requested projects should begin no later than September 30, 2024.
Funding
: Feb 12 – Mar 8, 2024
No pre-defined funding range
Working Lands Climate Corps
The Working Lands Climate Corps will provide technical training and career pathway opportunities for young people, helping them deliver economic benefits through climate-smart agriculture solutions for farmers and ranchers across the country, now and in the future. The Working Lands Climate Corps is part of the American Climate Corps, a workforce training and service initiative that is working to ensure more young people have access to the skills-based training needed for good paying careers in the clean energy and climate resilience economy.