Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance Grants Program | RD RUS CY22DISASTERCRTA

Opportunity Information: Apply for RD RUS CY22DISASTERCRTA

The Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance (CRTA) Grants Program is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under CFDA 10.761. Its core goal is to fund qualified organizations that can deliver hands-on, national-scope technical assistance to rural communities that operate water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste systems. The program is specifically tied to recovery needs from Presidentially declared disasters that occurred in calendar year 2022, meaning the technical assistance supported by the grant must be aimed at helping eligible rural systems respond to and recover from damage associated with those disaster declarations. The FEMA disaster declarations page is referenced as the authoritative source for identifying the applicable declared disasters.

In practical terms, the grant is meant to pay for expert help that small and mid-sized rural systems often cannot easily obtain on their own after a major event. Funded activities can include on-site technical assistance focused on post-disaster mitigation for eligible events, as well as broader troubleshooting and planning support to identify and evaluate solutions to operational and infrastructure challenges across water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste services. The program also emphasizes capacity building: awardees may help communities develop and prepare applications for USDA water and waste disposal loans and grants (and related funding pathways), and provide training, tools, and other resources for operators, managers, and system staff. In addition, the grant can cover certain expenses directly associated with delivering these technical assistance services, which is important because effective circuit-rider style support usually requires travel, field time, and sustained engagement with multiple systems.

Eligibility is aimed at organizations that are capable of delivering this assistance at a national level. Eligible applicants include associations (including nonprofit corporations), federally recognized Indian tribes (including those on Federal and State reservations), and public or quasi-public agencies. Beyond the basic applicant type, the notice lays out several gating requirements. Applicants must be legally established before applying and be located within a qualifying "State" as defined by the program (the notice references a specific definition). They must be able to document legal authority both to receive and manage a federal award and to provide the proposed technical assistance nationwide to eligible communities, including federally recognized tribes. They also must demonstrate proven technical, managerial, and financial capacity and a track record of successfully delivering similar technical assistance, along with the ability to comply with applicable state and federal laws and regulations.

The opportunity also includes standard federal responsibility and integrity requirements. Applicants must not have delinquent federal debt or outstanding judgments to repay federal debt. Corporate applicants face additional restrictions: a corporation is ineligible if it has been convicted of a felony, or had an officer or agent acting on its behalf convicted of a felony, within the prior 24 months. Corporations with assessed unpaid federal tax liabilities (where remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed) are also ineligible unless the liability is being paid on time under an agreement with the responsible collection authority.

The listing identifies the opportunity title and number (RD RUS CY22DISASTERCRTA), categorizes it as a grant instrument in the community development activity area, and shows an original closing date of 2023-11-07. The award ceiling is listed as 0 in the provided source data, which typically means the ceiling was not specified in that field rather than that awards are zero; applicants would need to consult the full notice or agency guidance for actual funding levels, budgets, and award structure. Overall, this program is best understood as a targeted, disaster-recovery technical assistance initiative focused on strengthening and restoring essential rural water and waste infrastructure systems impacted by CY 2022 Presidentially declared disasters, delivered through experienced national providers rather than direct construction funding to individual utilities.

• The Rural Utilities Service in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance Grants Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.761.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-09-28.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-11-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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