Household Water Well Grant Program

The summary for the Household Water Well Grant Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Utilities Programs, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Household Water Well Grant Program: The HWWS Grant Program has been established to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance the costs of household water wells that they own or will own.

Eligible Grant Purposes
a. Grant funds must be used to establish and maintain a revolving loan fund to provide loans to eligible individuals for household water well
systems.
b. Individuals may use the loans to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace household water well systems up to the point of entry of a home. Point of entry for the well system is the
junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well.
c. Grant funds may be used to pay administrative expenses associated with providing Household Water Well loans.
Federal Grant Title: Household Water Well Grant Program
Federal Agency Name: Utilities Programs
Grant Categories: Agriculture Environment Health
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: RDRUS-16-01-HWWS
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 319644
CFDA Descriptions: Household Water Well System Grant Program
Current Application Deadline: May 9, 2016
Original Application Deadline: May 9, 2016
Posted Date: Mar 11, 2016
Creation Date: Mar 11, 2016
Archive Date: Jun 8, 2016
Total Program Funding: $1,192,081
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $0
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
1. An organization is eligible to receive a HWWS grant if it:
a. Has an active registration with current information in the System for Award Management (SAM) and has a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS)number.
b. Is a private, non-profit organization.
c. Is legally established and located within one of the following:
(1) A state within the United States
(2) The District of Columbia
(3) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
(4) A United States territory.
d. Has the legal capacity and authority to carry out the grant purpose.
e. Has sufficient expertise and experience in lending activities.
f. Has sufficient expertise and experience in promoting the safe and productive use of individually-owned HWWS and ground water.
g. Has no delinquent debt to the federal government or no outstanding judgments to repay a Federal debt.
h. Demonstrates that it possesses the financial, technical, and managerial capability to comply with Federal and State laws and requirements, and
i. Is not a corporation that has been convicted of a felony (or had an officer or agent acting on behalf of the corporation convicted of a felony)
within the past 24 months. Any Corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a
timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability is not eligible.
2. An individual is ineligible to receive a Household Water Well grant. An individual may receive a loan from an organization receiving a grant award.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
Website Address
Grant Announcement Contact
Derek Jones Community Program Specialist Phone 202-720-9640
Email Address

Utilities Programs 202.690.1078