Rural Fire Assistance (RFA)

The summary for the Rural Fire Assistance (RFA) Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, 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 in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Rural Fire Assistance (RFA)
	CFDA Number:	15.228
	CFDA Description:	National Fire Plan - Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance
	Federal Agency Name:	Fish and Wildlife Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Disaster Prevention and Relief
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Continuation
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DOI-GRANTS-011504-009
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	May 21, 2009
	Creation Date:	May 21, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 12, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 12, 2009
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$20,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Must have past or current agreement with Department of the Interior. Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. State government. County government. City or Township governments.
Grant Description: The RFA program provides funds for RFDs that: -Protect rural, wildland-urban interface communities; -Play a substantial cooperative role in the protection of federal lands; -Are cooperators with the Department of the Interior (DOI) managed lands through cooperative agreements with the DOI, or their respective state, tribe, or equivalent; -Are less than 10,000 in population. Additional eligibility can be found at: http://www.nifc.gov/rfa. Agency Names:U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceNational Park Service
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Grant Announcement Contact: Michael Smith Fire Management Specialist Phone 208-387-5831

FWS RFA coordinator [michael_j_smith@fws.gov]
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