Rural Fire Assistance (RFA)

The summary for the Rural Fire Assistance (RFA) 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 Fish and Wildlife Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Rural Fire Assistance (RFA): 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

Federal Grant Title:	Rural Fire Assistance (RFA)
Federal Agency Name:	Fish and Wildlife Service
Grant Categories:	Disaster Prevention and Relief
Type of Opportunity:	Continuation
Funding Opportunity Number:	DOI-GRANTS-011504-009
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	15.228
CFDA Descriptions:	National Fire Plan - Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 12, 2009
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 12, 2009
Posted Date:	May 21, 2009
Creation Date:	May 21, 2009
Archive Date:	No date given
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$20,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	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.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Michael Smith Fire Management Specialist Phone 208-387-5831

FWS RFA coordinator [[email protected]]
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