WaterSMART: Drought Contingency Planning Grants for Fiscal Year 2015

The summary for the WaterSMART: Drought Contingency Planning Grants for Fiscal Year 2015 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 Bureau of Reclamation, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
WaterSMART: Drought Contingency Planning Grants for Fiscal Year 2015: The United States (U.S.) Department of the Interior’s (Interior) WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Program establishes a framework to provide Federal leadership and assistance for using water efficiently, integrating water, and energy policies to support the sustainable use of all natural resources, and coordinating the water conservation activities of various Interior bureaus and offices. Through the program, Interior is working to achieve a sustainable water strategy to meet the Nation’s water needs.

The Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Drought Response Program is an important part of WaterSMART. Many areas in the west are currently experiencing unprecedented drought conditions. While droughts are common in the western U.S., there is growing evidence that climate change is causing longer and more frequent droughts in some areas. Drought directly impacts Reclamation’s ability to deliver water and power to contractors, central to Reclamation’s mission. As the Nation’s largest wholesale water supplier, Reclamation must support our customers, stakeholders, and partners in building resiliency to drought and climate change.

Reclamation has developed a new Drought Response Program to improve our ability to assist States, tribes, and local governments to prepare for and address drought in advance of a crisis. The Drought Response Program supports a proactive approach to drought by providing assistance to water managers to
(1) develop and update comprehensive drought plans (Drought Contingency Planning), (2) implement projects that will build long-term resiliency to drought (Drought Resiliency Projects), and (3) implement emergency response actions.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports the Development and Update of Drought Contingency Plans that will build long-term resiliency to drought and climate change.

For further information on the Drought Response Program, please see www.usbr.gov/drought/.

For further information on the WaterSMART Program, please see www.usbr.gov/WaterSMART/.
Federal Grant Title: WaterSMART: Drought Contingency Planning Grants for Fiscal Year 2015
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of Reclamation
Grant Categories: Natural Resources
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: R15AS00047
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 15.514
CFDA Descriptions: Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief
Current Application Deadline: Jun 25, 2015
Original Application Deadline: Jun 25, 2015
Posted Date: May 11, 2015
Creation Date: May 11, 2015
Archive Date: Jul 25, 2015
Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $200,000
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
States, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in the Reclamation States or Hawaii.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
http://www.usbr.gov
Grant Announcement Contact
Irene Hoiby Grants Officer Phone 303-445-2025
[email protected]

Bureau of Reclamation 303-445-2444
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