2023 Regional Infrastructure Grant in the United States

Deadline: 20-May-22

The Rural Maryland Council’s 2023 Regional Infrastructure Grant is providing matching grants to projects that involve two or more units of local government and are related to broadband, water, wastewater, transportation, workforce housing, and commercial/industrial facilities up to 25 percent of the total project cost.

Infrastructure improvement – from traditional public facilities like roads and sawage treatment plants to such increasingly important amenities as workforce housing – are vital to healthy, flourishing communities. For instance, about half of the State's major sewage treatment facilities and 90 percent of small Community wastewater systems are located in rural areas, and many of these are experiencing difficult problems associated with aging collection and treatment infrastructure.

Resources provided to the Fund are designed to facilitate significant targeted investments in important economic and community development programs and promote regional and intergovernmental cooperation.

These investments will also enable local and regional public and nonprofit organizations to leverage additional non-state financial and human resources to facilitate the realization of sustainable rural development objectives.

Funding Information

The State has budgeted $1,500,000 in General Funds for the infrastructure portion of the RMPIF program.

Eligible Projects: To be eligible, proposals must be intergovernmental (meaning two units of government) and be completed between August 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

Rural Counties: State-determined rural counties are Allegany, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico and Worcester. Regional projects may include non-rural counties; the majority of service must be provided in rural areas."

Eligible Criteria

Applicants must be a local government, institute of higher education, regional council, or be a501(c)(3) IRS tax designation or similar and serve a regional or statewide rural constituency. Community Colleges, Career Technology Centers, Regional Councils and Libraries are eligible applicants. The applicant does not have to be located in a rural area or in the area it serves.
The State Recognized Regional Councils are eligible entities to apply for RMPIF competitive funds. These projects are encouraged to have co-applicants and multiple sources of funds.

For more information, visit RMPIF.

For more information, visit https://rural.maryland.gov/grant-opportunities/