Opportunity Information: Apply for RDUP TAT 09302009 FY10
Apply for RDUP TAT 09302009 FY10
- The Utilities Programs in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technical Assistance and Training Grant" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.761 Technical Assistance and Training Grants.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 30, 2009 and posted on Sep 30, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 31, 2009. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $17,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligibility criteria for TAT grants is as follows (a) Entities eligible for grants must be private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal Revenue Service. A nonprofit organization is defined as any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization that (1) Is operated primarily for scientific, education, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest. (2) Is not organized primarily for profit. (3) Uses its net proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations. (b) Entities must be legally established and located within a state as defined in 1775.2. (c) Organizations must be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application period occurs to be eligible for funds. (d) Private businesses, Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are ineligible for these grants. (e) Applicants must also have the proven ability, background, experience (as evidenced by the organization s satisfactory completion of project(s)similar to those proposed), legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations as provided in 1775.33. To meet the requirement of actual capacity, an applicant must either (1) Have the necessary resources to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations in rural areas through its staff, or (2) Be assisted by an affiliate or member organization which has such background and experience and which agrees, in writing, that it will provide the assistance, or (3) Contract with a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed assistance.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant is a discretionary federal grant program run through the Utilities Programs (USDA Rural Utilities Service) that funds free technical assistance and training for rural communities dealing with drinking water and wastewater challenges. The central purpose is capacity-building rather than construction: awardees use grant funds to help communities and local water/wastewater organizations understand their problems, evaluate practical solutions, and strengthen the day-to-day ability to manage and maintain essential utility systems. The opportunity is tied closely to USDA Rural Development water and waste disposal financing, because one of its explicit goals is to support applicants that have already filed a preapplication with RUS and need help preparing complete loan and/or grant applications.
Grant funds can pay for expenses directly related to delivering technical assistance and training on water and waste disposal issues. On the water side, this includes assistance focused on source, storage, treatment, and distribution. On the wastewater side, it covers collection, treatment, and disposal. In addition to problem diagnosis and solution evaluation, the program supports training designed to improve management practices and strengthen operation and maintenance performance for existing water and wastewater facilities. In practical terms, this can include helping rural systems navigate compliance and operational challenges, understand options for upgrades or process improvements, assemble required application materials for financing, and build the skills of boards and operators so systems are better run over time.
The program draws a clear line around what it will not fund. TAT dollars cannot be used to recruit applications, duplicate services that are already being provided (for example, work that would typically be done by an engineering consultant in developing a specific project design), or support political activities. Funds also cannot be used for capital assets or major purchases such as real estate or vehicles, and they cannot be used to improve or renovate office space or repair and maintain privately owned property. The grant is not a construction or operations subsidy: it may not pay construction costs, operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, or any expenses incurred before the grant effective date.
Eligibility is limited to private nonprofit organizations with IRS-recognized tax-exempt status. The nonprofit must be operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar public-interest purposes; not organized primarily for profit; and must reinvest net proceeds into maintaining, improving, or expanding operations. The organization must be legally established and located within a state (as defined in program regulations), and it must be incorporated by December 31 of the year in which the application period occurs. Private businesses, federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are not eligible. Beyond organizational status, applicants must show they have the proven background, experience, legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis. Capacity can be demonstrated through in-house staff resources, formal written commitments from an affiliate/member organization that will provide the help, or by contracting out a limited portion of the work, with a restriction that no more than 49 percent of the grant can be passed to a nonaffiliated organization under contract.
For this particular posting (Funding Opportunity Number RDUP TAT 09302009 FY10), the program anticipated 11 awards and listed an estimated total funding level of $17,000,000 under CFDA 10.761 (Technical Assistance and Training Grants). No cost sharing or matching was required. The announcement was posted September 30, 2009, with an application closing date of December 31, 2009, and an archive date of January 30, 2010. The opportunity listed no explicit award floor or ceiling in the notice (both shown as 0), which typically means applicants must rely on program guidance and budgeting norms rather than a stated per-award limit in the summary data.
For questions or difficulty accessing the full announcement, the listed point of contact was Anita OBrien, Loan Specialist, at 202-690-3789, with a government email address referenced in the notice, and an additional information link pointing to the TAT website.
Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant FAQs
1) What is the Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant?
The Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) Grant is a discretionary federal grant program administered through the USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Utilities Programs. It funds free technical assistance and training for rural communities that are dealing with drinking water and wastewater challenges.
2) What is the main purpose of the TAT Grant?
The central purpose is capacity-building, not construction. Grant funds are used to help rural communities and local water/wastewater organizations understand their problems, evaluate practical solutions, and strengthen their day-to-day ability to manage and maintain essential utility systems.
3) Is this grant meant to pay for construction or facility upgrades?
No. The TAT Grant is not a construction program and may not pay construction costs. It focuses on technical assistance and training rather than building, installing, or constructing facilities.
4) What kinds of water-related issues can technical assistance cover?
On the drinking water side, eligible assistance can relate to source, storage, treatment, and distribution.
5) What kinds of wastewater-related issues can technical assistance cover?
On the wastewater side, eligible assistance can relate to collection, treatment, and disposal.
6) What types of activities are supported by the grant?
The grant can support problem diagnosis, evaluation of practical solutions, and training designed to improve management practices and strengthen operation and maintenance performance for existing water and wastewater facilities. Examples described in the notice include helping systems navigate compliance and operational challenges, understand options for upgrades or process improvements, assemble required application materials for financing, and build the skills of boards and operators to improve long-term system performance.
7) How is the TAT program connected to USDA Rural Development water and waste disposal financing?
The opportunity is tied closely to USDA Rural Development water and waste disposal financing because one explicit goal is to support applicants that have already filed a preapplication with RUS and need help preparing complete loan and/or grant applications.
8) Can TAT funds be used to help prepare USDA RUS loan or grant applications?
Yes. One of the program goals is to help communities that have already submitted a preapplication with RUS prepare complete loan and/or grant applications.
9) Who is eligible to apply for the TAT Grant?
Eligibility is limited to private nonprofit organizations with IRS-recognized tax-exempt status.
10) What type of nonprofit organization qualifies?
The nonprofit must be operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar public-interest purposes; must not be organized primarily for profit; and must reinvest net proceeds into maintaining, improving, or expanding operations.
11) Are private businesses eligible to apply?
No. Private businesses are not eligible.
12) Are federal agencies, public bodies, or individuals eligible to apply?
No. Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are not eligible.
13) Does the nonprofit need to be located in a specific place?
Yes. The organization must be legally established and located within a state (as defined in program regulations).
14) Is there an incorporation deadline for applicants?
Yes. The organization must be incorporated by December 31 of the year in which the application period occurs.
15) What capability requirements must an applicant demonstrate?
Applicants must show they have the proven background, experience, legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis.
16) How can an applicant demonstrate capacity to provide technical assistance and training?
Capacity can be demonstrated through in-house staff resources, formal written commitments from an affiliate/member organization that will provide the help, or by contracting out a limited portion of the work.
17) Can the grantee contract out work under this grant?
Yes, but only a limited portion of the work can be contracted out. The notice includes a restriction that no more than 49 percent of the grant can be passed to a nonaffiliated organization under contract.
18) What are examples of costs the TAT Grant can pay for?
The grant can pay for expenses directly related to delivering technical assistance and training on water and waste disposal issues, including assistance and training focused on diagnosing issues, evaluating solutions, improving management practices, strengthening operation and maintenance performance, and helping prepare complete loan and/or grant applications where a preapplication to RUS has already been filed.
19) What are examples of activities the TAT Grant will not fund?
The program will not fund recruiting applications, duplicating services that are already being provided, or political activities.
20) Can TAT funds be used for engineering design work for a specific project?
No. The notice specifically flags duplication of services already being provided as unallowable, including work that would typically be done by an engineering consultant in developing a specific project design.
21) Can TAT funds be used for political activities?
No. The grant cannot support political activities.
22) Can TAT funds be used to buy real estate or vehicles?
No. Funds cannot be used for capital assets or major purchases such as real estate or vehicles.
23) Can TAT funds be used to renovate or improve office space?
No. Funds cannot be used to improve or renovate office space.
24) Can TAT funds be used to repair or maintain privately owned property?
No. Funds cannot be used to repair and maintain privately owned property.
25) Can TAT funds pay for operations and maintenance (O&M) costs of utility systems?
No. The grant is not an operations subsidy and may not pay operations and maintenance (O&M) costs.
26) Can TAT funds pay for expenses incurred before the grant effective date?
No. The grant may not pay any expenses incurred before the grant effective date.
27) Is cost sharing or a match required?
No. For this posting, no cost sharing or matching was required.
28) What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this posting?
The Funding Opportunity Number is RDUP TAT 09302009 FY10.
29) What CFDA program does this opportunity fall under?
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 10.761, Technical Assistance and Training Grants.
30) How many awards were anticipated and what was the estimated total funding level?
The program anticipated 11 awards and listed an estimated total funding level of $17,000,000.
31) What were the key dates for this announcement?
The announcement was posted on September 30, 2009. The application closing date was December 31, 2009. The archive date was January 30, 2010.
32) Was there a stated minimum or maximum award size in the notice summary?
No. The notice summary showed an award floor of 0 and an award ceiling of 0, meaning there was no explicit minimum or maximum listed in the summary data.
33) If no award floor or ceiling is listed, how should applicants interpret award size?
The notice indicates applicants typically must rely on program guidance and budgeting norms rather than a stated per-award limit in the summary data.
34) Who was the point of contact for questions or access issues?
The listed point of contact was Anita OBrien, Loan Specialist.
35) How can someone reach the listed point of contact?
The notice listed a phone number: 202-690-3789, and referenced a government email address for the contact.
36) Was there a link for additional information?
Yes. The notice referenced an additional information link pointing to the TAT website.
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