Dear [salutation],
I hope you're having a wonderful and joyful holiday season!
As El Paso's Representative in Congress, I want to make sure that you are aware of federal funding opportunities that your respective entity can pursue.
Please know that your organization or entity may contact my El Paso District Office at 915-541-1400 to identify federal funding opportunities that are aligned with your mission and to request letters of support for completed federal grant applications.
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Below are just some highlights that demonstrate how federal funding is having an impact in our community, open federal grant opportunities, and upcoming webinars that I encourage you to explore. |
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Last week, Team Escobar toured the El Paso International Airport (ELP) to assess projects supported by federal funding. Team Escobar had the opportunity to visit the Innovation Factory and get a preview of modernization projects inside the main terminal. Both the Innovation Factory and main terminal improvements are supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which I was proud to support.
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During last week's visit to ELP, Team Escobar had the opportunity to meet with our Air Traffic Control Specialists at the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control Tower and discuss plans for the new Air Traffic Control Tower. The new Air Traffic Control Tower will be supported by funds authorized by general federal appropriations. |
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Recently, El Paso Water graduated its first cohort from their Skills for Sustainability Program. In partnership with the STTE Foundation, Western Tech, and the non-profit Trust for the Americas, candidates from El Paso and Ciudad Juarez are prepared with introductory skills for jobs in water and wastewater plants. The North American Development Bank, Microsoft, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided funding for the initiative. |
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Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) Program Deadline: Concept Paper due on Dec. 18, 2023, and Full Application due on March 5, 2023.
Description: The 2024 BENEFIT FOA will invest up to $30M (subject to appropriations) across four topic areas: - Topic 1: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning and Water Heating
- Topic 2: Innovative, Replicable, and Low-Cost Roof and Attic Retrofits
- Topic 3: Building Resilience and Capacity Constraints
- Topic 4: Commercial Lighting Retrofit Advancements
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, For-profit entities, Nonprofit entities, and State and local governmental entities, and Indian tribes.
To learn more, click here. |
Small Communities – Big Challenges (SCBC) Competition Deadline: January 31, 2024
Description: EPA and partners have launched the Small Communities – Big Challenges (SCBC) Competition for local governments in the United States to demonstrate innovative and inclusive strategies for engaging with rural communities to understand these communities’ environmental and public health issues of concern.
Eligibility: City and county health departments, Local environmental agencies, Local departments of fish and wildlife, Local utility providers, Local waste management officials, Local departments of housing, Water and sewer district boards, Tribal and territorial government leaders, City/municipality governments.
To learn more, click here. |
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) Deadline: January 11, 2024
Description: The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program (DHAG) supports innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects, leading to work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities.
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status, County governments, Private institutions of higher education, State governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), and Special district governments.
To learn more, click here. |
Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF) Deadline: January 15, 2024
Description: TTPSF emphasizes the development of strategic transportation safety plans using a data-driven process as a means for Tribes to identify transportation safety needs and determine how those needs will be addressed in Tribal communities.
Eligibility: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
To learn more, click here.
Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) Program Deadline: February 2, 2024
Description: The ATTAIN program provides competitive grants to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment.
Eligibility: State or local government or political subdivision, transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, a multijurisdictional group made up of the above eligible applicants with a signed agreement to implement the initiative across jurisdictional boundaries, and a consortium of research or academic institutions.
To learn more, click here.
FAA Aviation Research Grants Program Deadline: February 22, 2024
Description: The FAA Aviation Research Grants Program encourages and supports innovative, advanced research of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation and commercial space transportation. The pursuit of basic and applied research in scientific and engineering disciplines that has the potential to further knowledge and understanding on a broad front of emerging technologies is crucial to the realization of this goal.
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status, Private, Public, and State-controlled institutions of higher education
To learn more, click here. |
WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants (Select Areas) - FY 2024/2025 Deadline: February 22, 2024
Description: The U.S. Department of the Interior is accepting applications for their Water and Energy Efficiency Grant. The grant provides funding for projects that result in quantifiable and sustained water savings, implement renewable energy components, and support broader sustainability benefits. Applications may include any one of, or a combination of, the following types of projects: water conservation projects or renewable energy projects.
Eligibility: States, Indian tribes, Irrigation districts, Water districts, any other organizations with water or power delivery authority.
To learn more, click here.
WaterSMART Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects Deadline: January 16, 2024
Description: The objective of this NOFO is to invite States, Indian Tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, and other organizations with water or power delivery authority to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on small-scale on-the-ground projects that seek to conserve, better manage, or otherwise make more efficient use of water supplies.
Eligibility: States, Tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, regional, or local authorities, the members of which include one or more organizations with water or power delivery authority.
To learn more, click here. |
Choice Neighborhoods (CN) Implementation Grants Deadline: February 13, 2024
Description: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is offering the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant to help communities transform struggling neighborhoods by redeveloping severely distressed public and/or U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-assisted housing and catalyzing critical improvements. Funding will help communities improve housing opportunities, improving the outcomes of individuals in the community, and create healthy, vibrant neighborhoods. Successful applicants must have a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plan.
Eligibility: City and township governments, public housing authorities, and Indian housing authorities.
To learn more, click here. |
Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program (TCGP) - FY 2023 Deadline: Jan. 10, 2024
Description: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security established the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program to strengthen the cybersecurity practices and resilience of tribal governments. This program enables the tribal government to make targeted investments in their cybersecurity infrastructure and improve the resilience of the services they provide to their communities. Applicants should have a clear understanding of their current cybersecurity posture and have a plan for improvements if they receive the grant in order to be most competitive.
Eligibility: Tribal governments.
To learn more, click here. |
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $74.4 Million in Funding Opportunities to Improve Behavioral Health
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced notices of funding opportunities for grant programs that address behavioral health challenges in local communities by preventing substance use initiation, reducing the progression of substance use, and addressing other related concerns.
Read the full release here.
Support and Scale Up of HIV Prevention Services in Sexual Health Clinics - FY 2024 Deadline: January 15, 2024
Description: The purpose of this NOFO is to support the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative by scaling up HIV prevention and care services in sexual health clinics.
Eligibility: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status, State governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal organizations and governments, Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education, County governments, Independent school districts, Special district governments
To learn more, click here.
Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers Deadline: February 5, 2024
Description: The aim of the program during the next five-year period of performance (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2029) is to build on the previous work and successes of the AETC program and their local partners and implement a modernized and strengthened program framework based on industry standards.
Eligibility: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) and organizations, Special district governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, City or township governments, Public, Private, and State controlled institutions of higher education, independent school districts, small businesses, Nonprofits both having and not having a 501(c)(3) status, State governments, and County governments.
To learn more, click here. |
Technical Assistance for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples to Advance Environmental Justice and Climate/Energy Justice
The U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) will host a webinar to present information on the new technical assistance programs, such as the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (TCTAC’s), that are available to Tribes and Indigenous Peoples.
📅 Date: December 14, 2023 🕛 Time: 12:30 PM– 2:00 PM MT 🔗 Register here. |
USDOT Navigator December Webinar
USDOT is hosting a webinar to spotlight several new resources to help applicants develop more successful applications for upcoming USDOT discretionary grant programs.
📅 Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 🕛 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MT 🔗 Register here.
Equity in Roadway Safety Webinar Series
USDOT has concluded their 2023 Equity in Roadway Safety Webinar Series. To access all recordings of the webinars, click here.
A New Era of Aviation: An Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Webinar Series
Learn how the FAA is at the forefront of establishing an operational Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystem in the United States and how they are working to safely and responsibly usher in this new era in aviation.
Register for the webinar series here. |
IRA: Putting Direct Pay into Action
Join federal speakers, city leaders, and policy experts as they share key insights and lessons learned about BIL grant opportunities and topics.
📅 Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM 🔗 Register here. |
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