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Other Funding Opportunities

The Resources Agency River Parkway Grant Program and the Department of Water Resources Urban Streams Restoration Program are currently developing a combined grant application process funded by Proposition 84. The Urban Streams Restoration Program provides grants for a variety of activities, including the following: creek cleanups; eradication of exotic or invasive plants; revegetation efforts; bioengineering bank stabilization projects; channel reconfiguration to improve stream geomorphology and aquatic habitat functions; acquisition of parcels critical for flood management; and coordination of community involvement in projects. Draft guidelines are now available for public review and comment. Comments are due by 5:00pm on August 20, 2008.
Public Review Draft-Guidelines and Application
http://www.resources.ca.gov/bonds_docs/FINAL_DRAFT_7-25-2008.pdf
http://www.watershedrestoration.water.ca.gov/urbanstreams/
http://resources.ca.gov/bonds_riverparkways.html

State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Planning and Technical Assistance (PTA) Allocation FY 2008/09. http://www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/cdbg/funds/pta/PTA_2008_NOFA_ANNOUNCEMENT_final.pdf
The State Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) will make $1,000,000 available under the General PTA allocation and $1,000,000 under the ED PTA allocation.  The PTA allocations provide funding in the form of grants to small cities and rural counties for planning and feasibility studies related to CDBG eligible activities and project-specific activities such as housing, public improvements, public facilities, and economic development. The Department is currently accepting applications and will accept applications continuously until April 2, 2009 or until all funds are awarded to eligible applicants.  Applications will be reviewed and awarded on a first come first served basis. Interested applicants may download the NOFA and application document from the CDBG web site at http://www.hcd.ca.gov/ca/cdbg.

West Coast Estuaries Initiative for the California Coast – deadline August 25.
http://www.epa.gov/region09/funding/west-coast-estuaries.html

The State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Financial Assistance is now accepting applications for the 2008 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant Program to support projects throughout the State to restore impaired surface waters through the control of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution. Applicants must submit their application using the State Water Board's on-line Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool (FAAST) at https://faast.waterboards.ca.gov/
Concept Applications are due by 5:00 pm on Thursday, October 16, 2008.
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/319h/index.shtml 

Homeowners and business owners who can’t afford the high cost of installing solar panels may get help from their local governments under AB 811, which allows cities and counties to offer low-interest financing to those who want to make energy improvements.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_0801-0850/ab_811_bill_20080721_chaptered.pdf
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/23/BAP411TF41.DTL

The SWRCB Agricultural Drainage Loan Program and Agricultural Drainage Management Loan Program are currently accepting applications. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/agdrain/agdrain_loan.shtml
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/agdrain/agdrain_mgmt.shtml

The SWRCB Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Program is currently accepting applications. The CWSRF Loan Program provides low-interest loan funding for construction of publicly-owned wastewater treatment facilities, local sewers, sewer interceptors, water recycling facilities, as well as, expanded use projects such as implementation of nonpoint source (NPS) projects or programs, development and implementation of estuary Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans, and storm water treatment. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/srf/index.shtml

The SWRCB Water Recycling Funding Program is currently accepting applications. The mission of the Water Recycling Funding Program (WRFP) is to promote the beneficial use of treated municipal wastewater (water recycling) in order to augment fresh water supplies in California by providing technical and financial assistance to agencies and other stakeholders in support of water recycling projects and research.
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/water_recycling/index.shtml

Draft Guidelines for the solicitation of Clean Beaches Initiative Proposition 84 grant funds will be completed in late summer and adopted in the fall of 2008. Project solicitation will commence immediately following the adoption of the Guidelines and continue until the funds are exhausted.  To be notified of CBI program announcements, please sign up for the Beach Water Quality Grants email notification using the email list subscription form at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/swrcb_subscribe.shtml