The Municipal ADA Improvement Grant provides reimbursement funding to Massachusetts cities and towns to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Office on Disability
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 06/13/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding supports updating a municipality’s ADA Self Evaluation and Transition plans and making capital improvements that improve access or remove barriers in municipal programs, services, and facilities.
Type of Grants
There are two grant types available:
- Planning grants
- Planning grants are awarded for creating or updating a Self-Evaluation and/or Transition Plan as required under the administrative requirements of Title II of the ADA.
- Project grants
- Project grants are awarded for improvements or barrier removal related to physical and communication access at municipally owned properties (such as town/city halls, libraries, parks, sidewalks, and streets), school districts, and housing authorities.
Funding Information
- The anticipating $6 million in available funding for FY26.
- The maximum grant award is $250,000.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses include, for example:
- Architectural accessibility features, such as ramps and elevators
- Equipment, such as accessible picnic tables, all-terrain wheelchairs, or Mobi-mats
- Accessibility signage
- Digital accessibility audits and improvements to town websites
- Accessible audio/visual equipment, such as amplification devices
- All equipment and other resources paid for by grant funds are the property of the municipality.
Eligibility Criteria
- Municipally owned properties (such as town/city halls, libraries, parks, sidewalks, and streets),
- School districts, and
- Housing authorities.
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