The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is seeking applications for Service Provider Grants.
Donor Name: Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future
State: Maine
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/02/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This program’s focus on regional collaboration, local capacity-building, and community engagement that are critical for supporting municipal climate action.
The desired outcomes from the Service Provider Grants are new enrollments in the Partnership by multiple communities, developing a list of each community’s priority projects, as well as any cooperative group priorities, and applications to the Community Action Grant program.
Service Providers are expected to assist communities with the enrollment activities and apply for Community Action Grants.
Desired outcomes from the Service Provider Grants are:
- Completion of the enrollment requirements and new enrollment in the Community Resilience Partnership program by each of the recruited communities;
- A list of priority climate and energy projects for each community and collaborative projects for the Group; and
- Assistance to communities in seeking a Community Action Grant or other funding for those priority projects.
Eligible Uses of Funds
Eligible uses of funds include project personnel and fringe, contractual expenses, supplies, minor equipment, travel, indirect, and “other” (such as rental fees for meetings). These funds may not be used for construction, computer equipment, permit fees, or to support unrelated staffing needs of the applicant organization.
Funding Information
- As part of the application to the program, prospective service providers will recruit a group of two to five communities. Prospective service providers may request up to $10,000 per community. Up to an additional $2,500 may be requested for communities in the group that are either in the highest social vulnerability category or have a population fewer than 4,000.
- Once funds are awarded, communities within the service provider’s group will have up to 12 months to submit for enrollment in the Partnership, though many will find it feasible to enroll in time for the next Community Action Grant round in 6 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities eligible to be regional service providers include
- regional planning organizations
- councils of governments
- regional economic development organizations
- county governments
- academic institutions and cooperative extension programs
- non-profit organizations
- for-profit enterprises
Municipalities are generally not eligible for Service Provider Grants. However, in special cases, a community that can demonstrate robust in-house capacity may apply for a Service Provider Grant to provide relevant services to smaller communities in the same region.
To achieve an equitable geographic distribution of capacity building investments, the Partnership intends to select proposals from each of four regions within the state during each grant cycle:
- Region 1: York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and southern Oxford Counties
- Region 2: Waldo, Hancock, and Washington Counties
- Region 3: Androscoggin, Oxford, Kennebec, Franklin, and Somerset Counties
- Region 4: Piscataquis, Aroostook, and Penobscot Counties.
For more information, visit GOPIF.
