The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) is dedicated to helping local governments improve the quality of life in every one of the State’s 564 municipalities.
Donor Name: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Through a variety of programs, DCA’s Division of Local Government Services(DLGS) works with counties and municipalities to streamline government operations and reduce costs and property taxes.
Sharing services offers numerous benefits for participating communities. It reduces costs, delivers municipal services in a more efficient manner, and generates increased value for each dollar spent while ensuring local units remain responsible stewards of the public trust.
LEAP affords an unprecedented opportunity to incentivize shared services implementation across New Jersey’s local government entities, advancing the mission of the Shared Services Program. LEAP facilitates exploring and establishing shared services. LEAP provides counties, municipalities, school districts, commissions, authorities and fire districts assistance for the study or implementation of promising shared services projects undertaken pursuant to the Uniform Shared Service and Consolidation Act. The program is available to all New Jersey local government units.
Funding Information
- Funding for the LEAP Grant originates from $2 million appropriated through the state budget.
- Allocates up to $75,000 to each county.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Demonstrate the applicant’s capacity to provide project management and oversight for all coordinator activities and fiscal operations.
- Designate a senior county officer as supervisor to direct the coordinator’s activities.
- Commit to the coordinator’s attendance at DLGS training and to providing bi-annual progress reports that summarize ongoing coordinator activities.
- Commit to the coordinator’s completion of a final report documenting program activities and accomplishments during the coordinator grant period.
- Commit to providing employee fringe benefits
For more information, visit DCA.
