Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: October 1, 2025

Archive date: January 31, 2026

Close date: December 31, 2025

Opportunity ID: 360671

Opportunity number: TAT-FY26

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Rural Utilities Service

Agency code: USDA-RUS

Award floor: $0

Award ceiling: $0

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Community Development
  • Employment, Labor and Training
  • Environment
Eligible Applicants
  • Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Tools
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:usda_rus
  • category_of_funding_activity:community_development
  • category_of_funding_activity:employment_labor_and_training
  • category_of_funding_activity:environment
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
  • eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems relating to collection, treatment, or disposal: assist applicants, that have filed a pre-application with RUS, in the preparation of water and/or waste loan and/or grant applications; and/or provide technical assistance and/or training to water/wastewater system personnel that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to duplicate current services, such as those performed by an association’s consultant in developing a project; fund political or lobbying activities; pay for capital assets; purchase real estate or vehicles; improve or renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; pay the costs for construction, improvement, rehabilitation, modification or operation and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to effective date of grant.

Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solutions to waste problems relating to collection, treatment, or disposal: assist applicants, that have filed a pre-application with RUS, in the preparation of water and/or waste loan and/or grant applications; and/or provide technical assistance and/or training to water/wastewater system personnel that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to duplicate current services, such as those performed by an association’s consultant in developing a project; fund political or lobbying activities; pay for capital assets; purchase real estate or vehicles; improve or renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately owned property; pay the costs for construction, improvement, rehabilitation, modification or operation and maintenance of water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities; and pay costs incurred prior to effective date of grant.
[Forecasted] Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
Forecasted
Rural Utilities Service
Community Development
Employment, Labor and Training
Environment
Grant
Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
2025-10-01