{"id":57279,"date":"2017-10-06T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T10:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=57279"},"modified":"2017-10-06T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T10:03:07","slug":"interior-announces-open-season-for-discretionary-grant-applications-from-u-s-territories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=57279","title":{"rendered":"Interior Announces Open Season For Discretionary Grant Applications From U.S. Territories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;\">U.S. Department of the Interior\u2019s Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Doug Domenech has announced open season for the U.S. Insular Areas (U.S. territories) to submit applications for technical assistance program (TAP) funding and maintenance assistance program (MAP) funding for fiscal year 2018, D.O.I. announced Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;\">These grants are available to the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the freely associated states of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;\"><span class=\"\">\u201c<\/span>While we are operating under a continuing resolution until December 8, for fiscal year 2018, this advance notice gives each jurisdiction time to consider\u00a0<span class=\"\">their most important needs and priorities this year,\u201d Mr. Domenech said. \u201cWe will be especially eager to work with the U.S. Virgin Islands as they begin contemplating their rebuilding needs following the hurricanes<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/oia\/fiscal-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instructions to apply<\/a>\u00a0are available on the Office of Insular Affairs website.\u00a0 Applications are submitted through\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/web\/grants\/search-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grants.gov<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/sites\/doi.gov\/files\/uploads\/fy18-tap-grants-gov-application-instructions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAP<\/a>\u00a0provides grant funding for short-term projects intended to meet immediate needs that can foster development in: accountability, financial management, economic development, education, energy, management control initiatives, disaster assistance, natural and cultural resources, capacity building, public safety\/emergencies, health initiatives, and invasive species management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large;\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/sites\/doi.gov\/files\/uploads\/fy18-map-grants-gov-application-instructions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a>\u00a0provides grant funding to support, develop, improve and, as much as possible, institutionalize infrastructure maintenance practices in the seven insular areas. Activities will support maintenance training to extend the life of island infrastructure, ensure the safety of maintenance technicians, and\/or increase the capacity of infrastructure to withstand extreme events; this may include training of maintenance technicians that increases knowledge and awareness of measures to be taken to protect infrastructure from severe weather impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Yacht broken in two pieces is washed ashore in Cruz Bay, St. John, following Hurricane Irma. (Credit: Ernice Gilbert, VIC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Department of the Interior\u2019s Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Doug Domenech has announced open season for the U.S. Insular Areas (U.S. territories) to submit applications for technical assistance program (TAP) funding and maintenance assistance program (MAP) funding for fiscal year 2018, D.O.I. announced Thursday. 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