ClosedDeadline moved (was Nov 3, 2025)Opportunity HHS-2025-ACF-OCS-EF-0177

Rural Community Development Program (RCD) Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems Training and Technical Assistance Project

Administration for Children and Families - OCS · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Rural Community Development Program (RCD) Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems Training and Technical Assistance Project is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Administration for Children and Families - OCS (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was September 5, 2025. Individual awards are listed as $400K – $1.38M, with about 8 awards expected and $11M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status and others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.570 (Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Sep 2, 2025Posted
Sep 5, 2025Application deadline
Aug 29, 2025 (est.)Est. award date

Posted: Sep 2, 2025
Close date: Sep 5, 2025
Est. award date: Aug 29, 2025
Award floor: $400,000
Award ceiling: $1,381,975
Est. total funding: $11,000,000
Original deadline: Nov 3, 2025
Expected awards: 8
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Eligible organizations include multistate, regional, private, nonprofit organizations with the ability to enable organizations to provide training and technical assistance to small, rural communities concerning meeting their community facility needs. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services announces the availability of approximately $11million in Rural Community Development (RCD) discretionary grant funds. RCD funds must be used to provide training and technical assistance to: Increase access for low-income families to water supply and waste disposal services, preserve affordable water and waste disposal services in low-income rural communities, increase local capacity and expertise to establish and maintain needed community facilities, increase economic opportunities for low-income rural communities by ensuring they have basic water and sanitation, utilize technical assistance to leverage additional public and private resources, and promote improved coordination of Federal, state, and local agencies and financing programs to benefit low-income communities.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

hhs-2025-acf-ocs-ef-0177_mvv revisions 9.2.25.pdfRevised Full Announcement · hhs-2025-acf-ocs-ef-0177_mvv revisions 9.2.25.pdfPDF · 824 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.570Community Services Block Grant Discretionary AwardsProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.570

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$29.1M

FY25

$29.8M

FY26

$29.8M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.570. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

Administration for Children and Families - OCS
olivia.barfield@acf.hhs.gov
202-690-7110

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $400k – $1.38m, total estimated program funding is $11,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 8 awards.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HHS-2025-ACF-OCS-EF-0177), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 93.872