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Community
Assistance Grants Program
in Oregon and Washington
2009 Tentatively Selected Grants
To take a look at the 2009 Tentatively Selected Grants, click here.
2008 Tentatively Selected Grants
To take a look at the 2008 Tentatively Selected Grants, click here.
Background Information
To print a copy of the
Background click here:
Background.pdf*
Since 2001 in the Pacific Northwest, funds for National Fire Plan (NFP)
grant opportunities are administered through a “one-stop-shopping”
interagency grant process. The USDA Forest Service along with
the four wildland firefighting agencies within the Department of
Interior: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish &
Wildlife Service, and National Park Service have worked to
create this streamlined application process. This system allows
each grant seeker to submit a
single proposal and ensures community projects are matched with the
most appropriate funding sources. The end result is collaborative
achievement of NFP goals and effective community protection programs
in Oregon and Washington.
The federal multi-agency community
assistance program is designed to reduce wildfire threats to
communities and to support local economies. The program, managed
by an Interagency Grant Team, pools Forest Service
community grant funds and a Department of the Interior
Wildland-Urban Interface Community Assistance Program into one
application process. Each program has a different focus, but
combined they increase interagency and community coordination and
encourage grassroots solutions to reducing wildfire threats.
The following table shows the number
of grants received and funded since the program began. As you can see, this
is a
competitive program with an average of 30% of the requested funding
awarded each year.
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