Closed · HHS-2025-ACF-OCS-EF-0177 · CFDA 93.570 · Discretionary
Rural Community Development Program (RCD) Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems Training and Technical Assistance Project
Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - OCS, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $400K-$1.4M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 5, 2025
- Close date
- 8
- Expected awards
The verdict
Rural Community Development Program (RCD) Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems Training and Technical Assistance Project is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - OCS that offered $400,000 -- $1,381,975 across 8 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 79 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families - OCS.
- $400K-$1.4M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 8
- expected awards
- 93.570
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Rural Community Development Program is closed (last close September 5, 2025). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Administration for Children and Families - OCS still indexes 79 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed September 5, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$11,000,000
Expected Awards
8
Instrument
Grant
Description
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.
Multi-door applicant board · 3 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 3 distinct applicant types for Rural Community Development Program (Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). This eligibility-code string dominates the Administration for Children and Families - OCS book (50 peers, 63% of 80).
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Olivia Barfield olivia.barfield@acf.hhs.gov
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What to do next
Rural Community Development Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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