Programs Available to Municipalities Homepage

Through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the State of Vermont was issued over $1 billion in State Fiscal Recovery Funds (SFRF) to help the state recover from the pandemic. These funds are being used to provide historic investments throughout the State, with many SFR-funded programs already up and running. This page outlines current or upcoming programs available to Vermont municipalities or targeted toward Vermont communities. More programs will continue to be made available. 

At the bottom of the page, we have included a PDF version of this information for download.

Municipal Technical Assistance

In April 2023 the state legislature passed H.145 which included an appropriation of funds to provide expanded technical and administrative assistance to municipalities with high need that may be eligible for state or federal funding. Please see the program page for details.

• Municipal Technical Assistance

Grants to Schools

• School Heating Assistance with Renewables and Efficiency Program

• Three-Acre Stormwater Management School Support

Grants for Water, Drainage and Septic Projects

•  Pollution Control Grants for Clean Water Infrastructure 

•  Pretreatment Capacity Program

• Statewide Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Elimination and Abatement 

• Village Water and Wastewater Initiative                                        

• Healthy Homes Program - Grants for Water, Sewer, Stormwater, and Drainage 

• Healthy Homes Program –Assistance for Low Income Vermonters with Failing Septic Systems and Wells 

• Small Rural Water and Sewer Infrastructure Risk of Failure Program 

• Three-Acre Stormwater Management – Public Private Partnership Grants 

• Three-Acre Stormwater Management Municipal/Private Landowners Program  

• Community Resilience – Flood Resilient Communities Fund Program 

Grants for Development Projects

•  Brownfield Recovery Program

•  Housing Recovery Program

• Community Recovery and Revitalization Program

Grants for Broadband Projects

• Broadband Town Match Program

Grants for Energy Projects

• Municipal Energy Resilience Assessments

   LINK TO A DOWNLOAD 

  PowerPoint Presentation (vermont.gov)