Cooperative Agreement AIDOAAA1000071

Under this $649,970 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), the recipient Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) aims to pilot distributed modeling and enhanced snow products at two River Forecast Centers. The project will evaluate and apply distributed modeling techniques coupled with advanced snow data to enhance river flow forecasting capabilities at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center...

The Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Inc. (RCAP) was awarded a $1.1 million project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA 66.424) to provide technical assistance and training to small publicly owned wastewater treatment systems and communities/individuals served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems. RCAP will collaborate with six regional partners and the...

The Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP) will receive $215,000 under a Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water on January 1, 2022 to develop an innovative credentialing program for drinking water administrative professionals. The program is funded through June 30, 2023 under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (SDWA 1459E). RCAP will follow the psychometric process to determine the knowledge, skills, and...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,003,256.99 Cooperative Agreement to Applied Research Team Inc. on January 4, 2024 under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078). This project aims to demonstrate how the combination of weather radar data and ground-based monitoring can effectively measure snow water equivalent (SWE) at high resolution. The project will focus on multiple headwater watersheds in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the Rio Grande River Basin, utilizing both...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded RCAP Solutions, Inc. a $1,378,767 Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Award (CFDA 93.570) to implement the Rural Community Development Water/Wastewater Training and Technical Assistance project. Under this 5-year award, RCAP Solutions will undertake 300 projects and conduct 45 trainings and seminars, serving over 50,000 individuals with low incomes across rural areas in the Northeastern...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433, will support the University of Massachusetts Boston in expanding implementation of the Rapid Engagement Team Approach (RETA), an evidence-based practice for improving employment and wage outcomes for individuals receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The $1,000,000 award will be used to: 1) package the RETA technology transfer...

This Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 provides $2,903,716 under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to support the Remote Maintenance Worker (RMW) Program. The purpose of the RMW Program is to build drinking water and wastewater systems operations and maintenance capacity in rural Alaska communities to protect human health and the environment. Key deliverables include on-site operations and maintenance support and operator...

The Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP) will provide $1.87 million in training and technical assistance to owners and managers of private drinking water wells through March 31, 2023. Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA #66.424), RCAP and its partners—including four state cooperative extension programs—will expand existing programs to disseminate...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1,378,767 Project Grant under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CFDA 93.570) program to the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC). The grant will fund RCAC's Rural Community Development (RCD) Training and Technical Assistance project, which aims to provide technical assistance and training for community water and wastewater systems serving low-income rural...

The federal Project Grant award of $3,430,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760) will enable the Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP) to provide a range of technical assistance and capacity building services to rural communities across the United States. RCAP, a national non-profit organization, will use the funding to enhance water, wastewater, and solid...