CF congressionally directed grants

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $492,000 to the Town of Surry on January 16, 2026, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The award funds essential community facility development in the rural area of Surry, Maine, with a period of performance through January 16, 2028. The program provides affordable funding to develop facilities that deliver essential services to local communities in primarily rural areas, with priority given to projects enhancing public safety such as fire, police, rescue, and ambulance services, and health care facilities. The Town of Surry operates as a municipal government entity and acts as a federal grant sub-recipient; it does not hold prime federal contracts. The town's recent federal grant activity accelerated significantly in 2025 after a multi-year gap, with five awards received that year across emergency management, climate resilience, and special education programs, primarily flowing through state administrative agents including the State of Maine's Emergency Management Agency and Maine Department of Education.