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Ohio RCAP receives state and federal funding under the following programs to provide free technical assistance to communities.
Ohio EPA - Division of Drinking and Groundwater
Funds Ohio RCAP to assist community water systems, including mobile home parks, with populations under 10,000. Services include project development, assistance with WSRLA funding applications and Capability Assurance Plans, and capacity development.
Ohio Water Development Authority
Funds Ohio RCAP to assist communities in applying for water and wastewater infrastructure funding OWDA administers, as well as 'Short Course' training to individual communities that are planning, designing or constructing water and wastewater projects.
US Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Community Services
Program seeks to improve the living conditions of rural poor by providing access to safe drinking water and sanitary wastewater treatment in communities under 10,000.
US EPA Wastewater
Funds RCAP to provide outreach and on-site technical assistance to existing wastewater treatment systems in rural areas serving less than 3,300 people. Technical assistance is intended to address compliance issues and build capacity.
US EPA Safe Drinking Water
Funds RCAP to help water systems that serve less than 3,300 customers to achieve compliance with federal drinking water standards under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
USDA - Rural Utilities Service - Technitrain Program
RCAP assists communities under 10,000 in the development and management of water and wastewater facilities.
USDA - Rural Housing Service - Rural Community Development Initiatives Program
Funds RCAP to provide comprehensive development services to rural communities, particularly regionalization efforts.
HUD - Rural Housing and Economic Development Grant - RHED Program
This grant enables Ohio RCAP to assist selected communities in accessing resources to address their housing and economic development needs.
These programs are targeted to serve communities in rural areas with populations under 3,300. Many of our client communities are very small, with less than a few hundred people.
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