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Central Valley Tributaries

Department of Water Resources · 1101

Eligibility details

Eligibile applicants must have legal authority and jurisdiction to implement a flood control program and the authority to make land use decisions at the project site.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 50%. Local cost share starts at 50% and may be as low as 0% depending on economic status of area / communities benefitted by the project and other criteria described in the Guidelines.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

This Program will implement flood risk reduction projects with fish and wildlife habitat enhancements in the Central Valley of California (excluding Legal Delta). Priority points will be given to projects associated with supporting Voluntary Agreements to improve water quality in the Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta. Eligible funding recipients include any California public agency, nonprofit organization, or Tribe. Projects must include a capital asset acquisition or construction component that must not yet be under construction or acquisition to be eligible. Design, environmental documentation, and studies may be incorporated into the project scope, but cannot be funded as stand-alone projects. Any acquisitions must be from willing sellers to be eligible for reimbursement. Special consideration will be given to economically distressed or disadvantaged communities when scoring applicants. Local cost share maximum is 50%, however multiple mechanisms to reduce local cost share are detailed in the guidelines. Local cost share may be reduced to 0% depending on the economic status of a community benefitted by a proposed project.

Funding geography: Eligible projects must be located in the Central Valley of California, excluding the legal Delta, in or adjacent to the Statewide Planning area as shown in the Guidelines.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.