CVPDC works to connect member local governments to resources outside of our region. The following opportunities are currently available from federal, state, and other partners. Interested parties are encouraged to contact staff to learn more.
Forest CORE Fund
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is making $4 million available from its Forest CORE Fund for projects that protect or restore forest land in localities impacted by the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Southwest Virginia. The deadline to apply is January 14, 2026. Please visit the link below for more details, including the project scope area, eligibility requirements, and how to apply.
The VOF will host an informative grant workshop webinar on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, from 1:00-2:00, addressing key program requirements. Learn more and register online by using the link below.
Please note: This will be the final grant round for the Forest CORE Fund.
Energy Ingenuity Fund
The Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission has established a $12 million fund for rural, disadvantaged, or Native American communities, with $6 million designated for energy-related projects in each of its service regions, Southern and Southwest Virginia. The program is designed as an umbrella that can review various types of proposals for energy projects. With a focus on establishing a “best-in-class” energy economy, this fund is expected to capitalize on a skilled workforce and promote an energy-focused economy for the Tobacco Region.
Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund
The Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) was established in the Code of Virginia pursuant to Chapter 13, Title 10.1, Article 4, Section 10.1-603.24 and Section 10.1-603-25 and the provisions of § 10.1-1330. Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Fund, which was passed during the 2020 session of the General Assembly.
The fund was established to provide support for regions and localities across Virginia to reduce the impacts of flooding, including flooding driven by climate change. The fund will prioritize projects that are in concert with local, state and federal floodplain management standards, local resilience plans and the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan. The fund will empower communities to complete vulnerability assessments, and develop action-oriented approaches to bolster flood preparedness and increase resilience.
FY 2026 Farm to School Grant Program
The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program, authorized in the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 USC 1751 et seq.), is designed to increase the availability of local foods in Child Nutrition Program (CNP) operations and connect students to the sources of their food through education, taste tests, school gardens, field trips, and local food sourcing for CNP meals. Grants can be used to launch new farm to CNP1 programs or expand existing efforts. The objective of the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Farm to School Grant is to improve access to local foods in eligible CNP sites through comprehensive farm to CNP programming that includes local sourcing and agricultural education efforts. These grants are expected to improve child health and nutrition and reinvigorate American agriculture by better connecting American farmers and producers with USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs.
FY 2025 EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs
The US Economic Development Administration's (EDA's) mission is to lead the Federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for economic growth and success in the worldwide economy. EDA fulfills this mission through strategic investments and partnerships that create the regional economic ecosystems required to foster globally competitive regions throughout the United States. EDA supports development in economically distressed areas of the United States by fostering job creation and attracting private investment.
Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in order to provide investments that support construction, non construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works program and EAA program (which includes Assistance to Coal Communities, Nuclear Closure Communities, and Biomass Closure Communities). Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities, including those negatively impacted by changes to the coal economy and nuclear power plant closures.
