navigating project funding alternatives
Funding is a critical component of any infrastructure project. Limited resources, public support, and state and federal regulations can all impact a project. Let us take the guesswork out of navigating project funding alternatives, facilitating stakeholder support, and understanding upcoming regulations so your project can move forward on your timeline.
Funding Strategies
KLJ’s Government Relations team is ready to work with your agency/community to assist in determining your community infrastructure priorities and to work with you to match available and upcoming funding resources to meet your needs.
- Matching of Infrastructure and Community Development Projects with state and federal funding resources
- Tracking of existing, upcoming and renewing federal and state funding programs
- Acting as liaison with state and federal funding agencies
- Development of strategic project roadmaps & project priority lists based on available funding
Grant Writing & Management
Our team can do everything from beginning to end to help you research, find, write, and manage grants.
- Grant research and strategic recommendations
- Summaries of state and federal grant notices of funding
- Project assessment for grant competitiveness
- Application Development
- Development of grant applications
- Environmental Assessments/Planning
- Community Benefit Plans
- Stakeholder and Community Engagement
- Assistance with Grant submission and management
- Development of support documentation
- Benefit Cost Analysis Development & Techno-Economic Analysis
- Grant Obligation and Reporting Requirements
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control (review of grant applications for completeness and competitiveness
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS)
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) requires communities/regions to have an up-to-date CEDS. More and more, these plans are being utilized to determine community priorities and to utilize federal funding to meet those needs. KLJ fully understands all the EDA guidance and can provide baseline data, market analysis, public engagement/community stakeholder engagement and reports that meet federal guidance and provide the roadmap for economic development, diversification and resilience.
- Development of CEDS
- Development of Economic Diversification Strategies
- Development of Economic Resilience Plans
Legislative & Regulation Monitoring
State and federal legislation and regulations impact community infrastructure. Understanding administration priorities and the related policies and statutes are critical for communities in compliance and in being competitive for state and federal resources.
- Monitor state and federal legislation
- Track engineering regulations
- Understanding funding appropriations
