Distressed Cities Technical Assistance (DCTA) Program for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027

Award ceiling
$400,000 – $3,000,000
Closes
Not stated
Last verified
2026-10-03

Awards $400,000 – $3,000,000 per recipient for for profit organizations other than small businesses, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, small businesses.

For profit organizations other than small businessesNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationSmall businessesBusiness & CommerceDisadvantaged CommunitiesHousing, Community & Economic Development

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Distressed Cities Technical Assistance (DCTA) Program for Fiscal Years 2026 and 2027 awards $400,000 – $3,000,000 per recipient, open to for profit organizations other than small businesses, nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$5,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$3,000,000
Award floor
$400,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
Not stated
Opens
Jan 11, 2027
Status
Forecasted
Eligible entities
For profit organizations other than small businesses · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Private institutions of higher education · Small businesses
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
technical assistance to Units of General Local Government serving communities of 50,000 or fewer people facing economic hardship
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$5,000,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$3,000,000

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
For profit organizations other than small businesses, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Small businesses
Source field: entity types
use
technical assistance to Units of General Local Government serving communities of 50,000 or fewer people facing economic hardship
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Not statedDeadline type Not stated

What can the money be used for?

1 category
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
technical assistance to Units of General Local Government serving communities of 50,000 or fewer people facing economic hardship

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

What comparable notices state

7 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 7 open records stored under Business & Commerce state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Common questions

5 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
$400,000 – $3,000,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$5,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?
For profit organizations other than small businesses, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Small businesses.
What can the funding be used for?
technical assistance to Units of General Local Government serving communities of 50,000 or fewer people facing economic hardship, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-03
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-10-03

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