The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is accepting applications for funding for the FY26 Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grants to recruit and train EMS personnel to provide immediate emergency care and rapid hospital transport in rural communities. The…
PSATS filed comments noting township concerns with a federal rule mandating compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act standards for maintaining websites. While the deadlines for compliance have been extended for townships with a population of 50,000 or more to April…
If your township is new to data centers and has limited land use regulations in place, join PSATS for a webinar to learn more about this use and your township’s options for updating land use ordinances to address the impacts from data centers. Click here to learn more and…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $25.5 million in grant funding for technical assistance providers to help small and rural communities address wastewater infrastructure challenges to protect human health and comply with the Clean Water Act. EPA is accepting applications from water technical assistance providers until August…
The U.S. Department of Transportation is accepting applications for over $4 billion in funding in the FY2026 Bridge Investment Program (BIP) to improve the safety, condition, and efficiency of bridges. Townships are eligible to apply for BIP funding directly to FHWA for Bridge Grants to replace,…
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is accepting applications for the Wild Resource Conservation Program (WRCP) to maintain, manage, enhance, and restore Pennsylvania’s native wild non-game wildlife and native wild plants and their habitats. Eligible projects include surveys, inventories, research into techniques needed for…
The Office of Open Records (OOR) is conducting a survey of Agency Open Record Officers to better understand the impact of the Right-to-Know Law on agencies throughout the Commonwealth and to help inform future policy decisions regarding the law. This year’s survey…
The National Park Service is accepting applications for the Underrepresented Communities Grant Program (URC) to include communities that are currently underrepresented in the National Register of Historic Places. Eligible projects include surveys and nominations of historic sites associated with communities underrepresented in…
On June 15, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in In re Three Pennsylvania Skill Games Devices that “skill games” are subject to the Gaming Act and Crimes Code. The Court’s ruling stated that it was not the Court that declared “skill games”…
The state Department of Transportation is encouraging Pennsylvanians to review and comment on the draft 2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The 2027 STIP is a list of projects identified for federal, state, local and private funding over a four-year period and can be viewed by county. The comment period will remain open…
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