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{"id":2300,"date":"2025-05-28T14:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njdep.local\/?page_id=2300"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:27:45","slug":"grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\/conservation\/grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column]                    <div class=\"custom-fullwidth-innerhero-section-empty\"><\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"breadcrumbs w-full\"><div class=\"contentholder\"><ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs underfull\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\" title=\"Home\"><strong>Home<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;\/&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\r\n    \r\n    <style>\r\n        .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section {\r\n            position: relative;\r\n            background-size: cover;\r\n            background-position: center;\r\n            background-repeat: no-repeat;\r\n            overflow: hidden;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section .bg-video {\r\n            position: absolute;\r\n            top: 0;\r\n            left: 0;\r\n            width: 100%;\r\n            height: 100%;\r\n            object-fit: cover;\r\n            z-index: 0;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section .custom-overlay {\r\n            position: relative;\r\n            z-index: 1;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        @media screen and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n            .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section .bg-video {\r\n                display: none;\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>\r\n\r\n    [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746641164914{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;contentholder&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]   \r\n    <div class=\"custom-text_heading-section\">    \r\n        <div class=\"contentholder\">\r\n                            <div>\r\n                                            <h2 class=\"fivezero blue\">New Jersey Urban and Community Forestry Grants<\/h2>\r\n                                                            The New Jersey Forest Service\u2019s Urban and Community Forestry Program provides financial assistance in the form of grants to counties and municipalities statewide to assist in implementing their local management plans for trees and forests. The grants are used for work on a variety of projects, including but not limited to, community tree and forest inventories, risk tree assessments, tree planting, and reforestation.                <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    [vc_tta_accordion active_section=&#8221;999&#8243; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Leafing Out Grants &#8211; Management &amp; Education&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1748458238560-f5391aa8-f3ba&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nj.gov\/dep\/newsrel\/2024\/24_0015.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the award of the Leafing Out grants<\/a>\u00a0during the NJDEP Forest Service\u2019s Arbor Day tree planting and Earth Week event in Camden, held in partnership with the New Jersey Tree Foundation. Ten communities, including Camden, each received $850,000 for tree management programs, while another 12 received a combined total of $150,000 for municipal employees and engaged community volunteers to attend urban and community forestry-related training events.<\/p>\n<p>Through a Leafing Out Grant, your municipality can improve its resilience to climate change, combat urban heat island effects, increase resiliency to pests and storm events, and more. These 4-year grants are all about giving you the tools you need to work with us to start, plan, and advance a strong, self-sustainable forestry program for your municipality that will enhance the quality of life for your citizens and all New Jerseyans. Applications are not being accepted at this time.<\/p>\n<p><b>Leafing Out Grant &#8211; Management<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/parksandforests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/rfp-leafoutgrantmanagement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request for Proposals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/\/NJUCF-LOG-Tree-Maintenance-and-Removal-Plan-Guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree Maintenance and Removal Plan Guidelines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/\/NJUCF-LOG-Tree-Planting-and-Establishment-Plan-Guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree Planting and Establishment Plan Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Leafing Out Grant &#8211; Education<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/docs\/urbanandcommunity\/leafing-out-grant-education-rfp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Request for Proposals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/docs\/urbanandcommunity\/leafing-out-grant-education-application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Additional Information<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/parksandforests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/municipalities-leafout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">List of eligible municipalities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These grants are made possible by USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry funding through the Inflation Reduction Act.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Green Communities Grant&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1748458238560-2884c256-3d34&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]A management plan for trees and forests is an essential guide to successfully achieving a healthy, safe, and sustainable urban forest. It can lead to increased community safety, lower tree risk, decreased tree maintenance and removal costs, less emergency tree calls, increased environmental and socioeconomic benefits, reduced municipal costs and increase[d] funding for forestry. Proper planning helps municipalities and counties develop a proactive vs. reactive approach to tree and forest management. Proactive management encourages communities to collect and use data to prioritize limited financial resources by optimizing actions to meet defined goals and objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Communities that need assistance in creating a management plan and conducting an inventory for trees and forests are currently eligible for the Green Communities grant ($20,000 + 25% match to hire a professional to develop your local CFMP and inventory, or $5,000 + 25% match for CFMP development).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/docs\/urbanandcommunity\/2026-green-communitites-grant-rfp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Communities Grant Request for Proposals (RFP)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/njdepsage.intelligrants.com\/Login2.aspx?APPTHEME=NJDEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Communities Grant Application<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;NJUCF Stewardship Grant&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1748458390506-29f30046-90ab&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Pursuant to the New Jersey Shade Tree and Community Forestry Assistance Act, N.J.S.A.13:1L-17.4(c), one purpose of the New Jersey Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry program (NJUCF) is to provide financial assistance to local governments and shade tree commissions to assist in the implementation of an approved management plan for trees and forests to the extent funds are available.<\/p>\n<p>The NJUCF Stewardship Grant was established to provide this financial assistance. 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Open the Application in Process, which will be in\u00a0<strong>My Tasks<\/strong>\u00a0on your Home page.<br \/>\n&#8211; Go to\u00a0<strong>Management Tools<\/strong>\u00a0near the green circles and click to open.<br \/>\n&#8211; Scroll down to\u00a0<strong>Create Full Blank Print Version<\/strong>\u00a0and print a copy to send to your Downloads file.<br \/>\nYou can also use\u00a0<strong>Management Tools<\/strong>\u00a0to create a printed version of the completed application.<br \/>\n**Note: All grants must be submitted through NJDEP SAGE to be eligible for funding**<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For questions about NJUCF Grants including Green Communities Grants, NJUCF Stewardship Grants, applications, and projects,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:brian.mcdonald@deptest.nj.gov\">brian.mcdonald@deptest.nj.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For questions about NJUCF Grants including grant agreements and financial reporting,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:patricia.shapella@deptest.nj.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patricia.shapella@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>                <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    [\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_raw_html css=&#8221;&#8221; 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