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Long Island Sound Community Impact Fund 2025 RFA

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LISCIF 2025 Informational Webinar – Are you interested in learning more about the application process or LISCIF? Check out our webinar led by RAE staff on tips for applying.

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ABOUT LISCIF

The Long Island Sound Community Impact Fund (LISCIF) is a partnership between Restore America’s Estuaries, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Long Island Sound Study (LISS). The purpose of LISCIF is to provide technical and financial assistance to environmentally distressed communities, to address environmental health impacts and to improve the quality and accessibility of the Long Island Sound. Technical assistance will be provided through LISCIF regardless of submitting a proposal.

EPA provides funding for LISCIF through our mutual partnership with Regions 1 and 2.

This is the second round of LISCIF funding. Up to $1,500,000 in competitive funding will be awarded to support projects in New York and Connecticut. Project proposals must incorporate  Implementation Actions of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP).  

For LISCIF, the LISS geographic region refers to the Long Island Sound watershed area within New York and Connecticut.  

Funding Priorities 

LISCIF’s funding priorities are aligned with the CCMP themes and Implementation Actions. For 2025, LISCIF’s main funding themes are:    

  • Clean Waters and Healthy Watersheds   
  • Thriving Habitats and Abundant Wildlife  
  • Sustainable and Resilient Communities    
  • Sound Science and Inclusive Management    

Eligible projects and activities will be community driven and address the need for healthier communities in their environment.

Funding is available for:    

  • Projects that result in quantifiable pollutant prevention or reduction.    
  • Restoring habitat within the Important Coastal Habitat Types targeted by LISS.   
  • Projects that foster a diverse balance and abundant populations of fish, birds, and wildlife.    
  • Public engagement, knowledge, and stewardship.   
  • Projects that enhance community resilience and sustainability.    
  • Planning and design that sets the stage for the implementation of water quality projects, eligible habitat restoration projects, and resilience projects.    
  • Community-based science projects.   
  • Data management and integration projects.   
  • Other similar activities that the applicant proposes, and EPA approves consistent with section 119 of the Clean Water Act.