New month, new grants and funding opportunities. We have compiled a list below to support our Georgia Energy Cities by helping our communities secure essential resources, advance existing industries, and attract new businesses and investment. Our featured funding comes from the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.

FEATURED FUNDING

Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Rural Workforce Housing Initiative
Grant Type: Grant or Loans
Deadline: 4/10/2026

The Workforce Housing Initiative Program is to provide financial assistance, in the form of grants or loans, for activities that result in housing that meets the needs of working families and others who may consider relocating to a community for employment reasons. Workforce housing funds will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that demonstrate an ability to address:

• Ongoing workforce housing needs, as identified by a recent housing study;
• Difficulty satisfying workforce needs in communities or regions with low unemployment; and
• A community or regional commitment to expand and improve existing housing stock.

This initiative is intended to provide a flexible funding source to support any eligible activity that results in workforce housing. Examples of such activities include essential community infrastructure specifically needed to support new housing development and construction finance for workforce housing.

https://gn.ecivis.com/GO/gn_redir/T/1jyh6wixleuud

Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency
State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
Grant Type: Grant
Deadline: 4/29/2026

Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021, Congress established the State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act, which established the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. Grant funds can be used to meet four objectives:

• Develop and establish appropriate governance structures, including developing, implementing, or revising cybersecurity plans, to improve capabilities to respond to cybersecurity incidents and ensure continuity of operations.
• Understand their current cybersecurity posture and areas for improvement based on continuous testing, evaluation, and structured assessments.
• Implement security protections commensurate with risk.
• Ensure organization personnel are appropriately trained in cybersecurity, commensurate with responsibility.

https://ga.emgrants.com