Massachusetts Community Innovation Challenge Grant program 2012

Grant Details:
Amount: $4,000,000
Application Due Date: TBA

Description: 

Overview:
The Patrick-Murray Administration’s new Community Innovation Challenge Grant Program invests in and incentivizes innovation among local governments through regionalization and other reforms and efficiencies to maintain critical local services and stretch every tax payer dollar as far as possible.

A multi-year competitive grants program to provide significant incentives and financial support for one-time or transitional costs related to improving local government service delivery efficiency, service quality, and achieving cost savings through:

Regionalization:  shared services, joint or regional facilities, intergovernmental agreements, consolidations, mergers, and other types of collaborations.
Other reform and efficiency Initiatives:  for a single entity to plan and implement innovative internal efficiency initiatives to improve the quality and efficiency of service delivery in ways that achieve cost savings.

Eligibility:
Massachusetts local government agencies

Guidelines

FAQ

Application

This application form and all supporting documents must be submitted electronically by deadline to:  CICgrants@state.ma.us

Organization Information:
Organization: Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Website: http://www.mass.gov/anf/

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Tim Dodd
Contact Email: CICgrants@state.ma.us
Contact Phone: (617)-727-2040 ext. 35405

More Information:
http://www.mass.gov/anf/budget-taxes-and-procurement/working-for-you/community-innovation-challenge-grant/