Community Investment Fund 2030 - Round 9

Grant Application

THIS FORM SHOULD BE USED FOR ROUND 8 RE-APPLICATIONS OR FOR PARTIAL AWARDS SUBMITTING A RE-APPLICATION.

Deadline is 12:00PM NOON on Friday, June 5, 2026. Please visit our website, or contact CIF officials at communityinvestmentfund@ct.gov for further information on program requirements. 

DECD encourages you to thoroughly review the Notice of Funding Availability before completing this application.

All attachments must be uploaded into a unique SharePoint folder. Please email communityinvestmentfund@ct.gov by May 29, 2026, at 5 PM to request a folder.

DECD strongly encourages applicants to complete the Word version of the application. Copy and paste answers into this application.

Complete the form below and upload attachments to your unique SharePoint folder. Narrative responses should thoroughly answer each question.

DECD will use the information you provide to vet your application for eligibility, assess whether the application is eligible for statutorily-mandated priority, and provide an Executive Summary for the CIF Board to review. 

This application may be reviewed by the CT Office of Policy and Management and other state or quasi-state agencies. Certain projects funded under this program are subject to the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act ("CEPA"), other environmental regulations, and DECD requirements related to procurement and bidding procedures.

SECTION I: APPLICANT INFORMATION

Please complete the form below.

4. Contact Information - All communication regarding this grant application will be sent to this contact.

SECTION II: ELIGIBILITY

It is hereby represented by the undersigned, that to the best of your knowledge and belief no information or data contained in the application and attachments are in any way false or incorrect and that no material information has been omitted.

Your application and the contents of your application and our discussions with you are subject to public disclosure. DECD may communicate with the municipality, state agencies (including the CT Office of Policy and Management, DEEP, the CT Department of Transportation, the CT Department of Housing, the CT Department of Public Health), the EPA, and the general public. Projects funded under this program may be subject to the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (“CEPA”), as well as other environmental regulations, and DECD regulations related to procurement and bidding procedures.

State funding may require placement of a lien on project property. In addition, if the applicant is a private corporation, a personal guaranty may be also required from each owner of 10% or more. In addition, the undersigned agrees that any funds provided pursuant to this application will be utilized exclusively for the purposes represented in this application, as may be amended and agreed to by the DECD.

DECD reserves the right to modify or waive any requirement, condition or other term set forth in this Application, to request additional information at any time from one or more applicants, to select any number of applications submitted to this program, or to reject any or all such applications, in each case at DECD’s sole discretion. DECD may exercise the foregoing rights at any time without notice and without liability to any applicant or any other party. Applications to this program shall be prepared at the sole expense of the applicant and shall not obligate DECD to procure any of the services described therein or herein from any applicant. DECD shall not be obligated to any applicant until a final written agreement has been executed by all necessary parties thereto and all applicable approvals have been obtained. As such, any funds expended by the applicant prior to these approvals will be done so entirely at the risk of the applicant.