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GrantMichigan Department of Treasury FY 2026 Fire Equipment Grant Program
Atlas Opportunity Score91/100
Funding$8,000,000 total appropriation; up to $50,000 per eligible local government. At least $4,000,000 must be distributed to local governments with predominantly on-call, part-time, or volunteer fire departments. No matching funds are required.
DeadlineSeptember 30, 2026. The current Michigan Treasury webpage, Form 5874 instructions, and September 1, 2026 FAQ do not publish an exact closing time or time zone.
Required next actionObtain authoritative confirmation of the exact September 30, 2026 cutoff time/time zone before ORIGINAL outreach. Then prioritize eligible Michigan cities, villages, townships, tribal governments, and qualifying authorities/commissions that directly employ or exercise authority over firefighters, verify project-specific equipment eligibility, SIGMA and local-unit information, CAO signatory readiness, and all Contact, Email_Opt_Out, permanent-bounce, Deal, Atlas_Email_Queue, and authoritative-send-history deduplication gates.
Current statusOpen - Verification Hold for ORIGINAL OutreachSource verificationSeptember 27, 2026
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