Open — applications are currently being accepted; deadline extended to October 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST.
Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100
Verified September 25, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Georgia DCA has opened the 2023–2024 Hurricane CDBG-DR Competitive Application Infrastructure Program for eligible local governments in 44 Most Impacted and Distressed counties. The program has $50 million allocated, no required match, and no maximum award for MID counties. The extended application deadline is October 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST.
Required next actionIdentify eligible Georgia MID local governments with a documented 2023-2024 hurricane infrastructure need and project readiness. Before ORIGINAL outreach, verify project tie-back, national-objective eligibility, current DCA compliance, authoritative business Contact, Email_Opt_Out, permanent hard bounce, Deal, Atlas_Email_Queue, authoritative prior-send, and cross-lane deduplication. Do not infer project facts.
Active — FY2027 Georgia ARC cycle; pre-application due October 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.; full application due October 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. FAIL CLOSED for ORIGINAL outreach/package production pending DCA clarification of the $1,000,000 versus $2,000,000 official funding-cap conflict and the unpublished deadline-specific time zone.
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 23, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
<p>Georgia DCA’s FY2027 Appalachian Regional Commission Area Development cycle is open, with pre-applications due October 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. and full applications due October 30, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Current DCA notices conflict on the project funding ceiling: the August 17 FY2027 NOFO states $1,000,000, while DCA’s May 14 infrastructure-program update expressly extended a $2,000,000 limit to the October 9 cycle. DCA also does not state a deadline-specific time zone, so Atlas is fail-closed for ORIGINAL outreach and package production pending clarification.</p>
Required next actionObtain authoritative DCA clarification of the October-cycle project funding ceiling because the May 14 infrastructure update expressly extends a $2,000,000 limit to the October 9 deadline while the newer August 17 FY2027 NOFO states $1,000,000 per project. Also confirm the operative deadline time zone. Until both are resolved, do not initiate ORIGINAL outreach or applicant-specific package production. After clarification, qualify an eligible Appalachian Georgia applicant and project, verify county classification and match, applicant-defined scope and budget, PER/PAR and procurement requirements for construction, equipment/vendor allowability, federal registrations, and all CRM Contact/opt-out/bounce/Deal/Atlas_Email_Queue/prior-send gates.
Retired catalog duplicate — use Atlas #4699 as the authoritative Georgia CDBG-DR infrastructure record.
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 25, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Georgia DCA's current CDBG-DR 2023-2024 Hurricanes Public Infrastructure Program provides competitive disaster-recovery infrastructure funding to eligible local governments in designated Most Impacted and Distressed counties. The current application deadline is October 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST.
Required next actionDo not use this record for ORIGINAL outreach. Use Atlas #4699 and re-verify applicant-specific eligibility, project facts, Contact, opt-out, bounce, Deal, Atlas_Email_Queue, prior-send, and cross-lane deduplication before outreach.
Active — ongoing FY 2027 competitive cycles for infrastructure grants; construction finance accepted on a rolling basis while funds remain available.
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 21, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Georgia DCA and the OneGeorgia Authority are accepting FY 2027 Workforce Housing Initiative applications for infrastructure grants and rolling construction financing. Approximately $30 million is available; infrastructure grants range from $250,000 to $2.5 million, with the next practical new-applicant full-application cycle due January 8, 2027 after the required pre-application process.
Required next actionFor new infrastructure prospects, verify OneGeorgia county eligibility and a current workforce-housing need, complete the required Initial Project Assessment with DCA, and submit the required pre-application no later than December 9, 2026 for the January 8, 2027 full-application cycle. Before ORIGINAL outreach, verify the applicant's specific development, local-government/developer partnership, match and financing, zoning/readiness, authoritative recipient, CRM and Atlas_Email_Queue deduplication, Email_Opt_Out, permanent-bounce status, and prior successful ORIGINAL transmission history.
Active — FY 2027 competitive semiannual cycles; next practical new-applicant full-application target April 9, 2027 after required pre-application.
Atlas Opportunity Score 84/100
Verified September 23, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Georgia DCA and the OneGeorgia Authority are accepting FY 2027 Rural Site Development Initiative applications for rural industrial-site due diligence and site improvement. Approximately $20 million is available; due-diligence grants may reach $250,000 and site-improvement grants may reach $2 million. The October 9, 2026 cycle is no longer practical for a new applicant because the required pre-application was due 30 days earlier; the next published full-application deadline is April 9, 2027.
Required next actionKeep Washington-Wilkes Payroll Development Authority / Wilkes County Industrial Park West in candidate-review status for the April 9, 2027 Site Improvement cycle, but fail closed on applicant-specific outreach or package production until the Authority confirms parcel identity and demonstrates that the September 18, 2026 CleanSpark option on the reported 100-acre Reynolds tract does not overlap, encumber, repurpose, or otherwise affect the GRAD Select site proposed for RSDI work. Also verify current public control or qualifying three-year option term, preliminary engineering report, infrastructure scope, match source, current OneGeorgia/audit compliance, budget, and prior-award restrictions. Before ORIGINAL outreach, complete authoritative CRM Account/Contact/Deal/Atlas_Email_Queue deduplication, Email_Opt_Out, permanent hard-bounce, prior successful ORIGINAL transmission, and recipient verification.
Active cycle verified; October 31, 2026 deadline date confirmed. Verification hold remains for deadline-specific time zone and internal maximum-award discrepancy.
Atlas Opportunity Score 72/100
Verified September 23, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Georgia DCA's SFY2027 Heritage Grant supports eligible Georgia local governments, authorized agencies, and private secular 501(c)(3) nonprofits for historic-preservation development and predevelopment projects. Current DCA materials agree on an October 31, 2026 deadline at 11:59 p.m., but do not state the deadline-specific time zone. The guide generally supports requests up to $25,000 with a minimum 40% local non-federal cash match, while one internal sentence still conflicts on the maximum award.
Required next actionThe prior deadline-date conflict is resolved: DCA's current program page and current SFY2027 Application Guide both state October 31, 2026. Keep applicant-specific ORIGINAL outreach fail-closed until the deadline time zone and the guide's internal maximum-award discrepancy are clarified. For package work, verify the applicant's eligible historic resource, register status, ownership/control, required 40% local non-federal cash match, predevelopment documentation where required, preservation standards, and complete NR-TIGERS attachments.
Active recurring program — October 2026 cycle restricted to already pre-qualified applicants; January 2027 cycle is the next practical prospecting window. ORIGINAL outreach on hold pending applicant-specific pre-application status and exact deadline time/time zone.
Atlas Opportunity Score 70/100
Verified September 24, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Georgia DCA’s OneGeorgia Equity Fund provides grants and other financial assistance of up to $500,000 per project for eligible rural local governments and development authorities supporting qualifying economic-development projects. Full applications are accepted quarterly; the October 2026 cycle is not suitable for new cold outreach because the required pre-application window has already passed.
Required next actionDo not cold-outreach a new applicant for the October 2026 cycle unless authoritative evidence confirms the required pre-application and Initial Project Assessment were already completed. For the January 8, 2027 cycle, identify a qualifying rural local government or authority, verify county eligibility and project/subrecipient structure, complete the Initial Project Assessment and required pre-application 30 days before the full deadline, then verify the exact closing time/time zone and all CRM/Contact/opt-out/bounce/prior-send gates before ORIGINAL outreach.
Upcoming / Funding Watch — Round 2 is closed; DCA directs applicants to check back for Round 3. Controlling Round 3 solicitation and exact dates are not yet released.
Verified September 23, 2026
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Georgia DCA confirms the second Georgia Rehoused funding cycle is closed and directs applicants to watch for the third cycle. Prior official DCA planning materials projected Round 3 pre-applications for January-February 2027 and competitive applications for February-March 2027, but DCA has not yet released the controlling Round 3 notice, exact dates, funding sources, award ceilings, or application package.
Required next actionMonitor DCA for the controlling Georgia Rehoused Round 3 notice and application package. Before publication, CRM pursuit, package production, or ORIGINAL outreach, verify exact opening/closing dates and time zone, available funding sources and award ceilings, match requirements, applicant/project eligibility, forms and attachments, HMIS requirements, submission mechanics, evaluation criteria, amendments, and all authoritative Contact/Email_Opt_Out/permanent-bounce/Deal/Atlas_Email_Queue/prior-send deduplication gates.
