Competitive process identifies four proposed projects emphasizing use of woody biomass from forestry management activities and wood products manufacturing OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced $482,768 in grants from the Forest Products Financial Assistance Program to four proposed projects that provide heat, power, engineered fuel products and/or significant energy efficiency improvements. The program emphasizes projects that use woody biomass from forestry management activities and wood…

Commerce now accepting applications for $2 million targeted to increase access to behavioral health crisis and stabilization care in the Spokane region OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Department of Commerce begins accepting applications today from community hospitals and health care providers for grants to help expand or build new behavioral health facilities in the Spokane region.  The legislature set aside $2 million for one or more facilities to provide…

$500K is available for new grants to fund planning and feasibility studies aimed at expanding broadband infrastructure to unserved communities throughout Washington state OLYMPIA, Wash. –The Washington State Public Works Board will be accepting applications for planning-feasibility study grants for broadband infrastructure between Oct. 11 and midnight Nov. 14. Cities, towns, counties, public port districts, public utility districts, other special purpose districts, quasi-municipal corporations, tribes, nonprofit organizations, cooperative associations, limited…

The Early Learning Facilities program supports Washington’s commitment of developing additional high quality early learning opportunities for children from low-income households. The program aims to help Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) contractors and Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) subsidy providers to expand, remodel, purchase, or construct early learning facilities and classrooms.

Commerce grant awarded innovation in small, rural Northeast community    OLYMPIA, WA – When Don Baribault, superintendent of the Northport School District in Stevens County, discovered one wintry day in 2017 that the elementary school’s aging heating system was failing, he needed a new solution that would be reliable, long lasting and not break the bank. The Department of Commerce, and others, stepped up to help keep the heat on. Commerce…

 Funding provided under the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) will address unmet need for services in communities throughout Washington state.

Clallam, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Skagit, Spokane, Stevens and Thurston counties to benefit from grants and low-interest loans. OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) approved $252,000 in loans and $409,000 in grants for economic development, public infrastructure development and economic feasibility studies targeting business growth, job creation, and rural broadband development. Clallam County – $50,000 grant to the Port of Port Angeles for the Clallam County Broadband Feasibility…

Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board invests $247,500 in low-interest loans and grants that will support community and economic development and rural broadband development in Clallam, Okanogan, and Pacific counties.

The Washington Department of Commerce will hold two public workshops to discuss implementation of Washington’s new 100% clean electricity law, known as the Clean Energy Transformation Act. Input from these workshops will help the agency set priorities for rulemaking work over the next two years. The Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA), or Senate Bill 5116, establishes new planning requirements for electric utilities and sets specific standards to reduce and eventually…

The Department of Commerce’s Housing Finance Unit announces Stage 2 Applications for new affordable housing projects seeking capital funding are now being solicited. The 2019 Stage 2 Funding Round is intended primarily for applicants seeking to build new affordable housing units or to acquire existing housing to be converted to affordable housing. Applications will be considered for: Multifamily rental and homeownership projects seeking capital financing from the Washington State Housing…