OIA Maintenance Assistance Program 2024 | OIA MAP2024

Opportunity Information: Apply for OIA MAP2024

The OIA Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP) 2024 is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior aimed at strengthening how critical public infrastructure is maintained across the seven U.S.-affiliated insular areas. The program is focused on helping these jurisdictions build and sustain solid maintenance systems over time, not just on one-off repairs. In practical terms, MAP funding is meant to support efforts that develop, improve, and institutionalize infrastructure maintenance practices, so that maintenance becomes a consistent, repeatable part of how infrastructure is managed and funded.

The eligible service area is limited to the seven insular areas specifically named in the opportunity: Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau. Projects must directly benefit one or more of these locations. This emphasis on direct benefit matters because applicants may include organizations beyond territorial or local agencies, but their proposals still need to clearly tie outcomes to these insular areas.

Eligible applicants are non-federal entities. This includes local government agencies in the listed insular areas, including public utilities, as well as hospitals and health centers, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations, as long as their work directly benefits the seven insular areas. The opportunity is governed by the federal grant rules in 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards), which sets the baseline expectations for how funds are managed, what costs are allowable, documentation standards, and audit responsibilities. One specific restriction is highlighted: under 2 CFR 200.444, the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) cannot provide MAP funding to the judicial or legislative branches of local governments, meaning those branches are not eligible recipients for these funds even if they are part of an otherwise eligible government.

Administratively, this opportunity is identified as "OIA Maintenance Assistance Program 2024" with Funding Opportunity Number OIA MAP2024 and CFDA/Assistance Listing number 15.875. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is listed as "Other." The original application closing date is March 15, 2024, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of October 26, 2023. The award ceiling is listed as 0 in the source data, which typically signals that applicants should rely on the official application instructions or program guidance for any practical award size limits or expectations rather than treating the listing as defining a maximum amount. The posting also points applicants to the Application Package Checklist in the application instructions, indicating that completeness and compliance with the required submission components will be important in order for an application to be considered responsive.

• The Department of the Interior in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OIA Maintenance Assistance Program 2024" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.875.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-10-26.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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