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The Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announces availability of SAFER grants which provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase frontline firefighters, rehire firefighters that have been laid off, retain firefighters facing imminent layoffs, or fill positions that were vacated through attrition.

The Sun Shot Solar in Your Community Challenge is a prize competition that aims to expand solar electricity access to all Americans, especially underserved segments such as low-and-moderate income (LMI) households, state, local, and Tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations.

The Department of Energy is soliciting applications to install energy generating systems and/or energy efficiency measures for Tribal buildings, deploy community-scale energy generating systems on Tribal lands, and install energy systems for autonomous operation (independent of the traditional centralized electric power grid) to power a single or multiple essential Tribal facilities during emergency situations or for Tribal community resilience.