Funding & Regulatory
Affairs Services

The expertise to build it. The funding to make it happen.

We've secured hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for our clients, recognizing that financial resources often determine whether projects move forward.

We've mastered the "art of funding" by identifying diverse funding opportunities and leveraging local resources to secure grants and low-interest loans for infrastructure projects ranging from water and wastewater systems to parks, airports, and transportation systems. This funding expertise has been instrumental in our success.

From concept through completion, we ensure your infrastructure vision becomes a financially viable reality. As we partner to develop your projects, we can identify available funding sources and coordinate those opportunities with your capital improvement needs. This approach allows us to develop a funding strategy that not only sets a course to meet your needs but also maximizes the funding we can secure on your behalf.

We also know that regulatory and legislative actions often drive this funding. This is why we monitor these developments and translate them into updates that outline what they mean for our clients and funding programs.

Proven Track Record & Expertise 

• $23+ billion in public funding secured for clients over the past decade
• Over 40 programs nationwide coverage
• Support across 27 federally declared disasters

Our services include:

• Funding tracking & updates
• Funding research
• Funding strategy development
• Funding application development
• Funding administration
• Funding compliance reviews/support
• Funding agency debriefs
• Coordination for funding-related services, such as NEPA/state environmental reviews, benefit-cost analyses
• Regulatory/legislative reviews
• Legislation tracking & updates

Capabilties

We've successfully navigated an extensive and ever-expanding portfolio of funding programs, including: 

• HUD Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)/ CDBG - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) / CDBG Mitigation (CDBG-MIT)
• USEPA Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRF)
• USDA -Rural Development Loans and Grants
• USDA - Community Facility Loans and Grants
• USDA – Urban and Community Forestry Program Grants
• USDA - Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Program
• USDA - Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (ECWAG)
• USDA - Water and Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program
• USBR – WaterSMART Grants
• USBR - Title VI Grants
• USEDA-Public Works Economic Development Assistance Grants
• FEMA Disaster Recovery and Hazard Mitigation Grants
• FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program
• American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA)Land & Water Trust Fund Grants
• Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PART F)
• Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP)
• Water Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program
• USACE Water Resource Development Act (WRDA)

• USDOT Grants:
  • Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grants
  • Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
  • Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A)
  • Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD), previously known as the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants
  • Bus and Bus Facilities Program 5339(b)
  • Low or No Emission Grant Program 5339(c)
  • Metropolitan & Statewide Planning and Non-Metropolitan Transportation Planning - 5303, 5304, 5305
  • Transportation Enhancement (TE) Grants
• US House of Representatives Community Project Funding (CPF) and US Senate Committee on Appropriations Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS)
• State-specific funding programs