Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP)
Program Description
The Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) funds economic development, community conservation and quality of life projects for localities that are ineligible to receive Urban Action (CGS Section 4-66c) bonds. This program is administered by the Office of Policy and Management.
Like Urban Action, STEAP funds are issued by the State Bond Commission and can only be used for capital projects. Programmatic expenditures or recurring budget expenditures are not eligible for STEAP or any other state bond program. However, some projects, while generally capital in nature, should not be funded with State bond money for various public policy reasons including but not limited to administrative improvements. Projects eligible for STEAP funds include:
1) economic development projects such as (a) constructing or rehabilitating commercial, industrial, or mixed-use structures and (b) constructing, reconstructing, or repairing roads, access ways, and other site improvements;
2) recreation and solid waste disposal projects;
3) social service-related projects, including day care centers, elderly centers, domestic violence and emergency homeless shelters, multi purpose human resource centers, and food distribution facilities;
4) housing projects;
5) pilot historic preservation and redevelopment programs that leverage private funds; and
6) other kinds of development projects involving economic and community development, transportation, environmental protection, public safety, children and families and social service programs.
Eligibility
Localities may receive up to $500,000 per year if (1) they are not designated as a distressed municipality or a public investment community, and (2) the State Plan of Conservation and Development does not show them as having a regional center.
Public Act 05-194 allows an Urban Act Town that is not designated as a regional center under the State Plan of Conservation and Development to opt out of the Urban Action program and become a STEAP town for a period of four years. In order to effect this change, the Office of Policy and Management must receive a letter requesting the change from Urban Act to STEAP as well as proof that the legislative body has approved such a change. Minutes from the legislative session as well as a resolution are acceptable methods of verification of the approval.
See list of current STEAP eligible localities.
Grant Activity
2013 Application Form - Applications must be received or postmarked by August 1st at 4:30 p.m.
Click to view list of FY2012 awards, FY2011 awards
Important Note to Award Recipients
Please do not proceed with any anticipated STEAP-funded project work until you are fully aware of any contractual terms required by the administering agency and all necessary contracts are fully executed. Any work done without a contract in place will not be eligible for reimbursement.
Statutory Authority
C.G.S. 4-66g as amended by PA 09-2, Section 1, of the September Special Session.
Eligible Towns
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Andover |
Avon |
Barkhamsted |
Berlin |
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Bethany |
Bethel |
Bethlehem |
Bolton |
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Bozrah |
Branford |
Bridgewater |
Brookfield |
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Burlington |
Canaan |
Canton |
Cheshire |
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Chester |
Clinton |
Colebrook |
Columbia |
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Cornwall |
Coventry |
Cromwell |
Darien |
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Deep River |
Durham |
Eastford |
East Granby |
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East Haddam |
East Lyme |
Easton |
Ellington |
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Essex |
Farmington |
Fairfield |
Franklin |
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Glastonbury |
Goshen |
Granby |
Greenwich |
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Guilford |
Haddam |
Hartland |
Harwinton |
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Hebron |
Kent |
Killingworth |
Lebanon |
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Ledyard |
Lisbon |
Litchfield |
Lyme |
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Madison |
Mansfield |
Marlborough |
Middlebury |
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Middlefield |
Milford |
Monroe |
Montville |
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Morris |
New Canaan |
New Fairfield |
New Hartford |
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New Milford |
Newington |
Newtown |
Norfolk |
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North Branford |
North Haven |
North Stonington |
Old Lyme |
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Old Saybrook |
Orange |
Oxford |
Pomfret |
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Preston |
Prospect |
Redding |
Ridgefield |
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Rocky Hill |
Roxbury |
Salem |
Salisbury |
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Scotland |
Sharon |
Sherman |
Simsbury |
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Somers |
Southbury |
Southington |
South Windsor |
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Stonington |
Suffield |
Tolland |
Trumbull |
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Union |
Wallingford |
Warren |
Washington |
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Waterford |
Watertown |
Westbrook |
Weston |
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Westport |
Willington |
Wilton |
Windsor Locks |
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Woodbridge |
Woodbury |
Woodstock |
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