More than $34 million awarded since 1998.
Grants and Funding Sources
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The Office of Coastal Management receives approximately $2 million annually from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement the Ohio Coastal Management Program. This money is matched on a 1:1 basis with non-federal funds which include local dollars, royalties from mining the bed of Lake Erie, and submerged land lease/permit fees.
Improvements to and in the coastal area can sometimes be costly and outside the financial resources of a community. To help overcome funding obstacles, the Office of Coastal Management administers various grant programs. The total annual amount awarded varies; however, since the coastal program was federally approved in 1998, more than $34 million has been awarded.
Links on this page provide detailed information about coastal grants, grant projects, match dollars and other funding information for the Ohio Coastal Management Program.
Ohio Coastal Management Program Grants 1998-2007 is a booklet in pdf format published in February 2008 which summarizes all grants awarded by the coastal program from 1998 through Dec. 31, 2007.
Grant Statistics
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Grants (CELCP) provides funding for acquiring, from willing sellers, high quality coastal properties threatened by development which will also increase public access and recreational opportunities.
Coastal Management Assistance Grants are mandated by Ohio Revised Code 1506.02 which specifies what projects the grants can fund including feasibility studies and engineering reports; habitat and endangered species protection and preservation; coastal hazard management issues; public access; historic, cultural or aesthetic coastal resource protection and preservation; and redevelopment of deteriorating and underutilized ports and waterfronts.
State Agencies - The selection process for Coastal Management Assistance Grants and grants to state agencies have been combined. All entities applying for grants through the Ohio Coastal Management Program should use the Cycle 13 grant application form and guidance above.
Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grants were a one-time Congressional appropriation of $30 million which was made available in 2001 to acquire and restore critical habitat, implement stormwater controls and clean contaminated sites along the Great Lakes. Ohio received nearly $4.5 million for projects in the Lake Erie Watershed.
Erosion Control Loans may be available to owners of property in the designated Coastal Erosion Area along the shore of Lake Erie.
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