LITACorp Updates & Opportunities - Week of Aug. 25, 2025
Louisiana Infrastructure Technical Assistance Corporation (LITACorp)
Supporting Local Communities. Driving Federal Investments.
The Louisiana Infrastructure Technical Assistance Corporation (LITACorp) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to advance the economic prosperity of Louisiana communities. LITACorp is a collaborative partnership between the Louisiana Municipal Association and the Police Jury Association of Louisiana to assist local governments with accessing federal grants through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to construct, improve, and repair public infrastructure in rural and economically distressed communities.
Programs
Technical Assistance Program: Need help applying for a federal infrastructure grant? Submit a Letter of Interest today to begin working with our team!
Matching Funds Grant Program: Need assistance meeting the local match for a federal infrastructure grant? Submit an application to us for consideration!
If you have any questions or need assistance submitting an LOI for technical assistance or an application for matching funds, please contact us at info@litacorp.org or (225) 230-2229. We are available weekdays from 9:00am-5:00pm CT.
Current & Upcoming Grant Opportunities
Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program | Build America: This grant provides funding for technical assistance such as preliminary engineering, feasibility studies, environmental review, public outreach, cost-benefit analyses, legal analysis, and strategic planning to develop infrastructure projects that enhance the safety, efficiency, and quality of transportation systems.
Portal opens September 8, 2025
Deadline: October 8, 2025
Bridge Investment Program | US Department of Transportation: This grant provides funding for bridge replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, and protection projects that reduce the number of bridges in poor condition, or in fair condition at risk of declining into poor condition. We believe this grant is currently in its last funding cycle.
Deadlines:
Planning: October 1, 2025
Regular and Small Bridge Projects: November 1, 2025
Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant Program | PHMSA: This grant provides funding to repair, rehabilitate, or replace natural gas distribution pipeline systems or portions thereof, or to acquire equipment to reduce incidents and fatalities and to avoid economic losses.
Anticipated Release: Summer 2025
Anticipated Deadline: Fall 2025
Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program | US Department of Transportation: This grant provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact.
Anticipated Release: Fall 2025
Anticipated Deadline: January 2026
Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation Program (PROTECT) | US Department of Transportation: This grant provides funding to ensure surface transportation resilience to natural hazards including climate change, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters through support of planning activities, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk coastal infrastructure.
Anticipated Release: Fall 2025
Anticipated Deadline: February 24, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET
Safe Routes to Public Places Program: This grant provides funding for safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists on all public roads (state-owned and locally-owned) to reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities and injuries.
Anticipated Release: Fall 2025
Anticipated Deadline: February 2026
Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program | US Forest Service: This grant provides funding for projects that are located in an area identified as having a high or very high wildfire hazard potential; benefit a low-income community; or are located in a community impacted by a severe disaster within the previous 10 years which increased wildfire risk and/or hazard.
Anticipated Release: Fall 2025
Anticipated Deadline: March 2026
Partner With Us
Have an infrastructure project in mind? Contact our team today to explore technical assistance or matching fund opportunities.