Florida EMS Grants

Training Notice

A grant training session is provided at state EMS Advisory Council meetings. Specific time and room location for a meeting can be obtained from the Constituency Meeting Schedule, at the EMS registration desk at the meeting site, or a state grant or Bureau Chief staff person before the meeting.

Additional grant training sessions will be announced at this site when scheduled.

2007-2008 County Grant Information

Only the 67 Florida county governments were eligible to apply for these funds.

The previous timeline to submit county grant applications ended in January, 2008.  The next open application time should begin by October.

For your information, the county grant booklet with the application form inside can be accessed by using the following link.

County Grant Booklet and Application Form (.pdf 44.61kb)

Matching Grants

The previous deadline to submit matching grant applications was February 15, 2008, and no applications for matching grant funds may be submitted at this time. The specific announcement and dates to submit new applications for grants will be at this site when scheduled.

Use the following three links to see the award and not-funded lists of the previous matching and rural matching grant cycle.

Matching Grant Awards (.pdf 45.91kb/ 2 pages)

Matching Grant Not Funded (.pdf 35.13kb)

Rural Matching Grant Awards and Not Funded (.pdf 45.91kb)

However, although subject to changes, for your planning purposes, in general we estimate the next opportunity to submit applications will be by November, 2008, the deadline will be about three months later, and final decisions and awards will be made by late May or early June in 2009. The ending dates of the grants awarded may be June, 2010. However, grantees may end their projects early if completed before the scheduled ending date or request an extension of the date if needed.

For your information there are two types of matching grants, general and rural, described following.

General Matching Grants. Public and private, urban and rural organizations involved in EMS are eligible for matching grant funds whereby the state pays 75 percent of approved budgets and the grantee pays 25 percent.

Rural Matching Grants. Public and private organizations involved in EMS which are based in and provide services for counties with a population of 100,000 or fewer people and a population density of less than a 100 per square mile are eligible for rural matching grants whereby the state pays 90 percent of approved budgets and the grantee pays 10 percent.

Booklet and Form. There is only one grant booklet and form for both the General and Rural matching grants. The application form differentiates between them when the applicant checks a box at the top of the form to indicate the application is for either a Rural or (General) Matching grant. Click your mouse on the following link to access the booklet and form. The June 2002 edition is still in use.

Matching Grant Booklet and Application Form (.pdf 85.50kb/25 pages)