Rule 110-37-4-.01. Non-CLG Historic Preservation Grants Programs

Rule 110-37-4-.01. Non-CLG Historic Preservation Grants Programs

1. (1) Statutory Basis: The Georgia Non-CLG historic preservation grants programs are established in accordance with and under the authority provided to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs by O.C.G.A. § 12-3-5, § 12-3-50.1, and § 12-3-58.
2. (2) Purpose: The purpose of the Georgia Non-CLG historic preservation grants programs are to encourage the preservation of historic properties, to repair damage from and support mitigation and planning for natural or man-made emergency incidents, to stimulate economic development and neighborhood revitalization, to support community preservation projects that provide a public benefit, and to assist local communities in developing sound preservation projects and preservation planning strategies.

3. (3) Program Administration:

   1. (a) The Georgia Department of Community Affairs - Historic Preservation Division (HPD) shall develop procedures, applications, forms, contracts, and other materials as necessary to administer Non-CLG grants programs, which may include, but not be limited to: establishing timelines and deadlines on an annual basis for announcing grant application availability, application due date, project awards date, project reporting dates, and project completion date; developing application and project review procedures; providing guidance for compliance with any additional federal requirements, establishing minimum requirements for project management of grants by recipients; developing guidance and informational materials including required training as appropriate, providing definitions; and developing policies and procedures to deobligate grant awards for non-performance and to re-award recaptured funds.

      Failure to provide information in the manner required by the Department may result in funding not being awarded, as well as deobligation of awards.

   2. (b) Notice of the start of a grant cycle shall be posted on the Department of Community Affairs website and discipline-specific and general readership media, and by other means as determined appropriate by HPD. The notice shall include, at a minimum, a summary description of the grant program and eligibility and eligible activities requirements, date of application availability, deadline for submitting applications, and directions for obtaining an application.

4. (4) Eligibility Requirements:

   1. (a) Eligible applicants include:

      1. 1. Any Georgia local government entity, including counties, municipalities, and duly authorized agencies or instrumentalities of a county or municipality, including but not limited to, local authorities and local boards; and
      2. 2. Private, secular non-profit organizations.

   2. (b) Eligible resources include historic properties such as buildings, structures, sites, districts, objects, and archaeological sites and as further defined in program application instructions.

      1. 1. Properties and resources owned or controlled by a private individual, church, religious denomination, or sectarian institution are not eligible.
   3. (c) Eligible properties include historic districts, sites, structures, and objects listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Individual programs may define more specific eligibility or listing criteria, as conditioned by the source funding. Other federal requirements may apply for pass-through funded programs.

   4. (d) Eligible project activities fall into four categories:

      1. 1. Development activities, including stabilization, preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and archaeological investigation of historic properties; and
      2. 2. Pre-development activities, including plans and specifications, historic structure reports, feasibility studies, and other building-specific or site-specific preservation plans, and survey and planning activities, including, archaeological surveys, National Register nominations, and preservation planning projects.
      3. 3. Planning and education activities, including historic resource surveys, archaeological surveys, historic contexts, preservation planning projects, public education activities, programming development, and others as further defined in the program application instructions.
      4. 4. Other project activities may be defined eligible as defined in the program application instructions.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 12-3-5; 12-3-50.1; 12-3-58

History. Original Rule entitled "Georgia Heritage Grants Historic Preservation Grants Program" adopted. F. July 17, 2020; eff. August 6, 2020.

Amended: New title, "Non-CLG Historic Preservation Grants Programs." F. Sept. 3, 2025; eff. Sept. 23, 2025.