Local Government Efficiency Program 24-LGE-35

The Local Government Efficiency (LGE) Grant program is provided to municipalities as a funding opportunity to expand or develop new local service delivery initiatives that will reduce the cost of current or future municipal operations and incorporate enhanced technologies and processes to modernize the delivery of local services. The LGE program requires that local governments work together in these efforts to meet the current and emerging needs of their constituents. This year the LGE program will support the following applications:

• Regionally scaled projects (Regional Projects) that include those developed in cooperation with Regional Planning Boards and counties with four or more Co-Applicants (Eligible Counties).
• Local Projects that do not have a Regional Planning Board or Eligible County as a Lead Applicant.
• Qualification Grants that help Regional Planning Boards and Eligible Counties evaluate and develop a project that may be proposed for the next round of the LGE program.

In addition, the program is prioritizing the following Local Government Functions: information technology services (ITS) and cybersecurity; emergency services; countywide or multi-government code enforcement and planning; water and wastewater management systems; and climate change mitigation (Target Functions).

Applicants must illustrate significant commitment to project completion and clearly demonstrate, through financial estimates, service delivery changes, administrative modifications and performance measures, the long-term benefit to New York residents and taxpayers.