Certified Local Government Grant Program

CLG Funding for Training and Continuing Education Now Available

The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) makes annual project grant funding available through the Certified Local Government (CLG) program, a preservation partnership between local, state, and national governments focused on promoting historic preservation at the local level. For 2024, SHPO is also offering training and continuing education support funds to CLGs. Funds may be used to support attendance at a qualified conference or training event or to host community-specific training on historic preservation through organizations such as the Michigan Historic Preservation Network and National Alliance of Preservation Commissions.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Applications will be available until all funds are expended or July 1, 2025, whichever comes first. SHPO anticipates that up to $40,000 will be made available.

Basic requirements are described below and full details are provided in the application linked at the bottom of the page.

Eligible Applicants:

All CLGs in good standing are eligible to apply for funds for either attendance at a training event or to host community-specific training. For attendance at a training event, the CLG must apply on behalf of the municipal staff or historic district commission member that will be attending. SHPO can only make awards directly to the CLG, not private individuals. Thus, the CLG and attendee will be responsible for coordinating payment arrangements.

Eligible Activities:

Funds may be used for the following:

Sending municipal staff or historic district commissioners to in-person training programs and conferences
Having municipal staff or historic district commissioners participate in online training programs
Hiring an organization to provide community-specific (in-person or virtual) preservation training for municipal staff, community leadership, and/or historic district commissioners

All events must be relevant to the implementation of local preservation programs and related topics, including but not limited to identifying and documenting historic properties, defensible decision-making, interpretation of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, community engagement, Main Street and downtown development, community planning and zoning regulations, legal issues in preservation, etc.

Funds must be used for events occurring no later than twelve (12) months after they’re awarded.

Funding Limits:

CLGs may apply for no more than two (2) individuals to attend training and one (1) community-specific training.

Applications for individual training are limited to $1,500 per individual
Applications for community-specific training are limited to $5,000 per activity. However, if multiple CLGs want to partner on an activity, larger requests may be considered on a case-by-case basis in discussion with SHPO.

There are no matching requirements for training and continuing education support.

Documents:

Training and Continuing Education Funding Support

CLG Funding for Training and Continuing Education Now Available