Office of Coastal Management
105 West Shoreline Drive
Sandusky, OH 44870
419-626-7980
1-888-OhioCMP
Fax: 419-626-7983
coastal@dnr.state.oh.us

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More than $33 million awarded since 1998.

Grants and Funding Sources

Improvements to and in the coastal area can sometimes be costly and outside the financial resources of a community. To help overcome funding obstacles, the Office of Coastal Management administers various grant programs. The total annual amount awarded varies; however, since the coastal program was federally approved in 1998, more than $33.4 million has been awarded.

Links on this page provide detailed information about coastal grants, grant projects, match dollars and other funding information for the Ohio Coastal Management Program.

Grant Statistics 1998-2009 figures.

Ohio Coastal Management Program Grants 1998-2007 is a booklet in pdf format published in February 2008 which summarizes all grants awarded by the coastal program from 1998 through Dec. 31, 2007.

Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Grants (CELCP) provides funding for acquiring, from willing sellers, high quality coastal properties threatened by development which will also increase public access and recreational opportunities.

Coastal Management Assistance Grants are mandated by Ohio Revised Code 1506.02 which specifies what projects the grants can fund including feasibility studies and engineering reports; habitat and endangered species protection and preservation; coastal hazard management issues; public access; historic, cultural or aesthetic coastal resource protection and preservation; and redevelopment of deteriorating and underutilized ports and waterfronts.

• Cycle 14 Grant Application Form. The 2009 Coastal Management Assistance Grant applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday November 20. Grant funds will be announced May 2010 for projects that start July 1, 2010 (FY2011).
• Cycle 14 Grant Application Guidance Booklet(PDF). The Cycle 14 Guidance Book has complete application instructions and a description of grant priorities and eligible project types.
• Cycle 14 Grant Workshops are scheduled for October.
• Grant Recipients by County

State Agencies - The selection process for Coastal Management Assistance Grants and grants to state agencies have been combined. All entities applying for grants through the Ohio Coastal Management Program should use the Cycle 13 grant application form and guidance above.

Erosion Control Loans may be available to owners of property in the designated Coastal Erosion Area along the shore of Lake Erie.



Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grants were a one-time Congressional appropriation of $30 million which was made available in 2001 to acquire and restore critical habitat, implement stormwater controls and clean contaminated sites along the Great Lakes. Ohio received nearly $4.5 million for projects in the Lake Erie Watershed.

• Ohio Grant Recipients
• Other Great Lakes States Recipients (multi-state publication in .pdf format)

Other ODNR funding sources

Grants.gov - Grants.gov was established as a governmental resource named the E-Grants Initiative, part of the President's 2002 Fiscal Year Management Agenda to improve government services to the public.