Section 1: Applicant Information
Municipality or Organization / Click here to enter text.
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City / Click here to enter text. / State / Click here to enter text. / Zip code / Click here to enter text. /
Contact Person (CP) / Click here to enter text. / CP Affiliation / Click here to enter text. /
CP Phone / Click here to enter text. / CP Email / Click here to enter text.
Federal Tax Identification / Click here to enter text. /
Tree Warden Name (TW) / Click here to enter text. /
TW Phone / Click here to enter text. / TW Email / Click here to enter text. /
Section 2: Project Information
Descriptive Title of Project / Click here to enter text. /
State Funding Requested / Click here to enter text. /
Grant Category / Caring for Canopy
Section 3: Community Program Elements
To assist VT UCF in tracking community program status and progress, please answer the following questions for the community where the work will be done by checking the most appropriate answer for each category.
Program Level / a) We have an active, ongoing community-wide tree planting and care program. / ☐ /
b) We have recently begun or re-started a program of community tree planting and care but it is still in a developmental phase. / ☐
c) Tree planting and care activities were once a regular part of a community-wide program that ended. We want to start this program again. / ☐ /
d) We are starting a community-wide tree planting and care program for the first time. / ☐ /
e) We do not plan to start a community-wide tree program at this time. / ☐
Supporting Group / a) Formal Group: We have a formally established tree advisory group (i.e., committee, commission or tree board) and/or officials that support local urban and community forestry related activities. / ☐
b) Informal Group: We have citizens or groups informally involved in community tree planting and care activities but no advisory group or board officially charged with overseeing a forestry program. / ☐
c) No Group: The level of involvement and support by boards/committees, organizations and/or elected officials for community tree planting and care activities is low to non-existent. / ☐ /
Staff / a) Staff with certification: We have professional urban forestry staff (can be part-time) – OR – volunteer urban forestry professional(s)
– OR – contract with a professional.
[Professional = certified arborist or comparable formal training] / ☐ /
b) Staff with no certification: We have urban forestry staff, volunteers or contractors authorized to handle/advise the municipality but who are neither certified by the International Society of Arboriculture nor have comparable formal training. / ☐ /
c) No staff: We have no staff, volunteers o contractors authorized to handle or advise our community. / ☐ /
Tree Maintenance / a) Continuous care: We practice ongoing, community-wide tree maintenance (i.e., planting, pruning, pest control, tree removal). / ☐ /
b) Occasional care: We practice occasional tree maintenance and removal on an as-needed basis. / ☐ /
c) Minimal care: We rarely practice tree maintenance activities (i.e., planting, pruning, pest control, tree removals). / ☐ /
Program Fundamentals / We have a community street tree inventory / ☐ Yes / ☐ No
We have a tree ordinance / ☐ Yes / ☐ No
We have a tree management plan / ☐ Yes / ☐ No
We have a tree management budget / ☐ Yes / ☐ No
Section 4: Project Elements – maximum 4 pages.
  1. Which components does your project include:

☐Tree Planting / ☐Tree Maintenance / ☐ Tree Inventory
☐Plan Development / ☒Public Outreach & Program Development
  1. Project Description
Provide a brief overview of the project that provides the goals, process and desired outcomes.
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  1. How does the project address community needs: 25 points
Describe how the project will meet the community needs. Demonstrate how high priority local urban forestry need(s) were identified and how this project will address them.
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  1. Outcomes: 35 points
In list form, indicate the measurable results such as the number of trees planted and maintained, people trained, support group(s) formed, assessment completed, and/or policy or plan developed.
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  1. How will the project outcomes be shared: 20 points
Describe how the outcomes of the project will be communicated to the greater community. Show how the project will increase awareness about local urban forestry benefits and needs and how the project addressed those needs.
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  1. Who will be involved with the project: 20 points
Identify who will be involved in the project and their role. Consider various municipal staff, boards and commissions, tree wardens, professionals, citizens and NGOs that can be called upon as partners to support the project and long-term community program success. Do not forget to include community members who have participated in VT UCF programs such as Stewardship of the Urban Landscape (SOUL) Tree Stewards and Forest Pest First Detectors.
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Section 5: Estimated Project Costs
A / B / C / D
Grant Request / Match / Total Project Cost
Project Component / Grant Request / Cash / In-Kind/
Donations / Total Project Cost
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Tree Maintenance / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. /
Tree Inventory / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. /
Plan Development / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. /
Public Outreach & Program Development / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. /
Total / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. / Click here to enter text. /
Budget Explanation: Provide any additional information that will help clarify your budget request. For example, partner contributions or details on expected expenditures. / Click here to enter text.
Note: Total Project Cost, bottom of column D, must be at least 50% greater than Total Grant Request, bottom of column B. Remaining 50% of project cost is Applicant Match and may be divided in any way between cash and in-kind/ donations.
Section 6: Certification
☐I hereby certify to the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this application and application attachments are correct and true.
By checking this box, the applicant certifies that the appropriate authorized representative supports submission of this proposal.
Section 7: Sign up for TREEmail.
VT UCF provides updates through our electronic newsletter, TREEmail. Take this opportunity to sign members up for your community’s tree program.
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Section 8: Submitting Grant
Send completed applications to:
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Urban & Community Forestry Program
1 National Life Drive, Davis 2
Montpelier, VT 05620

APPLICATION POSTMARK DEADLINE – April 10, 2015