NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) awarded $57.81 million in matching grants to 37 public entities to support local projects and improvements. This first cycle of the New Mexico Match Fund supports 33 infrastructure, eight energy, four public safety, four emergency response, and eight general projects at one to […]

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) awarded $57.81 million in matching grants to 37 public entities to support local projects and improvements.

This first cycle of the New Mexico Match Fund supports 33 infrastructure, eight energy, four public safety, four emergency response, and eight general projects at one to four state-to-federal leveraged dollars. DFA began accepting applications on June 16, 2024.


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“The New Mexico Match Fund is a prime example of how our executive and legislative collaboration can create meaningful assistance for our rural communities, as we’ve provided $31 million to rural entities in the first four months,” said DFA Cabinet Secretary Wayne Propst in a news release.

State highlighted projects:

City of Gallup — The matching grant of $5,000,000 will leverage a $40,000,000 federal award for the Allison Road Corridor Part A Construction project, improving mobility and increasing safety for Gallup residents.  

Lincoln County — The matching grant of $12,500,000 will leverage a $50,000,000 federal award for flood mitigation from South Fork and Salt Fires from the National Resource Conservation Service’s Emergency Watershed Protection Program.  

Mescalero Apache Tribe — The matching grant of $2,392,750 will leverage a $21,834,750 federal award for flood mitigation from South Fork and Salt Fires from the National Resource Conservation Service’s Emergency Watershed Protection Program. 

Santa Fe-Pojoaque Soil & Water Conservation District —The matching grant of $7,440,000 will leverage a $14,300,000 federal award from the National Resource Conservation Service’s Watershed Rehabilitation Program to repair Santa Cruz Dam Site-1. 

Full list of Matching Grant awarded entities:  

Acequia Del Llano (Santa Cruz) 

Bernalillo County 

Central New Mexico Community College 

City of Albuquerque 

City of Carlsbad 

City of Gallup 

City of Lovington 

City of Santa Fe 

City of Socorro 

Curry County 

Doña Ana County  

East Rio Arriba Soil and Water Conservation District 

Eastern Plains Council of Governments 

Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, State Parks Division 

Incorporated County of Los Alamos 

Lincoln County 

McKinley County 

Mescalero Apache Tribe 

Mora County 

New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division 

New Mexico Higher Education Department, Adult Education Division  

New Mexico Highlands University 

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 

New Mexico Department of Transportation 

New Mexico State University  

North Central New Mexico Economic Development District 

North Central Regional Transit District 

Pueblo of Santa Ana 

Pueblo of Jemez 

Regina Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association 

San Juan County  

Santa Fe, Pojoaque Soil & Water Conservation District 

South Central Regional Transit District 

Taos Pueblo 

University of New Mexico 

Village of Cimarron 

Village of Logan 

Village of Ruidoso 

Click here to view the full list with project information.

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