Water Safety Grant Application 2025 | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

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Is your organization currently registered to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island?

I understand that, if selected, my organization will be required to register to conduct business in Rhode Island prior to receiving a grant award.

Please list your organization’s mission:

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Organization Qualifications

Applicants will be scored based on their qualifications as a swimming instruction facility.

This grant is intended to cover the cost of equipment or staff training for adaptive swim programs. This may include equipment for students to use during lessons, certifications for staff to learn adaptive swim curricula, or small improvements to the facility in which adaptive lessons are hosted.

This grant is NOT intended to cover the cost of swim lessons (please change your funding request type to "teach swim lessons"; note that adaptive swim lessons may be subsidized using the Water Safety Grant).

Organization Qualifications

This grant aims to increase the total number of students from low-income households receiving free lessons statewide. It is NOT intended to cover the costs of subsidized lessons already being offered with organizational funding.

Please use this application to describe how this grant funding would expand your organization’s ability to provide free lessons for new students from low-income households. Applicants who demonstrate this intent by explaining how this grant funding will increase their ability to teach additional students will receive higher scores.

Is your facility up to date in all CPR and First Aid Certifications?

Is your facility in compliance with all RI Department of Health bathing facility rules and regulations?

Is your facility up to date in all water safety instruction certifications?

Do you own/rent/use a facility capable of holding paddle craft safety classes?

Do your instructors possess an ACA (American Canoe Association) instructor certification?

Do your lessons include an in-water component for students?

If your facility is a waterfront facility, are all your lifeguards certified by the State of RI?

If yes, do your operators possess a current boating safety card?

Do you utilize power boat for safety boats during any hands-on/underway portions of your class?

If you answered no to any of the above questions, please explain: