Neighborhood Assistance Act Program 2025

About the Program

The Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) Tax Credit Program Program is designed to encourage funding for municipal and tax-exempt organizations by providing a corporation business tax credit for businesses that make cash contributions to these entities. A tax exempt organization that is interested in participating in the NAA Program must first complete in its entirety the DRS’s Form NAA-01, 2025 Connecticut Neighborhood Act Program Proposal, and email it to koleary@norwalkct.gov before 5 p.m. on May 2, 2025.

An organization must submit their program proposal to a municipality for approval. The municipality will then send all approved applications to the DRS for another round of reviews.

General Process in Norwalk

• Tax exempt organizations complete the DRS’s Form NAA-01 in its entirety and send their form by May 2, 2025 to Norwalk Redevelopment Agency (RDA), the municipal liaison.
• After a public hearing, proposals will go before the Norwalk Common Council for approval.
• RDA will then submit approved proposals to the DRS for a final round of review and approval.
• The DRS will send municipal liaisons the list of approved proposals for businesses to review as potential community programs to make a contribution towards.
• Businesses wishing to make cash contributions to an approved community program will have to submit Form NAA-02 between September 15^th and October 1^st. No earlier and no later.
• In the fall, DRS will send municipal liaisons the list of proposals that received contributions from businesses. At that point, liaisons are asked to notify the organizations directly.

Organizations that submit a program proposal are welcome to encourage businesses to consider making cash contributions to their program and to direct them to submit Form NAA-02 when it becomes available on CT Department of Revenue Services’ website between September 15^th and October 1^st.

More information about the Neighborhood Assistance Act for both organizations and businesses is available on the CT Department of Revenue Services’ website  .



Application Information

The application period for 2025 Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) is now open.

Deadline: Email completed Form NAA-01 (Program Proposal) to koleary@norwalkct.gov before 5 p.m. on May 2, 2025.