Connecticut Neglected Cemetery Grant Awards by Municipality and Year

Grant awards for municipal maintenance of neglected burial grounds and cemeteries in Connecticut. The data is provided by data.ct.gov and was last updated on 2025-11-21. The program is funded by death certificate fees collected by the Department of Public Health.

Use Cases

• Analyzing grant distribution trends by Municipality and Year using the Grant Amount column.
• Mapping funding allocation by Town Code to identify regional disparities.
• Identifying specific Cemetery/Burying Ground Name(s) receiving support for historical preservation research.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).
• Last update timestamp (2025-11-21 15:24:07) is explicitly provided.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ct.gov

Collection Method

Grants authorized by the Office of Policy and Management under C.G.S. Sec. 19a-308b.

Time Range

Year column suggests temporal coverage, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-11-21 15:24:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipality and Town Code columns suggest coverage is limited to the state of Connecticut.