The City of Knoxville is requesting applications for its Homeless Agency Grants.
Donor Name: City of Knoxville
State: Tennessee
City: Knoxville
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding Sources
The City of Knoxville’s Homeless Grants includes funding from two main sources:
- HUD Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
- Annual entitlement funding directly from HUD to the City of Knoxville
- Funding priorities are set by the current Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan
- The current Program Year (PY) 2023-2024 amount is $149,375.
- PY 2024-2025 funding is unknown at this time, but notice is anticipated in February 2023
- Grant funding for awarded projects begins July 1, 2024, and ends June 30, 2025
- Homeless General Funds (HGF)
- Local matching funding from City of Knoxville General Funds
- Funding priorities are generally set by the current Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan, but because it is City funding, it has the flexibility to respond to unmet homelessness needs and emerging conditions
- Total amount of funding is unknown at this time, but a request for $240,000 (PY 2023-2024 amount) is anticipated to be included in the City Budget
- Grant funding for awarded projects begins July 1, 2024, and ends June 30, 2025.
Eligible Activities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ESG program provides funding to: engage individuals and families experiencing homelessness living on the street; improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for individuals and families experiencing homelessness; help operate these shelters; provide essential services to shelter residents; rapidly re-house individuals and families experiencing homelessness; and prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless.
Eligible activities provide homelessness services through one of the ESG Program Component Categories:
- Street Outreach
- Emergency Shelter
- Rapid Re-Housing
- Homelessness Prevention.
Eligibility Criteria
- The City of Knoxville is seeking agencies to carry out activities that work collaboratively with community efforts to reduce and prevent homelessness in the City of Knoxville, which is a high priority goal under its 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan.
- More generally, non-profit and other public agencies designated as a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4), who serve residents inside the city of Knoxville, are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit City of Knoxville.
