The City of Colorado Springs Housing and Community Vitality Department is accepting applications for 2024 CDBG Public Services.
Donor Name: City of Colorado Springs Housing and Community Vitality Department
State: Colorado
City: Colorado Springs
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/03/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Public Services
CDBG Public Service funding is specifically designed to help improve conditions specific to housing, improved infrastructure, improved economic opportunities, and services to the local community. As the grantee of funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Colorado Springs Housing & Community Vitality Department administers funding to successful local applicants (subgrantees) for one program year.
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds are provided by HUD in order to improve local communities by providing decent housing, improved infrastructure, public facilities and services, and improved economic opportunities. Federal law requires that these grant funds primarily benefit low- and moderate-income persons (80% AMI or below).
- Public Services is an activity within the CDBG program. It generally funds projects that provide social services and/or other direct assistance to individuals or households.
All CDBG projects must meet a National Objective by proving that the proposed program follows one of the following service models:
- Serves individual clients: The organization serves individual clients who are predominantly low- to moderate-income (make 80% area median income (AMI) or below). The organization qualifies clients through an income-qualification intake process, or the nature of services is such that clients are presumed to be low-income (e.g. food bank,
- Serves area or neighborhood: The organization is based in and serves clients in a predominantly low- to moderate-income (LMI) Census tract. This metric is typically used for capital projects. Program examples: community center services, etc. Examples of these eligible services include, but are not limited to: Senior services, programs that serve persons with disabilities, homeless services, youth services, mental health services, educational and job training programs, public safety, substance abuse services, childcare services, etc.
- Examples of activities ineligible under the CDBG Public Services program would include: Political or religious activities, general government activities, new housing construction, and direct income payments (Direct cash payments to clients is NOT an eligible activity)
Funding Information
The City has an estimated $450,000 in 2024 Public Services funding to assist local organizations in providing social service activities within the City of Colorado Springs. For this application period, applicants should be advised of the following:
- The award minimum CDBG Public Service applications is $25,000, no maximum.
- CDBG Public Services funds are designed to support new or expanded services in the community and for social services or other types of direct assistance services to low-to-moderate income communities. Pilot projects and new approaches to providing much needed community services for low-to- moderate income populations are welcomed.
- Services must be based within the City of Colorado Springs limits.
Priority Services
Housing Stabilization Services: Projects or programs that include, but are not limited to:
- Emergency subsistence payments for rent/mortgage
- Housing counseling services
- Case management
- Legal services or eviction prevention programs
- Housing navigation services.
Priority Populations
Individuals and families with special needs (seniors, people with physical or I/D disabilities, victims of domestic violence and/or people experiencing homelessness).
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities for CDBG Public Service funds can be broken into two categories:
- Service Delivery Costs
- General service Delivery costs can include items such as:
- Salary and benefits
- Supplies
- Transportation/Mileage
- Overhead (maintenance, utilities, etc.)
- General service Delivery costs can include items such as:
- Eligible Program Types
Eligibility Criteria
- Project must be located within the city limits of Colorado Springs.
- Serve low-income communities: the project must be in a majority LMI (51% or over) Census tract and/or serve populations presumed to be low-income; have special needs.
- Organizations must be a 501(c)3, 509(a), faith-based entities, and/or public agencies.
- CDBG Public Service Grants must be utilized to expand existing services and/or create new services to serve low-to-moderate-income persons.
- All applicants must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) that is in active status registered with SAM.GOV.
For more information, visit HCVD.
