The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is administering two separate Community Safety Works grant opportunities – one for Facility Improvements and one for community-wide Business District Improvements.
Donor Name: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/09/2022
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Details:
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is administering two separate Community Safety Works grant opportunities – one for FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS and one for community-wide BUSINESS DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS.
Funding Information
Grant requests for community-related/district-related safety requests may be up to a maximum of $100,000.
Eligible requests will be for projects and activities that implement their business district’s plan for making public and private spaces safer and more defensible. These can include but are not limited to:
- Auto and pedestrian circulation improvements, slowing traffic so that streets are walkable and pedestrian friendly. The expansion of restaurants to exterior sidewalks and roadway is one example of how business districts have improved exterior spaces for patrons and pedestrians. Alley gating is another example of how communities are separating what is public from what is private space.
- Improving opportunities for “eyes on the street,” removing barriers to site lines, opening up closed off spaces, renovating public spaces/playgrounds to draw regular visitors and family activity. These are just a few examples of projects that bring more “sets of eyes” to public spaces and contribute to community safety.
- Reinforcing community ownership, solidarity and pride, through clean and beautified streets, sidewalks, signage and parks. Removing blight and signals of blight (trash) and replacing them with well-maintained “markers” of community pride and ownership such as neighborhood signs, gardens, plantings and parks.
- Official surveillance tools such as lighting, cameras, organized local resident “dog walker” patrols or staffed security patrols. Community policing initiatives organized and in consultation with local law enforcement.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, an applicant must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Must be an IRS determined nonprofit organization or the local government sponsor of one of the state’s 33 designated Main Street Maryland communities
- Must be an IRS determined the nonprofit organization of one of Baltimore City’s 8 designated Main Street neighborhoods
- Must be an IRS determined nonprofit organization whose mission and work substantially contributes to the economic development of the local business district and whose programs and activities support the small businesses within the district
To be eligible to apply, a nonprofit applicant must also meet both of these criteria:
- Must be registered and in good standing with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT).
- Must be based in Maryland and serve Maryland communities and populations
For more information, visit Community Safety Works: Business District Improvements.
