The City of Stockton (the City) is soliciting proposals to create additional low barrier shelter beds or temporary emergency housing for unsheltered homeless persons.
Donor Name: City of Stockton
State: California
City: Stockton
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/19/2023
Size of the Grant: $6,500,000
Details:
This NOFA is intended to support the local goal of Increasing Access and Reducing Barriers to Homeless Crisis Response Services, with a focus on:
- Increasing non-congregate sheltering opportunities
- Reducing the number of unsheltered individuals and households.
The City embraces a low barrier, housing-first approach to addressing homelessness. Shelter programs are intended to meet the basic physiological and safety needs of all persons, including personal and emotional safety, and assurance that entry to the program will not require sobriety or separation from pets, partners, and possessions, within the guidance of reasonable accommodations.
The City values its partnerships with the community and encourages applications that promote and strengthen linkages, coordination, and collaboration across public and private service providers in developing models for low barrier, housing first, oriented emergency shelters.
This NOFA requests project concepts for capital project development funds for shelter programs where the applicant currently has title or verified site control for an extended timeframe. The financing will primarily be provided with capital funding from the County of San Joaquin. Although exact funding may vary, an estimate of $6,500,000 has been identified as potential capital funding. Qualified projects, vetted and approved by the Stockton City Council, will be presented to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors for consideration.
This City will consider awarding partial operations funding. Up to $1,200,000 in operating costs annually is available for 3 years through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), for a total of $3,600,000 ARPA funds must be appropriated by June 2023 and fully spent by June 2026. Additional funding for program operations may be available through private philanthropy, donations, reimbursable services, and other competitive local, state, and federal funding sources (grants). Applicants are expected to consider the financial sustainability of program operations separate from city grant awards.
Eligible Activities
The intent of this NOFA is to collect reasonable and realistic project concepts that will result in an expansion of shelter beds or units to provide emergency sheltering, interim housing, and navigation services for homeless individuals and families. Projects must meet low barrier shelter standards, and operate with a core, housing first approach of connecting people to permanent housing as quickly as possible.
Eligible Shelter Types
Capital funds are available for the development of new low barrier shelter beds intended for interim, emergency housing, providing a rapid transition to a more permanent housing solution.
Interim Housing Types:
- Congregate shelters
- Clinically enhanced congregate shelters
- Non-congregate shelters
- Temporary emergency housing / emergency sleeping cabins
- Low barrier navigation centers
In developing a project concept, applicants are advised to familiarize themselves with state and federal funding. Future funding for shelter operations will be dependent on allowable expenditures of state and federal funds which may limit funds to certain types of shelters.
For more information, visit City of Stockton.
