The City of Roanoke is seeking applications for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) 2023-2024.
Donor Name: City of Roanoke
State: Virginia
City: Roanoke
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
This year’s applications will represent the third full year in the Belmont-Fallon Target Area (BFTA). Applications can address issues city-wide or focus on the target area. On 10 October 2019, the City Council adopted changes to its Policy on HUD funds that had previously been in effect since 2015. Among the most pertinent to this application process are the following:
- Beginning in 2020, the City selected the Belmont-Fallon Target Area (BFTA). This area encompasses portions of the Belmont and Fallon neighborhoods.
- While applications for funding may be submitted to address any City neighborhood, preference will be given to those programs and projects that focus, in whole or in part, on the Belmont-Fallon Target Area. Applicants are advised to review the entire policy.
Funding Information
When the total amount of all requests from a nonprofit is $25,000 or more, the organization is required to submit its organizational business plan and certifications regarding the engagement of its Board of Directors as part of its application.
Eligibility Criteria
Any private non-profit organization which provides or has the capacity to provide the needed services on a non-discriminatory and non-sectarian basis may receive funds to support eligible activities. Programs funded through this project may operate in buildings owned by religious or sectarian organizations; however, no such funds may be used to make physical improvements to buildings owned by religious or sectarian organizations, or to directly or indirectly support religious or sectarian functions.
- CDBG and/or HOME Eligibility
- CDBG funded activities must either benefit low-and moderate-income (LMI) persons/households or eliminate slums and blight on a spot or area basis.
- All HOME-funded activities must benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons/households.
- ESG Eligibility
- Local non-profit organizations may apply for financial support to improve the quality of shelter facilities, to provide homeless prevention activities, provide resources for new initiatives, and to address the vision and goals as identified in the Strategic Planning: An Update on Our Work to End Homelessness in the Blue Ridge Continuum of Care.
Eligible Activities
CDBG and/or HOME
Projects Involving Acquisition, Construction, Rehabilitation:
- For projects involving acquisition, construction, rehabilitation or related activities to develop housing or public, neighborhood, commercial or industrial facilities:
- Identify the properties involved and indicate whether you have site control or the anticipated date when you will have site control.
- Attach your project proforma, sources by uses budget, or other financial feasibility data and describe how this information supports the feasibility of the project.
- Indicate whether the site and construction plans and designs have been prepared, submitted to and approved by the City; whether the project is expected to receive LEED, Energy Star, Earth Craft or other energy-efficiency certification; or whether it is expected to qualify for the City’s energy-efficiency tax reductions.
- Indicate the total cost of this project (from start to finish) and whether all financing required, other than the amount applied for in this application, is in place. Indicate whether this project will be completed by 30 June 2024, and, if not, the anticipated completion date.
- If any of the funding requested for this project will provide direct financial assistance to the buyers or the owners of residential or nonresidential property, indicate the nature of the financial assistance to be offered. (“Direct financial assistance” includes grants, active or deferred loans, as well as the cost of assistance provided on behalf of the buyer or the owner, such as the cost of contracted home repairs). If any of the assistance will be active loans, describe how these will be serviced, including the name and contact information for any servicing institution you have engaged for such purposes. Indicate the anticipated interest rates that will apply to assistance provided as loans. Note that selected projects will be expected to provide a sample file of all the loan documents that may be used and may be required to revise any documents in order to conform to provisions dictated by federal rules associated with the applicable funding source.
- Compliance Factors: Substantial rehabilitations of owner-occupied properties and assistance to rental properties must result in the property meeting all applicable building and property codes. Such substantial rehabilitations may require liens to be placed against the property assisted with the applicants becoming party to the rehabilitation contract. All units assisted must comply with lead-based paint, historic review, environmental review, and other applicable federal requirements. Rental units assisted will be subject to affordable rent requirements.
ESG
- The ESG program provides funding to:
- Engage homeless individuals and families living on the street;
- Improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families;
- Help operate these shelters;
- Provide essential services to shelter residents,
- Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families, and
- Prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless.
- ESG includes five categories of eligible activities:
- Street Outreach
- Emergency Shelter
- Homelessness Prevention
- Rapid Re-Housing
- Data Collection (HMIS)
For more information, visit City of Roanoke.
