The City of Columbia announces the availability of funding for the Program Year (PY) July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
Donor Name: City of Columbia
State: South Carolina
City: Columbia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $250,827
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in our communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and retention of businesses. CDBG funding is an important tool for helping local governments tackle serious challenges facing their communities. The CDBG program has made a difference in the lives of millions of people and their communities across the nation.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program addresses the needs for affordable housing, economic development and public services; primarily to the benefit of low and moderate income (LMI) population (neighborhoods) within the City of Columbia.
For the FY2023-2024 funding cycle, applications submissions are accepted for Public Service Activities only.
Funding Information
A total of $250,827 is available for Public Service Activities located in the City’s redevelopment areas.
The Public Service funds for FY2023-2024 will focus on providing services to Rapid Shelter Columbia (RSC), which has the chronically unsheltered as its target population. Collaboration of community partners with RSC proposes to increase placement of the chronically unsheltered into permanent housing with continued services. Applications should focus on the following identified service areas:
The Public Service funds for FY2023-2024 will focus on providing services to Rapid Shelter Columbia (RSC), which has the chronically unsheltered as its target population. Collaboration of community partners with RSC proposes to increase placement of the chronically unsheltered into permanent housing with continued services. Applications should focus on the following identified service areas:
- Health Care services
- Dental Health
- Eye Care
- Mental Health services
- Substance Use Prevention
- Home Health assistance
- Financial Literacy
- Employment Training
- Life Skills
- Household Management
- Effective Communication
The City has designated $1,421,352 to Community Development Planning and Administration, Housing, and Non-Public Service Activities for City projects located within the targeted redevelopment areas as defined by City Council and identified in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan.
During the 2023-2024 funding cycle, competitive applications are limited to CDBG Public Service Activities only.
This NOFA/RFA is a one (1) year funding request.
Eligible Applicants
- The applicant for Public Service eligible activities must be a public or private nonprofit agency, authority or organization, or a for-profit entity authorized under 24 CFR 570.201 (o) (micro-enterprises), or a member of the Columbia Council of Neighborhoods (CCN) requesting CDBG funds to undertake eligible costs and activities that assists low and moderate-income persons.
- To utilize CDBG funds for a public service, the service must be either:
- A new service; or
- A quantifiable increase in the level of an existing service that the grantee or another entity has provided on its behalf through State or local government funds in the 12 months preceding the submission of the grantee’s Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan HUD.
- (An exception to this requirement may be made if HUD determines that any decrease in the level of service was the result of events not within the control of the local government.)
- All proposed projects must serve low and/or low-moderate-income persons, aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight, or respond to an urgent need.
- Proposed projects must address one or more of the program priorities outlined in the Program Priorities section of the RFA.
- The costs and activities for which funding is requested must be eligible under the Public-Service service type.
- Public Service projects proposed must serve LMI persons living within the incorporated city limits of Columbia and the agency receiving CDBG funds must be located within the incorporated city limits of Columbia.
- Any proposed project must be categorized as a Public Service activity as defined by this document, and the defined service area must be at least 51% LMI.
For more information, visit City of Columbia.
