The City of Alameda accepting proposals for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) FY22-23 Non-Housing Capital Improvement Projects and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) FY 22-23.
Donor Name: City of Alameda
State: California
City: Alameda
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/10/2022
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
- The City of Alameda (City) invites applications for CDBG Non-Housing Community Development activities for FY 2022-23 (July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023). These guidelines focus on public service programs, economic development programs, and capital improvement programs.
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
- The City is one of eight jurisdictional members of the Alameda County HOME Consortium (HOME Consortium) which makes it possible for participating jurisdictions to receive HOME funding from HUD. The HOME Program will fund affordable housing development activities.
- Affordable Housing Fund
- The City On December 19, 1989, the City Council adopted an Affordable Housing Ordinance (Ordinance), which authorized imposing affordable housing in-lieu fees that would apply to nonresidential construction. Those in lieu payments are deposited in the Affordable Housing Fund.
Funding Priorities
The FY 2020-25 Priority Needs for the City’s CDBG/HOME Program are determined through a series of public community meetings and were adopted in accordance with regulations established by the HUD. The Priority Needs guide CDBG/HOME funding priorities when evaluating proposals to this NOFA.
- Priority: Public Services
- Support programs for low-income residents, preserving safety net services for families and individuals who are vulnerable or “in crisis.”
- Improve access to food and reduce food insecurity.
- Support services that provide mental health care or support services for those residents experiencing mental health challenges.
- Priority: Homelessness
- Priority: Economic Development/Microenterprise Assistance
- Fund economic development initiatives and support services that help job seekers to receive additional training or enter the job market, including microenterprise assistance
- Rehabilitate historic, commercial, and industrial structures. Work under this goal shall reduce code deficiencies or create new job opportunities.
- Priority: Affordable Housing
- Create new affordable housing units using vacant or underutilized space in existing structures.
- Offer financing for residential rehabilitation projects.
- Provide financing/grant for small residential renovation projects that improve the housing safety of a residence.
- Provide financing/grant for small residential renovation projects that improve the housing safety of a residence.
- Support the development of infrastructure for homeless individuals who utilize RV’s or other vehicles as shelter.
- Priority: Non-Housing Public Improvements
- Demolition, clean-up or securing of unsafe structures and sites that pose a health or safety threat to prepare the site.
- Make improvements, including those for ADA accessibility, to public facilities, such as curbs and sidewalks, neighborhood parks and recreational improvements, tree planting, homeless facilities, transportation, and other public facilities/community centers.
Timeframe
July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be an eligible public agency or qualified 501(c)(3) or (c)(4) non-profit organization.
- All applicants must submit a certified financial audit of their organization including any management letters for the most recent audit year.
- Non-profit organizations must submit evidence of the current nonprofit status and an up-to-date roster of its Board of Directors.
- Housing Development activities will require development experience.
For more information, visit Request for Proposals.
