The City of Waco Housing & Community Development invites qualified organizations to submit applications to receive funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME).
Donor Name: City of Waco
States: Texas
City: Waco
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,366,374
Details:
The City of Waco receives funding from two federal grant programs—CDBG and HOME. Both support several programs and activities that benefit their residents. CDBG funded activities must benefit low- and moderate-income residents, eliminate slum or blight, and/or meet an urgent community need. HOME funded activities must provide affordable housing to low- and moderate-income households.
National Objectives
Each activity, except planning and administrative activities, must meet one of the CDBG program’s three broad
National Objectives:
- To benefit low- and moderate-income persons
- To aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight
- To meet community development needs having a particular urgency.
Types of Grants
- Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
- Public Services: Includes, but is not limited to job training and employment services, health care and substance abuse services, child care, crime prevention; fair housing counseling; energy conservation, welfare services (excluding income payments), recreational activities, and the operation or maintenance of a facility in which a public service activity is located.
- Other: Includes acquisition of real property for any public purpose, disposition of real property that is acquired with CDBG funds or through the urban renewal program, or the retention of such property for public purpose, public facilities and improvements, clearance activities, relocation assistance, homeownership assistance, construction of housing if carried out by a community based development organization, rehabilitation of residential buildings, low income public housing, and publicly or privately owned commercial or industrial buildings, code enforcement, historic preservation, renovation of closed buildings for use as an eligible public facility or housing, and economic development activities.
- HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME)
- Homeowner rehabilitation, homebuyer activities (acquisition, rehabilitation, and construction), rental housing (acquisition, construction, rehabilitation), and tenant based rental assistance.
Funding Information
- CDBG: Approximately $1,366,374
- HOME: Approximately $715,495
Eligibility Criteria
- Application must be completed in its entirety to be accepted by the City of Waco.
- Application must be submitted via online.
- Responses should be completed in the fields provided. Provide the level of concise information to each item in response to the information requested.
- Attachments are only acceptable to provide additional information to the response but not as the sole response. Attachments must clearly identify the question with the answer.
- To be considered a completed application, all applicable sections must be filled, required documents must be uploaded, and electronic signatures executed.
- Applicant must be a legal entity meeting the eligibility criteria identified in the Guidelines.
- Application must be submitted in its entirety by the specified deadline. Late or incomplete applications are not accepted.
- The proposed project must be an eligible activity, meet one of three HUD national objectives, the City of Waco’s funding priorities, and at least one Waco City Council Strategic Goal as determined by the Community Services Department.
For more information, visit City of Waco.
