The City of Omaha Planning Department is proud to announce its Request for Applications for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Funding Year 2024.
Donor Name: City of Omaha Planning Department
State: Nebraska
County: Douglas County (NE)
City: Omaha
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/19/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $750,000
Details:
The City of Omaha receives CDBG funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This federal funding is based on a formula that considers census data on population, income, housing, and other pertinent demographic and economic characteristics of local jurisdictions.
National Objectives
The primary objective of the CDBG Program is to develop viable communities by providing affordable, decent housing, thriving and viable living environments, and economic opportunities principally for low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons. An LMI person is one with an annual income at or below 80% of the median family income as adjusted by household size. At least 70% of City of Omaha’s annual CDBG allocation must be allocated to activities which meet the Primary objective of benefitting LMI persons. For an activity to qualify, at least 51% of the persons benefiting from the activity must be LMI persons.
Applicants must determine how the National Objective requirement will be satisfied during the planning, implementing, and documenting of CDBG projects. Each CDBG-funded activity must meet one of three National Objectives, which are:
- Benefit to LMI Persons – The project or program benefits LMI persons or households. When meeting the benefit to LMI persons National Objective, applicants must ensure that moderate-income persons (80% of median income) are not benefited to the exclusion of low-income persons (50% of median income).
- Slum/Blight – The project or program aids in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.
- Urgent Need – The project or program meets community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community and other financial resources are not available to meet such needs. Use of the Urgent Need National Objective is rare and will only apply to activities that address emergency conditions.
Funding Information
- Economic Development
- Rehabilitation, Job Creation, and Architectural Barrier Removal activity funding requests should range from $100,000 to $750,000
- Microenterprise activity funding requests may not exceed $65,000
- Housing
- Rehabilitation of rental-single family and multi-family residential structures and building conversion activity funding requests should range from $100,000 to $750,000.
Eligible Activities
The City of Omaha will prioritize CDBG funding for economic development and housing rehabilitation. Organizations with programs that support these efforts are also encouraged to apply. The following opportunities are made prioritized for the 2024 – 2025 program year:
- Economic Development
- Rehabilitation of publicly and privately owned non-residential structures.
- Job Creation/Retention
- Removal of architectural barriers which restrict the mobility and accessibility of disabled persons
- Microenterprise Programs
- Housing
- Rehabilitation of rental-single family and multi-family residential structures
- Conversion of a closed building to residential use.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must serve the City of Omaha, Douglas County
- Non-profit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) or 501(c) (6) status
- For-profit entities
- Faith-based organizations for activities that serve non-religious purposes.
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