For the program year 2022-2023, the City of Elmira is allocating Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for public service providers within in the City of Elmira.
Donor Name: City of Elmira
State: New York
City: Elmira
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000 – $30,000
Details:
The CDBG funding must provide public services to low- and moderate-income City of Elmira residents only.
Priorities
- Housing Services – which may include Homeless Services, Rental Assistance, Foreclosure Counseling, Fair Housing Counseling, Tenant Relations, and Legal Services
- Youth Services/Programming
- Child Care and/or Parenting Programming
- Transportation
- Counseling Services – which may include Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Education/Prevention
- Senior and/or Disabled Support Services
- Health Services
- Downtown Revitalization/Streetscape
- Economic Development/Job Training
- Public Safety/Crime Awareness
Funding information
Grant amounts will be awarded at a minimum of $10,000 and a maximum of $30,000, depending on program needs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Faith-based organizations: HUD has revised the CDBG and HOME regulations to include a new rule offering faith-based organizations the opportunity to apply with the following guidelines:
- The faith-based organization may not engage in inherently religious activities such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization as part of the program or services provided with CDBG/HOME funds;
- Faith-based organizations may use space in their facilities to provide CDBG-funded services without removing religious art, icons, scriptures, or other religious symbols; They may use religious terms in their organization’s name, select their boards on a religious basis, and include a religious reference in their mission statements and other governing documents;
- Faith-based organizations may not discriminate against a program beneficiary based on his/her religious beliefs or lack thereof nor provide services only to members of their particular organization/faith;
- Funds may not be used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of structures that are used for inherently religious activities. Funds, however, can be used only to the extent the structures are used for conducting eligible activities.
- Private, not-for-profit organizations providing services meeting at least one (1) of the statutory objectives of the program; or
- Neighborhood-based not-for-profit organizations, which are an association or corporations, duly organized to promote and undertake community development activities on a not-for-profit basis within a neighborhood. An organization is considered to be neighborhood-based if the majority of its membership, clientele or governing body is residents of the neighborhood where activities assisted with CDBG funds are to be carried out.
- A Section 301(d) Small Business Investment Company organized pursuant to section 301(d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, including those which are profit-making.
- Local Development Corporations. A local development corporation is defined as An entity organized pursuant to Title VII of the Headstart, Economic Opportunity, and Community Partnership Act of 1974 or the Community Economic Development Act of 1981.
- An entity is eligible for assistance under Section 502 or 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
- A state development entity is eligible for assistance under section 501 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
For more information, visit Community Development Block Grant Public Service.