The City of Fort Collins is requesting applications for its Human Services Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Fort Collins
State: Colorado
City: Fort Collins
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/24/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The City of Fort Collins will award funding to Human Service programs in spring 2024 from its annual budget allocation of general fund (local) dollars dedicated towards activities that advance social sustainability priorities.
Social Sustainability Strategic Plan
Aspects of the plan include:
- Workforce Development
- Caregiving Services
- Financial Literacy
- Healthy Food
- Physical Health
- Early Childhood Education, Childcare &
- Youth Services
- Mental & Behavioral Health
- Housing Opportunity & Stability
- Diversity, Inclusion & Access
Focus
- Human Services proposals will be assessed according to their ability to advance the priorities detailed in the Social Sustainability Department’s Strategic Plan.
- The Social Sustainability Department’s Strategic Plan addresses the needs of underserved groups, with emphasis on residents of Fort Collins with low incomes.
- These population groups include the elderly, households in poverty, persons experiencing homelessness, those with various medical and behavioral health needs, and children and youth.
Funding Information
Minimum award is $15k.
Grant Period
October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025.
Eligible Expenses
Examples of Eligible Expenses (not limited to):
- Staff costs: Salary and benefits of program staff providing direct service related to the activity.
- Operation costs: labor, supplies and materials to operate and/or maintain the portion of a facility in which the service is located. This includes the lease of the facility, equipment and other property needed for the service, as long as the facility and property are not owned by the City of Fort Collins.
- Direct client assistance, such as fee subsidies for families.
- Payments made directly to the provider of services, on behalf of an individual resident of Fort Collins (ex: childcare assistance payment).
- Consumable materials, such as educational supplies, food, and food-service supplies.
Eligible Populations
- The majority (51%) of the population served by the funded activities must be below 80% Area Median Income (AMI), with a primary focus on lower-income and highly vulnerable residents.
- Organizations serving “Presumed Benefit” populations (ex: homeless, individuals with disabilities) may have greater flexibility with income reporting documentation requirements.
- Funded programs must serve Fort Collins residents living within the Fort Collins city limits area and program activity must also occur within the Fort Collins city limits.
Eligibility Criteria
All funding recipients will execute contracts with the City which outline the performance, documentation and reporting requirements associated with carrying out the funded activity. As such, funding will be limited as follows:
Funds are available for:
- Nonprofit, IRS-designated 501(c)(3) agencies in good standing.
- Cooperative groups of organizations with an IRS-designated 501(c)(3) agency serving as its fiscal host.
- Libraries, museums, education institutions or other government entities that offer eligible activities.
The City is unable to award Human Service Program assistance directly to:
- Individuals.
- For-profit businesses.
- Organizations that engage in any discriminatory practices on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, disability, age, sex, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or familial status.
- Organizations that stipulate mandatory religious engagement or influence in the provision of their services. (Faith-based organizations may be eligible for funding if they serve all members of the community regardless of religious belief or practice).
- Organizations that are funders or pass-through entities, except those that are serving as a fiscal host for direct service programming
- Organizations who are contracting services to a program for which they are not the primary service provider.
- Organizations that do not track income-eligibility of clients served unless it documents that the activity EXCLUSIVELY serves one of the following populations: people experiencing homelessness, abused children, victims of domestic violence from an intimate partner, severely disabled adults, elderly persons, illiterate adults, persons living with AIDS, or migrant farm workers.
For more information, visit City of Fort Collins.
