The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) through its Division of Housing (DOH) and Office of Homeless Initiatives (OHI) is requesting applications from eligible non-profits or local governments throughout Colorado for the 2022 ESG program year (ESG 22).
Donor Name: Colorado Department of Local Affairs
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/07/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000,000
Details:
The aim of this NOFA is to enhance the continuum of comprehensive, housing-focused solutions throughout the State of Colorado in order to end homelessness and housing instability for individuals. Specifically, this NOFA will support projects that:
- Use real-time data to quickly identify those experiencing homelessness, assess their need, and match them with the appropriate combination of housing and services that affords the greatest potential for long-term housing and economic stability.
- Supportprogram models and measures of success that align with the Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG) recommendations.
- Address DOLA’s Inclusion,Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) goals through targeted services that remove barriers for marginalized populations including those whose age, disability, ethnicity/race, gender, religion or belief, and/or sexual identity/orientation has contributed to their experience of homelessness.
- Create a suitable living environment while working with participants to end homelessness or housing instability including, but not limited to, providing shelter during life threatening winter weather, providing non-congregate shelter options, or providing rental subsidies that prevent and end homelessness.
- Ensure efficient use of funds and effective program administration. This includes increasing grantee capacity to alleviate programmatic bottlenecks in ways that lead to more efficient and expedient assistance reaching eligible households.
- Expand DOH’s subrecipient pool in order to more equitably serve marginalized communities, organizations, and populations across the entire state.
Funding Information
Funds for these awards may come from the following sources (as well as other sources should funding become available):
- Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG): Up to $2,100,000 from the State of Colorado’s 2022 ESG allocation for ESG Activities,
- Homeless Solutions Program (HSP): Up to $2,100,000 from the State of Colorado’s 2022 HSP allocation for ESG Activities,
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV): Up to $5,000,000 from the CDBG funding provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (CDBG-CV) for ESG Activities.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have a non-profit 501(c)(3) designation or be a unit of local government in Colorado to be eligible to apply. For non-profit organizations providing emergency shelter activities, application must include certification of approval from the unit of local government for the geographic areas in which those activities are to be carried out.
For more information, visit CDOLA.
