The Housing Trust Fund Corporation (HTFC) announces the availability of approximately $78 million in NYS Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for COVID-19 response available through the CARES Act (CDBG-CV).
Donor Name: The Housing Trust Fund Corporation (HTFC)
State: New York
City: New York City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $300,000, $5,000,000
Details:
The New York State Community Development Block Grant Program (NYS CDBG) is a federally funded program administered by the Housing Trust Fund Corporation’s (HTFC) Office of Community Renewal (OCR). The CDBG-CV funding will be available to non-entitlement & entitlement communities statewide to prepare, prevent, or respond to impacts of COVID-19 and potential variants or future pandemics.
CDBG-CV General Activity Areas
An applicant may request funding for one or more activities. Applicants must document need and demand for proposed activities and present clear proposal for timely expenditure of funds
- Supporting Small Business
- Examples: Point of sale improvements, new equipment or fixtures to guide social distancing, working capital to resume operations, marketing assistance to pivot to digital sales etc.
- Improving Air Quality in Public Facilities
- Examples: Assist municipal public facilities, nursing homes, supportive and public housing developments and other critical institutions with reconfiguration and physical adjustments to comply with social distancing, improved air quality, reduced occupancy and other requirements
- Housing for Safe Shelter
- Examples: Lead remediation, rental and single-family homeowner repairs, reconfiguration of communal spaces, down payment assistance to increase homeownership and reduce density in housing, etc.
- Conversion of Underutilized Buildings for Affordable Housing
- Examples: Conversion or of vacant and abandoned residential and commercial properties for housing and to better respond to COVID-19.
- Public Services
- Example: Vaccine Outreach and awareness, Support for mental health services, food programs, wi-fi connectivity for underserved communities
Funding Information
- Towns, Cities and Villages: $300,000, $2,000,000
- Counties and New York City: $300,000, $3,000,000
- All Municipalities – Combined Activities $300,000, $5,000,000
Funding limits for projects administered through qualifying not-for-profits will be based on the project scope, need presented and ability to complete project and expend funds within the required term.
Eligibility Criteria
The Office of Community Renewal will accept applications from units of local governments statewide for CDBG-CV funds.
OCR will also accept applications from not-for-profit subrecipients if the proposed activity will:
- Improve efficiency, timeliness and consistency in the release of the funding to communities in need.
- Allow work across municipal borders or to serve larger geographic regions; or
- Allow for larger contract amounts covering multiple projects or activities, reducing the administrative burden of multiple smaller awards.
Not-for-profit subrecipients must:
- Demonstrate exceptional financial and administrative capacity including ability to meet Federal compliance requirements including but not limited to NEPA, Davis Bacon, URA etc.
- Demonstrate ability to meet federal requirements to qualify as a subrecipient.
- Detail unmet need, local government capacity concerns or other considerations that necessitate the use of a non-profit subrecipient.
- Demonstrate qualified not-for-profit status for at least two years prior to applying
- Demonstrate that there have been no single audit findings associated with the use of any and all federal and state grant funds.
- Document the support of participating units of local government through a municipal resolution(s), letters of support, or other evidence of support by the full legislative body.
Among not-for-profit applicants, HCR will prioritize funding projects that qualify under the CDBG Public Service activity. HCR will allow awards to not-for-profit subrecipients for capital projects only when the above conditions are met and may restrict or cease awards to not-for-profit subrecipients when internal administrative capacity is reached.
For more information, visit Community Development Block Grant CARES Act.
