The Keystone Communities Program (KCP) program is designed to encourage the creation of partnerships between the public and private sectors that jointly support local initiatives such as the growth and stability of neighborhoods and communities; social and economic diversity; and a strong and secure quality of life.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
Types of Grant
- Planning Grants: Planning grants are available to address a particular need or circumstance within a community, undertake a study relevant to an identified need, or study the results of implementing a specific activity.
- Implementation Grants: Implementation grants are available to assist designated KC program communities in implementing critical components of their approved Five-Year Strategy.
- Façade Grants: Façade grants are available to stimulate private investment in properties, foster an attractive environment, and preserve the architectural heritage of properties and communities. The grant funds may be used for primary street-facing, exterior building improvements in a defined target area of a downtown or neighborhood such as storefront signs, exterior façade painting, design assistance, etc.
- Development Grants: Development grants are available to fund a variety of physical improvements.
- Public Improvement Grants: Public improvement grants are available to assist communities in a variety of development projects to help eliminate decline, provide gap financing for proposed projects, and assist in emergency efforts to recover from a natural disaster
- Accessible Housing Grants: Accessible housing grants are available to undertake accessibility improvements to housing units for people with permanent physical disabilities in order to allow the individuals to reside in their current home rather than an institution or to return to the community from an institution.
Funding Priorities
- Applications demonstrating the following:
- Preference will be given to persons with permanent, physical disabilities at risk of becoming institutionalized or persons of any age with permanent, physical disabilities moving from an institution into the community.
- Applicant will serve an area that does not have an existing home modification program in place. Requires documentation regarding the availability of programs in the local area.
- The program will make the best use of limited funds and leverage other resources.
- The program will achieve an economy of scale by providing services in a multi-jurisdictional or regional area.
- Programs giving preference to people with very low income, as defined by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Section 8 Income Guidelines, or those people below poverty level as defined by the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, whichever is more advantageous to the beneficiary. These two standards include persons at or below 50% of the area median county income and persons at or below 100% of the Federal poverty level.
Funding Information
- Planning Grants: Planning grants may not exceed $25,000.
- Implementation Grants: Implementation grants may not exceed $50,000.
- Façade Grants: Façade grants may not exceed $50,000.
- Development Grants: Development grants may not exceed $500,000 or 30% of project costs, whichever is less.
- Public Improvement Grants: Public improvement grants may not exceed $500,000
- Accessible Housing Grants: Accessible housing grants may not exceed $300,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Units of local government (counties, cities, boroughs, townships, towns, and home rule municipalities) Redevelopment and/or housing authorities
- Nonprofit organizations to include economic development organizations, housing corporations, etc.
- Community development corporations
- Business improvement districts, neighborhood improvement districts, downtown improvement districts, and similar organizations incorporated as authorities.
For more information, visit KCP.
