The City of Great Falls has a HUD CDBG Program available through the Planning and Community Development Department which is designed to meet low income housing and community development needs. Funds for this program are provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Donor Name: City of Great Falls
State: Montana
City: Great Falls
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $764,295
Details:
The City of Great Falls has a CDBG Program available through the Planning and Community Development Department. The Program is designed to meet low income housing and community development needs. Funds for this program are provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
National Objectives
To be considered for CDBG funding a program or project must first meet one of the following National Objectives:
- Benefit to Low to Moderate Income (LMI) Persons
- To qualify for funding under the LMI category, the persons or households served must have income levels at or below 80% of the area median income (AMI). HUD requires stratified income data on beneficiaries. You will need to report which category beneficiaries fall into below 80% of AMI, 50% of AMI or 30% of AMI. This LMI National Objective can be achieved on an individual basis, limited clientele basis, or on an area basis (LMA) where the area or community that you are serving has a service area that is predominately LMI.
- Elimination of Slum and Blight
- To qualify for funding under this National Objective activities should be carried out to address one or more of the conditions which have contributed to the deterioration of an area designated as a slum or blighted area or activities that eliminate specific conditions of blight or physical decay on a spot basis. (Please note that there are Federal Regulations on the amount of funds that can be used for this type of National Objective.)
The City Of Great Falls’ CDBG Goals and Priorities
- The City will prioritize Public Services that meet the needs of their homeless population, health/mental health needs, and underserved youth this year; however applications are not only limited to these activities. Public Service activities must demonstrate that it will be a new service OR a quantifiable increase in the level of service provided such as providing the services to new individual not previously served.
- The City will provide Housing Rehabilitation funds to address Public Housing Needs through Public Housing Authority Modernization.
- The City will prioritize Public Facility projects that meet handicap accessibility, public parks, public safety, public recreation, as well as slum and blight removal; however applications are not only limited to these activities.
- This City will provide funding for the goal of affordable housing through slum and blight removal as well as acquisition.
Funding Information
- A total of $764,295 is available to qualifying projects within the City of Great Falls through this year’s allocation of CDBG funding.
- Minimum Grant Request: $10,000
Submission Guidelines
All applications must follow the formatting described below:
- Separate applications for each program requesting funds shall be submitted;
- Applications must be typewritten and the fillable form completed with additional information attached as requested;
- All sections and narrative questions must be labeled, page numbering is encouraged;
- Maps and larger sections must be shrunk to fit onto an 8 ½ x 11” paper;
- All checklists provided must be completed;
- Page limits listed on the checklist must be followed, additional pages may not be forwarded to the Municipal Grant Committee for review;
- Required and supporting documents shall be labeled and placed in an appendix. Extraneous information will not be considered;
- The following required documents must be attached: Non-profit applications: verification of 501(c)3 status; agency organizational chart; most recent agency operating budget; most recent audit or if not available the most recent 990 financial statement; copy of by-laws; current board list.
- Project Timeline: describes when the program will occur with specific dates and times
- All applications shall be complete, approved, and signed by the Board of Directors, the Executive Director, or other Responsible Person.
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