The City of San Marcos is currently accepting applications for its Community Development Block Grant Program for Public Service.
Donor Name: City of San Marcos
State: Texas
City: San Marcos
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/08/2023
Size of the Grant: $713,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Funding must only be spent on beneficiaries who are located within the City limits of San Marcos.
The City of San Marcos will receive approximately $713,000 in CDBG funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the program year beginning October 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2024.
National Objectives
All funded projects must also meet one of the three CDBG program National Objectives:
- Benefit low to moderate income individuals or families
- Eliminate slum or blight
- Urgent Need (such as disaster recovery)
High Priority Needs
Proposed projects must address one of the High Priority Needs. The following are currently established as High Priority Needs for the City of San Marcos, as stated in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan:
- Affordable Housing
- Public Services
- Public Facilities
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses include but are not limited to labor, supplies, and materials as well as operation and maintenance of the portion of a facility in which the public service is located. This includes the lease of a facility, equipment, and other property needed for the public service and costs incurred for telephone services, postage, and computer use or access. Time sheets will be required to document salary costs. Travel and training expenses may be authorized by the City on a case-by-case basis.
Eligible Public Service Activities
“Public Services” are non-construction social service activities in the community that benefit low- to moderate-income citizens. At least 51% of all program clients must be City of San Marcos residents and have a total family income that does not exceed 80% of the area median income as established by HUD for San Marcos. CDBG regulations allow the use of grant funds for a wide range of public service activities including, but not limited to:
- After school / childcare
- Education programs
- Health services
- Recreation services
- Crime prevention, public safety
- Senior citizens services
- Homeless persons services
- Job Training
- Substance abuse programs
Project Eligibility
- Organizations may propose more than one program or project in separate applications.
- Funding must only be spent on beneficiaries who are located within the City limits of San Marcos.
Eligibility Requirements
- Organizations applying for Public Services funding must be a public or private non-profit agency, a public housing authority, a City of San Marcos department, or other government entity.
- Non-profit agencies must be established, operating agencies as evidenced through documentation required in them application. Exhibits to show tax exempt status are required.
- Faith based agencies are eligible to apply on the same basis as other non-profit organizations. However, CDBG funds cannot be used to support worship, proselytizing, or religious instruction. Religious activities must be offered separately, in time or location, from the CDBG supported activity. Participation in the religious activity must be voluntary for the beneficiaries of the CDBG-funded project. Projects operated by faith-based agencies must be available to all community members and not restricted to the organization’s membership or congregation.
For more information, visit City of San Marcos.
