The City of Hemet is seeking applications for its Community Development Block Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Hemet
State: California
City: Hemet
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/05/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
The purpose of the CDBG program is to enhance and maintain viable urban communities through the provision of decent affordable housing, a suitable living environment and the expansion of economic opportunities; principally for low and moderate income persons. CDBG is an important tool for assisting local government agencies to tackle serious challenges facing their communities. The CDBG program has made a difference in the lives of millions of people and their communities across the nation.
The goal of the City of Hemet, with funding from CDBG, is to increase self-sufficiency and economic opportunity for lower-income residents and individuals with special needs so that they can achieve a reasonable standard of living. Specifically, from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025 the City has established the following priority needs and subsequent goals as a guide for allocating CDBG funding:
- Housing
- Enhance affordable home ownership through education, preservation and rehabilitation
- Annually fund fair housing services including first time home buyer education
- Annually fund code compliance services
- Annually fund housing rehabilitation activity
- Enhance affordable rental housing through education and preservation
- Annually fund landlord tenant services
- Public Facilities & Infrastructure
- Improve existing infrastructure, community and public facilities
- Annually fund infrastructure or facility projects (engineering, fire, public works and/or non-profit)
- Economic Development
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- Retain and expand economic opportunities through enhancement of public facilities
- Fund, as available, infrastructure projects that encourage or support economic development
- Homeless
- Support the local Continuum of Care strategy to aid Homeless persons and families, and to end chronic Homelessness
- Allocate CDBG staff time to actively participate in CoC
- Allocate CDBG staff time to collaborate with local Homeless providers
- Fund as available innovative activities to prevent or reduce Homelessness and increase self sufficiency
- Non-Housing Special Needs
- Provide supportive services for persons with special needs, including youth, elderly, and persons with disabilities
- Fund as available innovative public service activities.
Funding Information
To ensure efficient administration of CDBG funding the minimum project allocation will be $10,000.
For more information, visit City of Hemet.
