The City of Fort Worth (City) Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) is inviting nonprofit and social service agencies and City departments offering similar direct social services to respond to this request for Proposals (RFP) for public service and architectural barriers removal programs providing benefits to eligible households.
Donor Name: City of Fort Worth
State: Texas
City: Fort Worth
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
All proposed activities should address one or more of the following goals from the City Council and the Community Development Council (CDC). These goals include the following:
- Preserve Aging Housing Stock
- Improve Accessibility of Public & Private Spaces
- Poverty Reduction & Household Stabilization
- Promote Affordable Housing for Renters & Owners
- Children & Youth Training & Mentorship
- Support Programming for Aging in Placepubli
- Targeted Neighborhood Revitalization
- Homeless Services
Funding Information
Proposers must request a minimum of $50,000 to be considered for funding. Proposals requesting less than $50,000 will be disqualified.
Funding may be awarded at the following levels:
- TIER I: First-time applicants; not funded in the past three years $50,000 or more
- TIER II: Funded 1-3 years; in operation 3+ years and in good standing $60,000 or more
- TIER III: Funded 3+ years; in operation 5+ years and in good standing $75,000 or more
Eligible Activities
Eligible Activities under this RFP include:
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program: Public services include but are not limited to job training and employment services, child care services, housing counseling services, youth services, tutoring, and educational services, senior services, and substance abuse services. Also includes housing architectural barrier removal programs for single-family, owner-occupied housing only.
- Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program: Services for the homeless or persons at risk of homelessness including homeless prevention, street outreach, shelter operations, rapid re-housing, and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
- Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) Program: Services for persons with HIV/AIDS including Short-Term Rent, Mortgage, and Utility (STRMU) services; supportive services; Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA); facility-based operations; and administration.
This RFP is for public services programs only. The following projects and costs are examples of project types that are not eligible under this RFP:
- Major construction projects such as public facilities, new multi-family, and single-family housing, or multifamily housing acquisition and rehabilitation;
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Construction or rehabilitation of buildings for the general conduct of government;
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Supplanting of funds for existing programs or activities;
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Purchase of equipment, furniture, fixtures, and operational or maintenance expenses of facilities;
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Applications from for-profit entities;
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Demolition or code enforcement; and
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Anything that is listed as ineligible or unallowable in the applicable grant regulations.
For more information, visit Request for Proposals.
