The City of Union City is currently accepting applications for its Community Development Block Grant Program for public service activities in FY 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
Donor Name: City of Union City
State: California
City: Union City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/18/2023
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Priorities
Given the affordable housing and homelessness crisis the City and greater Bay Area are facing, the City is prioritizing funding for homeless-related programs. The City Council has also prioritized addressing homelessness within the City and has made a commitment to fund homeless programs in order to provide match funding to access additional State homeless grants.
In addition, in 2023, the City conducted a Public Services Needs Assessment Study for the purpose of identifying the community’s public services needs and developing a plan of action to address those needs. The study includes key findings and recommendations on how the City can better utilize existing funds.
As a result of this study, the application process will prioritize programs that can address the following findings identified in the study:
- Services or programs prioritizing homeless services, senior services, and youth services
Two-Year Term
The City issues two-year funding contracts to coincide with the City’s two-year budget cycle. The second year funding is subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance. Funding for the second year is generally intended to be the same as the first year. The FY 23-24 contract term is July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 and the FY 24-25 contract term is July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
Eligible Programs/Activities
General Fund and CDBG funds can be used for a wide range of public service activities. Below are examples of allowable activities.
- Child care
- Crime prevention
- Domestic violence programs
- Drug abuse prevention
- Education
- Employment services (e.g. job training)
- Fair housing counseling
- Food programs
- Health care/Mental Health Services
- Homeless programs
- Legal services
- Microenterprise assistance
- Senior programs
- Youth programs
Minimum Requirements
Below are the minimum requirements an applicant must meet in order to be eligible to apply for funding:
- Valid 501(c)3 non-profit or a public agency
- Completes an annual financial audit
- Proposed program benefits one or more of the following groups:
- Low-income families and/or households
- Seniors (age 62 or older)
- Persons with disabilities
- Homeless persons
- Youth Support Services
Applicable to organizations that receive over $500,000 in annual revenue.
CDBG Requirements
In order to be eligible for CDBG funding, an application must also meet the following criteria:
- Be an eligible activity under U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations (a sample of eligible activities is provided on page 1); AND Meet HUD’s CDBG National Objective, which is to benefit low to moderate income (LMI) persons. In order for a CDBG activity to be eligible under the LMI national objective, the activity must qualify under either a) Area Benefit OR b) Limited Clientele.
- Area Benefit: The public service activity must be offered to all residents of an area where at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the residents are low- and moderate-income per the latest census data available. The area must be clearly delineated by the subrecipient and must be primarily residential. The City has identified census tract 440200 along with census block groups 440331 (Block 2), 440307 (Block 1), 440308 (Block 2), and 440336 (Block 1) as a low-moderate income census tract(s). Additionally, there may be other census block groups that also qualify. Activities that are located in a low income service area but are designed to meet special needs cannot be qualified under this category. For example, a senior center would qualify under the Limited Clientele category and not the Area Benefit category. OR
- Limited Clientele: Under limited clientele, activity must benefit a specific targeted group of persons of which at least fifty-one percent (51%) must be low- and moderate-income. Income verification must be done to document client benefit except if the clients are considered “presumed benefit” (see section i below), in which case, their status must be verified. This can be achieved by meeting one of the following criteria:
- Presumed Benefit: Serving a group primarily presumed to be LMI such as abused children, battered spouses, elderly persons, severely disabled adults, homeless persons, illiterate adults, persons living with AIDS, and migrant farm workers; OR
- Serving at least fifty-one percent (51%) LMI, as evidenced by documentation and data concerning the client’s family size and income; OR
- Having income-eligibility requirements that limit the service to persons meeting the LMI income requirement, as evidenced by the program operator’s procedures, intake/application forms, and other sources of documentation.
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