The Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget is requesting applications for its Improving Neighborhood Outcomes in Disproportionally Impacted Communities.
Donor Name: Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget
State: Georgia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/18/2022
Details:
Investments in neighborhood features, including parks, recreation facilities, sidewalks, and healthy food access, can work to improve physical and mental health outcomes. Allowing people access to nature, including parks, has been connected to decreased levels of mortality and illness and increased well-being. Urban park use during the COVID–19 pandemic may have declined among lower-income individuals. Encouraging physical activity can also play a role in health outcomes, as a sedentary lifestyle is a risk factor for chronic diseases and more severe COVID–19 outcomes. Parks, recreation facilities, and sidewalks can promote healthier living environments by allowing for safe and socially distanced recreation during the COVID– 19 pandemic.
The US Treasury final rule includes enumerated eligible uses in disproportionately impacted communities for developing neighborhood features that promote improved health and safety outcomes, such as parks, green spaces, recreational facilities, sidewalks, pedestrian safety features like crosswalks, projects that increase access to healthy foods, streetlights, neighborhood cleanup, and other projects to revitalize public spaces.
The final rule also recognizes that the public health impacts of the pandemic are broader than just the COVID–19 disease itself and include substantial impacts on mental health and public safety challenges like rates of violent crime, which are correlated with a neighborhood’s-built environment and features.
Eligibility Criteria
- All ARPA applicants must have an organization, or subrecipient, that will serve as the fiduciary agent and assume overall responsibility for the grant. Eligible ARPA applicants include:
- A unit of local government
- County
- Non-profits
- The project must occur within a Qualified Census Tract
- Due to the timeframe of the grant preference will be given to projects focusing on revitalization and renovation.
For more information, visit Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget.
