The City of Evanston is seeking applications to provide funding for Safety Net Services in FY2023 (January 1 through December 31, 2023).
Donor Name: City of Evanston
State: Illinois
Town: Evanston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/25/2022
Details:
Safety Net Services address needs caused by an immediate crisis. These services alone are not meant to ensure people thrive, but to protect individuals/households from additional harm. As part of reaction to and recovery from COVID-19, the City anticipates geater need for Safety Net Services.
Eligibility Criteria
Guidelines for programs eligible for funding as safety net services:
- Enable individuals/households to cope with a specific, limited-time hardship or unaddressed need to prevent further destabilization, or triage individuals/ households in crisis and serve as a gateway into more comprehensive services, including case management.
- Provide rapid access to free services or services provided on a sliding scale for new Evanston participants with a focus on low/moderate income people with greatest need and fewest resources.
- Result in a measurable improvement to the wellbeing of the participant by addressing a basic need.
- Can be defined using the “but for” rule. Examples: but for home-delivered meals, a low-income person living alone with limited mobility from an accident would be without healthy food.
- Include, but are not limited to: food, domestic violence services, emergency shelter, street outreach and drop in services for the homeless. Examples of other services that could fall under safety net include: benefits enrollment services, legal services, and employment services. (A safety net service provider may also accept direct referrals of clients in case management but would not be eligible for funding as Support Services and paid on a fee for service basis.)
Requirements
To be eligible for funding, a Safety Net service must meet the CDBG National Objective of benefiting primarily low- and moderate-income persons (51% or more have family income ≤ 80% of the area median income). This may be established in two ways: 1) Limited Clientele – participants’ incomes are documented and meet eligibility or 2) Presumed Eligible – includes abused children, battered spouses or homeless. Priorities for funding include safety net services provided to populations identified as high need in the 2022 Action Plan: low- and moderate-income Evanston residents, historically underserved people, including people of color, Limited English Proficiency (LEP) residents/households and recent immigrants. Applications will be evaluated based on the ability to provide immediate, free services to at-risk, underserved residents. All applications will be reviewed using an equity lens.
For more information, visit City of Evanston.
