The City of Merced is seeking applications for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program.
Donor Name: City of Merced California
State: California
City: Merced
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/25/2022
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The City of Merced Housing Division participates in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, which distributes federal funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) each year.
Local community-based non-profit organizations can apply for these funds to use towards projects and services within the City limit boundaries that complement the Goals, Needs, and Priorities established in the current Consolidated Plan and each subsequent Annual Action Plan. A minimum of 70% of CDBG funds must benefit low- to moderate-income persons within the City limits of Merced, but the City strives to meet this at 100% of funding.
The City of Merced also receives funding from HUD’s Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) each year under a similar formula distribution. HOME grant funds are subject to the Code of Federal Regulations under Title 24 CFR Part 92, and like CDBG funds, can only be used for certain activities, including the construction of new rental or homebuyer housing, rehabilitation (alteration, improvement, or modification of existing structures), reconstruction (rebuilding of housing on the same lot), conversion (conversion of a structure to affordable residential housing), and acquisition of appropriate property for residential rental purposes. All HOME funds must benefit low- to moderate-income persons and households.
Accordingly, the City of Merced Housing Division invites funding request applications and project proposals by qualified local non-profit organizations that have the current capacity to provide eligible public service and/or housing rehabilitation and preservation activities that will benefit the following targeted populations within the City of Merced city limits: 1) extremely low- to moderate-income households; 2) homeless persons; 3) seniors and frail elderly; 4) at-risk youth; and 5) persons with disabilities.
Project types that have been determined as essential to the community include: 1) programs and planning that encourage the economic success of citizens and community; 2) Increased public services, particularly programs that provide services to the homeless/at-risk of becoming homeless, youth, and seniors; 3) permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless; and, 4) programs that promote and/or create fair and affordable housing, especially targeting extremely low- and low-income households.
In addition, the Housing Division invites applications from Fair Housing Service and Continuum of Care providers as partner extensions of our administrative responsibilities to HUD.
Timeframe
The City of Merced will receive for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
For more information, visit Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME).
