The County of Rockland has announced Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Program to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in their communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and retention of businesses.
Donor Name: Rockland County Office of Community Development (RCOCD)
State: New York
County: Rockland County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/31/2022
Details:
CDBG is an important tool for helping local governments tackle serious challenges facing their communities. The CDBG program has made a difference in the lives of millions of people and their communities across the Nation. This program provides grants funds to local and State governments to be used to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing with a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities to assist low- and moderate-income residents.
To qualify for CDBG funding, proposed projects and activities must satisfy the following criteria:
- Principally benefit very low, low or moderate income persons
- Projects awarded federal CDBG funds are required to ensure that all persons are served equitably and that a person is not denied services because of
- race
- color
- religion
- national origin
- sex
- familial status
- mental or physical ability
- The State of New York carries additional protections for persons experiencing discrimination based on:
- source of income
- marital status
- Age (if over the age of 18)
- sexual orientation
- gender identity
- Applicants must be prepared to establish, amend, or maintain program admissions, occupancy, and operating policies and procedures (including policies and procedures to protect individuals’ privacy and security), so that equal access is provided to individuals based on any of the above listed protected classes. This requirement includes tenant selection and admission preferences.
For more information, visit Rockland County Office of Community Development (RCOCD) .
