The City of DeKalb, IL is seeking proposals from non-profit agencies for the provision of public services consistent with the City’s Consolidated Plan, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) statement of Community Development objectives, and the projected use of funds.
Donor Name: City of DeKalb
State: Illinois
County: DeKalb County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/21/2022
Details:
Projects must be designed to increase current public services or offer a new public service that promotes independent living and self-sufficiency for homeless individuals and families, the elderly, survivors of domestic violence, at-risk children/youth, people of low income, and people with disabilities. All projects are required to meet a minimum of one Consolidated Plan Objective and one HUD National Objective.
The City of DeKalb’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan identifies the following objectives to address issues in housing and community development for the City. Five-year goals are provided for quantitative objectives (those that can be defined by the of units or of individuals receiving assistance).
Strategies to Address Priority Housing Needs
Provide additional permanent and affordable housing choices for low-/moderate-income renters and owners including the elderly, persons with a disability, and persons with other special needs.
Objective 1 Effectively utilize the City’s existing housing stock by encouraging the maintenance and rehabilitation of housing units for low-/moderate-income persons.
Five-year goal: Assist with rehabilitation of 60 owner-occupied single family or duplex housing units.
- HUD Objective: Decent Housing
- HUD Outcome: Sustainability
Strategies to Address Priority Needs of Homeless Persons
Provide adequate emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, and supportive services for homeless individuals and families.
Provide adequate emergency shelter, transitional housing with supportive services, and permanent supportive housing to homeless adults, families with children, and survivors of domestic violence as they work toward solutions to their long-term housing needs.
Five-year goal: Assist a total of 1,000 homeless individuals including 50 who have long-term mental illness and 130 who have a disability, homeless adults and children (families), and 250 victims of domestic violence and their families.
- HUD Objective: Decent Housing
- HUD Outcome: Availability/Accessibility
In coordination with the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb and other providers, identify resources to increase the number of permanent housing choices that will provide homeless persons with a decent and safe living environment that will not create an excessive cost burden or result in overcrowding.
Five-year goal: Increase availability of affordable housing by 20 units.
- HUD Objective: Decent Housing
- HUD Outcome: Availability/Accessibility
Coordinate long-term housing needs for homeless individuals, families with children, and survivors of domestic violence in DeKalb County in collaboration with the Northern Illinois Homeless Coalition.
Five-year goal: Increase access to funding for supportive services for DeKalb County homeless programs, and emergency and transitional shelters through consistent and active participation in the Continuum of Care. HUD Objective: Decent Housing HUD Outcome: Availability/Accessibility Strategies to Address Priority Needs of Special Populations
Provide adequate supportive services to persons with special needs by supporting service providers who work to insure a continuum of care for the elderly and other individuals with special needs.
Provide supportive services to persons with special needs, very low-, and lowincome persons in order to allow them to live independently and with dignity.
Five-year goal: Assist a total of 1000 persons with special needs, low-income, and/or very low-income.
- HUD Objective: Suitable Living Environment
- HUD Outcome: Sustainability
Continue to support a process that provides seniors and persons with special needs the continuum of care necessary for them to live independently and with dignity for as long as possible by provide affordable housing choices and supportive services that promote independence in the community.
Five-year goal: Support programs to assist 50 seniors and other persons with special needs
- HUD Objective: Suitable Living Environment
- HUD Outcome: Availability/Accessibility
Strategies to Address Priority Needs for Community and Economic Development
Promote neighborhood revitalization programs by continuing to address housing and community development needs in neighborhoods that have been identified as priority areas, revitalization areas or slum/blighted areas. 5-year goal: Continue revitalization of neighborhoods by completing sidewalk, street, lighting, storm water, and other capital improvements and/or the demolition of blighted property in at least one neighborhood.
- HUD Objective: Suitable Living Environment
- HUD Outcome: Sustainability
Explore ways to increase economic opportunities by increasing the availability of affordable childcare, increasing employment training, improving access to nontraditional education, and through implementation of other programs as
identified.
5 year goal: Continue to work with agencies and organizations that provide services to unemployed or underemployed residents to ensure increased economic opportunities for at least 50 individuals or families.
- HUD Objective: Create Economic Opportunity
- HUD Outcome: Availability/Accessibility
Program Objectives (Consistent with National Objectives)
Activities must qualify through one area of CDBG’s National Objectives for activities benefiting low/moderate-income persons.
- Area Benefit Activities – An activity, the benefits of which are available to all the residents in a particular area, where at least 51% of the residents are low-/moderate income persons. The service area must be primarily residential, and the activity must meet the identified needs of low/moderate-income persons. Determination of qualifying service areas shall be made by the Community Development Department based on the most recent U. S. Census and/or American Community Survey data.
- Limited Clientele Activities – An activity which benefits a specific group of people, at least 51% of whom are low-/moderate-income persons; or, an activity designed for removal of material and architectural barriers which restrict the mobility and accessibility of the elderly or persons with disabilities to publicly and privately-owned
non-residential buildings, facilities, and improvements.
For more information, visit Community Development Block Grant.
