The City of Lewiston announces the availability of funds for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs.
Donor Name: City of Lewiston
State: Maine
City: Lewiston
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The funds are authorized under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and are received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds may be used for various activities that benefit low and moderate-income persons.
National Objective
CDBG Public Service projects must principally benefit low and moderate-income persons. Determination is based on limited clientele or area benefit activity.
Period of Performance
July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
Eligible Activities
Public service activities which are directed toward improvement of the quantity and quality of community services principally benefiting persons of low- and moderate-income are eligible for funding. These activities include, but are not limited to, services concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, substance abuse counseling and treatment, education, fair housing counseling, tenant and landlord education, energy conservation, and recreational needs. Emergency grant payments for food, clothing, and shelter (rent, mortgage, utilities) needs are eligible activities as long as the payments do not exceed three months and the payments are made directly to the provider of such services on behalf of an individual or family.
Eligible Costs
Costs include labor, materials, supplies, and/or rent for the portion of the facility in which the public service is located.
Eligibility Criteria
Public or Nonprofit agencies. Nonprofits must hold 501c3 status under the IRS Code and have filed IRS 990. All entities must provide a Unique Entity Identifier number (UEI).
Faith-Based Organizations:
- Organizations that are religious or faith-based are eligible, on the same basis as any other organization, to participate in the CDBG program.
- Organizations may not engage in inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization, as a part of the programs or services funded with CDBG funds. If the organization conducts such activities, the activities must be offered separately, in time or location, from the programs or services funded with CDBG funds, and participation must be voluntary for the beneficiaries of the CDBG-funded programs or services. Faith-based organizations may use space in their facilities to provide CDBG funded services without removing religious art, icons, scriptures or other religious symbols.
- An organization that participates in the CDBG program shall not, in providing program assistance, discriminate against a program beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of religion or religious belief.
- A religious organization’s exemption from the federal prohibition on employment discrimination on the basis of religion, set forth in section 702(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not forfeited when the organization participates in the CDBG program. Not with standing the foregoing, non-discrimination requirements imposed by statute on all CDBG grantees shall apply to religious and faith-based organizations.
Threshold Criteria
- Eligible to apply for CDBG funding and not disbarred or otherwise considered ineligible by HUD (24 CFR 570)
- Program/Project meets a National Objective.
- Attended one mandatory meeting
- Consistent with 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan Goals
Required attachments at the time of application:
- Copy of the latest 501c3 letter of determination of non-profit status
- Financial Statements, Compilation or Audit
- Most recent 990 or 990EZ
- Mission Statement
- List of Board Members and Contact Information
Required attachments to the application, if funded:
- Nondiscrimination Policy
- Conflict of Interest Policy
- Organization’s Procurement Policy (if you are requesting reimbursement on supplies/materials)
- Organization’s Grievance Policy for both employees and clients
- Organization’s Termination Policy for employees and clients
- Organization’s Protected Personal Identification Information Policy.
For more information, visit City of Lewiston.
