The City of Livermore is accepting applications for its 2024- 2025 Housing and Human Services Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Livermore
State: California
City: Livermore
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The City of Livermore Housing and Human Services Grant program helps fund critical safety net services for low-income community members, including young people, families, unhoused people, community members with disabilities, seniors, and veterans. Housing and Human Services Grants are funded through a combination of federal community development grants and local funds.
The City may award and appropriate funds to one or more eligible projects in each funding categories below:
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Capital Projects (approximately $263,000)
- CDBG Public Services(approximately $60,000)
- HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Funds (approximately $140,000)
- Local Funds
Funds must be used to serve low-and/or moderate-income households located within the City of Livermore and must meet at least one of the following 2024-25 Grant Priorities:
- Housing Services
- Homeless Services
- Public Health
- Safety Net Access
CDBG funds are directed toward development of viable urban communities through the provision of decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic, opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals, families and communities. To be eligible for CDBG funding, the project must meet one or more of the following national objectives:
- Benefit low-and moderate- income persons;
- Aid in the prevention or elimination of blight or slums; and/or
- Meet an urgent need
HOME funds are directed towards creating decent and affordable housing, particularly housing for very low and low-income Americans. To be eligible for HOME funding, the project must meet one or more of the following national objectives:
- Expand the supply of rental housing that is affordable to very low and low-income persons and families;
- Improve homeownership opportunities to very low and low-income persons and families;
- Expand the capacity of non-profit providers of lower income housing; and/or
- Encourage private-sector participation in the development of lower income housing.
Priorities
- Public Health
- Navigation of Mental Health Services and Substance Use Programs for low-income, unsheltered community members, and seniors.
- Support Services for people with disabilities, seniors, low-income families, and survivors of domestic violence.
- Medical and Dental Services
- Housing Services
- Affordable Housing units for low-income families, people experiencing homelessness, and seniors
- Rental Assistance
- Housing Services to keep low-income families, people with disabilities, and seniors housed
- Homeless Services
- Emergency Shelter and Temporary/Transitional Housing
- Basic Needs such as showers/restrooms and storage
- Employment Services
- Supportive Services such as service navigation and counseling
- Safety Net Access
- Access Critical Safety Net Services for non-English speakers, people with disabilities, seniors, low-income families, and youth
- Access and Navigation to Social Services and Government Sponsored Programs.
- Food security
- Transportation
HHSG Program Goals
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Strategic Goals
- Support Underserved Communities
- Ensure Access to and Increase the Production of Affordable Housing
- Promote Homeownership
- Advance Sustainable Communities
- Strengthen HUD’s Internal Capacity
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Policy Priorities
- Provide increased homeownership and rental opportunities for low and moderate-income persons, persons with disabilities, the elderly, minorities, and families with limited English proficiency.
- Improving the quality of life in Nation’s communities
- Encouraging accessible design features.
- Participation of minority-serving institutions in HUD programs.
- End chronic homelessness within ten years.
- Removal of barriers to affordable housing.
Project Period
The applications are for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
For more information visit City of Livermore.
