The City of Riverside invites all interested and eligible parties to submit proposals for the 2024/2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Donor Name: City of Riverside
State: California
City: Riverside
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/24/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The primary purpose of the CDBG Program is to assist low and moderate-income people. The main objective of the HUD CDBG Program is the development of viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanded economic opportunities primarily for low- and moderate-income residents. The national objectives of the CDBG program were established to assist local communities with activities focused on:
- Eliminating slum and blight, preventing deterioration of property, providing needed neighborhood community facilities, provision of supportive services
- Preserving and improving the supply of affordable housing through improvement of low and moderate-income housing
- Acquisition, design, construction, and installation of needed public facilities, improvements, and accessibility measures
- Creation and retention of jobs for low- and moderate-income persons through the expansion of business opportunities and the provision of financial incentives to businesses.
Priorities
- Capital Improvement Priorities
- Community Facilities
- Park and Recreation Facilities
- Youth Centers
- Neighborhood Libraries
- Infrastructure
- Sidewalk Improvements
- Street Lighting
- Public Infrastructure
- Public Service Priorities
- Special Needs Services
- Neglected Abused Children Service
- Homeless Shelter Services
- Domestic Violence Services
- Community Services
- Code Enforcement
- Affordable Housing for Sale
- Senior Housing
- Neighborhood Services
- Removal of Graffiti, Trash & Debris
- Anti-Crime Programs
- Residential Home Repair
- Business & Jobs
- Job Training Programs Job
- Creation & Retention Small
- Business Assistance
Funding Information
The City of Riverside anticipates receiving approximately $3.0 million in CDBG funding from HUD for fiscal year 2024/2025 for use beginning July 1, 2024.
Uses of funds
Federal regulations require that CDBG funds be used for eligible activities that meet one of three national objectives:
- Benefit low- and moderate-income persons;
- Aid in the prevention or elimination of slum or blight; and
- Meet a need having a particular urgency
The City of Riverside uses its annual CDBG allocation to fund projects and activities undertaken by City Departments and Community-based non-profit agencies specifically to address the housing and community development needs of low- and moderate-income persons in the City of Riverside. CDBG funding can be used for a variety of activities to meet HUD statutory goals including but not limited to:
- Decent Housing
- assisting homeless people obtain affordable housing
- assisting persons at risk of becoming homeless retention of affordable housing stock
- increasing the availability of affordable permanent housing in standard condition to low-income and moderate-income families, particularly to members of disadvantaged minorities without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability
- increasing the supply of supportive housing which includes structural features and services to enable persons with special needs (including persons with HIV/AIDS) to live in dignity and independence; and that is accessible to job opportunities.
- A suitable living environment
- improving the safety and livability of neighborhoods
- increasing access to quality public and private facilities and services
- reducing the isolation of income groups within areas through spatial de-concentration of housing opportunities for lower income persons and the revitalization of deteriorating neighborhoods
- restoring and preserving properties of special historic, architectural, or aesthetic value
- conservation of energy resources
- Expanded economic opportunities
- job creation and retention, establishment, stabilization, and expansion of small businesses (including micro businesses)
- the provision of public services concerned with employment
- the provision of jobs to low-income persons living in areas affected by those programs and activities or jobs resulting from carrying out activities under programs covered by the plan
- availability of mortgage financing for low-income persons at reasonable rates using nondiscriminatory lending practices
- access to capital and credit for development activities that promote the long-term economic and social viability of the community
- empowerment and self-sufficiency for low-income persons to reduce generation poverty in federally assisted housing and public housing.
Eligible Activities
The City of Riverside will only consider funding proposals for CDBG eligible activities that serve primarily low- and moderate-income persons residing in the City of Riverside.
- Acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities for public use
- Acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of facilities for persons with special needs (e.g., homeless persons, battered spouses, frail elderly, disabled adults, abused children, etc.)
- Construction or rehabilitation of housing units for low-moderate-income
- Health care and substance abuse services
- Childcare and after-school programs
- Transitional housing and supportive services for the homeless; Crime prevention activities
- Parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities
- Senior and disabled centers, except 24-hour care facilities
- Removal of architectural barriers, which restrict mobility of persons with disabilities
Eligible Participants
Applicants for CDBG funding must be federally registered 501(c)(3) or (6) non- profit organizations, governmental entities, or educational institutions.
For more information, visit City of Riverside.
