The City of Tucson (City) allocates General Funds from City tax and other revenue to provide funding for human services activities administered by eligible non-profit organizations and City Departments which advance the City’s goals human services, housing, and community goals.
Donor Name: City of Tucson
State: Arizona
City: Tucson
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/20/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
P-CHIP Funding Priorities / Eligible Activity Areas
- P-CHIP Goal A: Solving Homelessness
- Every person deserves a safe place to live and the opportunity to thrive. Achieving this requires a strong community safety net and strategies aimed at preventing low-income households from becoming homeless, quickly rehousing people experiencing homelessness, and removing barriers that lead to repeat episodes of homelessness. Tucson’s homeless response system possesses many of the essential elements of an effective approach, but there are many opportunities to improve its efficiency and impact.
- P-CHIP Goal B: Optimize Behavioral, Emotional, and Physical Health
- Health is influenced by various factors, including social and economic conditions, known as the Social Determinants of Health. These factors disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minority groups, putting them at higher risk for serious illnesses. The goals and strategies under this priority aim to address these inequities and improve the overall conditions that affect health and quality of life for Tucson residents.
- P-CHIP Goal C: Reduce Poverty and Ensure Dignity for All
- Poverty is closely linked with nearly all the challenges identified in the P-CHIP and is one of Tucson’s greatest challenges. Tucson’s poverty rate is significantly higher than that of Arizona and the United States. People living in impoverished households often struggle to afford basic needs, such as housing, food, transportation, health care, and childcare. Poverty destabilizes families, affects access to opportunity, and leads to undesirable outcomes, such as hunger and homelessness. Optimizing opportunity and enabling all people to perform to the best of their abilities benefits the entire community and improves well-being.
- P-CHIP Goal D: Support Equitable and Sustainable Neighborhoods
- This priority aims to create and sustain inclusive, resilient communities where residents have the opportunity to thrive, with a strong commitment to reducing disparities and promoting long-term sustainability. This includes access to affordable housing, transportation, and other essential services.
- P-CHIP Goal E: Increase Affordable and Attainable Housing Options
- Affordable housing emerged as the most critical challenge in the P-CHIP survey. HCD is committed to using its resources to partner in a communitywide effort to address the current shortage of affordable housing, as well as other housing needs to make sure all have an affordable, healthy, sustainable, and safe home.
- P-CHIP Goal F: Expand Homebuyer and Homeowner Assistance Opportunities
- Homeownership can provide financial gains and security over time, stability, and a way to build intergenerational wealth. Investing in affordable homeownership opportunities, creating pathways to homeownership, and supporting current low-income homeowners are important components in addressing the affordable housing shortfall and advancing housing equity across the city.
- P-CHIP Goal G: Ensure Healthy, Sustainable, and Safe Homes
- In addition to being affordable, housing must also support families’ health and safety by reducing exposure to environmental hazards and increasing climate resiliency. Similarly, reducing threats to stable housing like evictions or foreclosures, and increasing the ability of older adults to stay in their homes as they age are important goals to increase housing stability.
- P-CHIP Goal H: Improve Equity in Housing
- Structural racism in U.S. housing policies has contributed to racial disparities and housing segregation nationally and locally. Improving housing equity aims to address housing segregation and advance the City’s commitment to advancing equity.
Funding Information
The Fiscal Year 2026 General Fund grantmaking amount will not be published until the City’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget is developed and approved. Based on prior year allocations, the City of Tucson anticipates subawarding approximately $1.3M in local funds to non-profit subrecipients annually. This amount is subject to change based on the amount provided for in the FY 2026 General Fund budget.
- Minimum Request: $50,000
- Maximum Request: $200,000
- Anticipated Average Award: $50,00
Grant Period
The initial performance period for funding issued under this solicitation shall be July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026. The City may, at its discretion, award a second year of funding at the same or an adjusted budget amount covering an additional 12-month period of July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027 subject to satisfactory project performance, subaward grant expenditure, and continued availability of funds.
Eligible Projects
- P-CHIP Goal A: Solving Homelessness
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include but are not limited to street outreach and housing navigation programs, emergency shelters, medical respite, temporary/permanent housing programs like transitional and supportive housing, emergency rent and utility assistance, other flexible funding resources, and supportive services programs for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
- P-CHIP Goal B: Optimize Behavioral, Emotional, and Physical Health
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include but are not limited to medical and behavioral outreach, education, and health promotions activities, low-barrier substance-use disorder services, food banks, meal distribution programs, access to contraception, and benefits coordinator services, particularly if such programs provide targeted services for disparately impacted and medically disenfranchised communities.
- P-CHIP Goal C: Reduce Poverty and Ensure Dignity for All
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include, but are not limited to workforce development for underserved populations, early childhood education, educational enrichment programs, job training programs, GED preparation programs, post- secondary/technical educational engagement and outreach services, economic mobility programs, small business supportive services, projects that enhance opportunities and support for individuals exiting incarceration, programs that improve financial capability and provide equitable access to banking/loans or non-predatory financial services.
- P-CHIP Goal D: Support Equitable and Sustainable Neighborhoods
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include but are not limited to paratransit services, transportation programs for low-income populations, low-income older adults, and persons with disabilities, activities promoting safe streets for walking, biking, and alternative modes of transportation, programs aimed at addressing accessibility improvements in public spaces, projects which foster civic integration and social/cultural exchange immigrant and refugee communities, projects which increase green infrastructure and water catchment in neighborhoods experiencing vulnerability and community heat islands, public art and aesthetic improvements in neighborhoods experiencing vulnerability, litter/trash cleanup and education initiatives in neighborhoods experiencing vulnerability, projects that enhance the safety of public spaces through the use of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles, community safety programs, restorative justice programs, equitable place-based community reinvestment efforts, projects which work to document and retain neighborhood cultural assets, and other projects and services designed to address identified inequities experienced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; immigrants and refugees; disabled persons; LGBTQ+ persons, disabled persons, and other groups.
- P-CHIP Goal E: Increase Affordable and Attainable Housing Options
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include but are not limited to home repair and rehabilitation programs, capacity-building grants to support the growth and expansion of non-profit organizations which can be certified as community housing development organizations, supportive services for tenants of low-income and/or public housing communities, and planning grants to support affordable housing development and retention activities conducted by non-profit organizations and City Departments.
- P-CHIP Goal F: Expand Homebuyer and Homeowner Assistance Opportunities
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include but are not limited to down payment assistance, closing cost assistance, low-income homeowner financial assistance services, homebuyer education and financial counselling services, and green/sustainable home programs for low-income families including solar, rainwater harvesting, weatherization, etc.
- P-CHIP Goal G: Ensure Healthy, Sustainable, and Safe Homes
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include but are not limited to foreclosure prevention programs, eviction prevention programs, affordable housing programs providing green building and energy efficiency, and emergency home repair services/programs.
- P-CHIP Goal H: Improve Equity in Housing
- Examples of eligible project types under this funding priority include but are not limited to programs and initiatives that improve equity in housing, expand housing choice, and activities that affirmatively further fair housing.
Priority Populations
General Fund allocations are not limited to any specific eligible beneficiary population; however, projects which provide assistance for children and youth, low-income persons, persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness, disabled persons, and other vulnerable communities may be prioritized for funding at the City’s discretion. Projects which intend to serve a specific subpopulation are required to demonstrate through data the need for specialized services for the subpopulation(s) to be served within the project application.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) designation, non-profit organizations with IRS 501(c)(4) designation, and City of Tucson Departments. Grassroots organizations without IRS non-profit status may apply with a fiscal agent who meets all eligibility requirements. Neighborhood associations or groups without non-profit status may apply with a sponsoring City Department acting as the fiscal agent.
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