The City of Waukegan is accepting applications for its 2025 Human Services Grant.
Donor Name: City of Waukegan
State: Illinois
County: Lake County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
- Minimum/maximum amount of requests
- CDBG: a minimum of $10,000 and no maximum.
- Waukegan CDBG: a minimum of $5,000 and a $25,000 maximum
- ESG: a minimum of $10,000 and no maximum.
- Estimated Funds Available – Contingent on 2025 HUD Budget
- Lake County ESG – $220K
- Lake County CDBG – $375K
- North Chicago CDBG – $40K
- Waukegan CDBG – $110K.
Eligibility Criteria
- Lake County CDBG applicants must:
- be either units of government, public not-for-profit entities, or private not-for-profit entities.
- be open to all residents of the county and must provide services to beneficiaries throughout Lake County, not just in North Chicago or Waukegan.
- North Chicago CDBG applicants must:
- be either units of government, public not-for-profit entities, or private not-for-profit entities.
- serve North Chicago residents.
- Waukegan CDBG applicants must:
- be in existence with proven complete statistical demographical information and executed goal achievement. START UP AGENCIES AND/OR PROGRAMS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
- be either units of government, public not-for-profit entities, or private not-for-profit entities.
- serve Waukegan residents.
- provide Proof of Good Standing / Certificate of Good Standing
- All applicants are required to prove good standing as an entity incorporated in the State of Illinois. Good standing can be verified by the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State with a copy of the Corporation File Detail Report. Purchased Certificate not necessary.
- Intake documents must verify residency.
- Application presentations before the Stakeholders Participation Panel (SPP) are required for funding opportunity with the City of Waukegan.
- Provide complete detailed outcomes. Incomplete or unmeasurable outcomes will disqualify the application. Please seek technical assistance from staff prior to application submission if you need assistance.
- ESG applicants must:
- be either units of government, public not-for-profit entities or private not-for-profit entities.
- be open to all residents of the county and must provide services to beneficiaries throughout Lake County, not just in North Chicago or Waukegan.
- Lake County ESG applicants special note regarding HMIS: The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development requires all recipients of ESG funds to participate in the Lake County Continuum of Care’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), commonly known as ServicePoint.
For more information, visit City of Waukegan.
