The City of Yonkers is soliciting proposals for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program.
Donor Name: City of Yonkers
State: New York
City: Yonkers
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/09/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The purpose of the CDBG Program is to provide decent housing, suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally benefiting persons of low and moderate income. Federal regulations require that at least one of the following national objectives are met by all CDBG funded activities:
- The activity must principally benefit low and moderate income individuals.
- The activity must aid in the prevention or elimination of slums/blight.
- The activity must address an immediate, urgent threat to the health/welfare of the community, not addressed by other financial resources.
Categories
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications can be submitted in the following categories:
- Economic Development projects such as business assistance, job training and placements.
- Must demonstrate the ability to create/retain jobs .
- Public Facilities projects that improve neighborhoods, community facilities, and open green spaces and/or city parks.
- Public Services
- Youth service programs, particularly those stressing gang prevention, education, and vocational skills;
- Senior programs, particularly those focusing on transportation services, intergenerational programs and independent living services
- Fair Housing activities, including training and testing
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) applications
Homeless Services
ESG funds are available for five program components: street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing assistance, and data collection through the Homeless Management Information System or HMIS. Below is a summary of the components and related eligible costs:
- Street Outreach
- funds may cover costs related to essential services for unsheltered persons (including emergency health or mental health care, engagement, case management, and services for special populations.
- Emergency Shelter
- funds may be used for renovation of emergency shelter facilities and the operation of those facilities, as well as services for the residents (including case management, child care, education, employment assistance and job training, legal, mental health, substance abuse treatment, transportation, and services for special populations)
- Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing
- both components fund housing relocation and stabilization services (including rental application fees, security deposits, utility deposits or payments, last month’s rent and housing search and placement activities). Funds may also be used for short- or medium-term rental assistance for those who are at-risk of becoming homeless or transitioning to stable housing.
- HMIS
- funds may be used to pay the costs for contributing data to the HMIS designated by the Continuum of Care for the area. Eligible activities include (computer hardware, software, or equipment, technical support, office space, salaries of operators, staff training costs, and participation fees)
CDBG funds may be used for acquisition, demolition, clearance removal or rehabilitation of real property and blighted buildings; the construction, reconstruction, or installation of public works projects; neighborhood facilities and other site improvements; relocation assistance, economic development; assistance to the elderly or handicapped and public services.
Funding Information
Public Service grants are generally limited to $3,000 to $15,000.
Project Period
February 1, 2024 – January 31, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
In accordance with the most recent federal Community Development Act Criteria, at least one of the following general objectives must be met by all CDBG funded activities:
- The activity must benefit low and moderate income families; or
- The activity must aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight; or
- The activity must address an immediate, urgent threat to the health or welfare of the community, not addressed by other financial resources.
For more information, visit City of Yonkers.
