Grant

Community Economic Development Planning Grants

Funding Type

Grant

Grantor Agency

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Grant Range

Up to 150K

# of Awards Available

10

Programmatic Area

Capacity Building

Programmatic Area

Community Development

Programmatic Area

Energy & Environment

Programmatic Area

Workforce & Economic Development

Deadline

07/12/2024

Match Required?

Match Amount

n/a

Eligible Entities

1. Applicant must be a private, non-profit CDC with 501(c)(3) status; 2. Applicant must have articles of incorporation or bylaws demonstrating that the CDC has, as a principal purpose, the planning, developing, or managing of low-income housing or community economic development activities; and 3. The Board of Directors must have representation from each of the following: community residents, business leaders, and civic leaders.

Focus Area

OCS aims to align this funding opportunity with the following priority areas: (1) Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and the Justice40 Initiative, which underscore funding support for energy communities, (2) increased equity in geographic distribution of CED funds, in accordance with the CED statute, and (3) breaking down service silos and leveraging existing partnerships across OCS programs to reduce poverty through a wraparound services model for communities with low incomes. The objective of the CED Planning Grants is to stimulate new projects in underserved and under resourced communities. OCS intends to center equity in this funding opportunity, focusing these resources in persistent high-poverty areas with struggling economies that have been unable to put forth a viable CED project in the past. The goal of this funding opportunity is to provide CDCs with financial assistance for administrative capacity building. The awards will be a crucial step in connecting CDCs with CED resources for social and revenue reinvestment in local communities to help spark economic growth. OCS is encouraging applications from CDCs that target urban and rural areas.OCS will provide bonus points for the following types of projects: (1) projects located in states or trust territories without active CED grants, (2) projects located in energy communities that have experienced employment loss and/or economic dislocation events as a result of divestment in the fossil fuel industry, and/or have economies that are disproportionately reliant on fossil fuel energy production or distribution, (3) in communities that have current or recent partnerships with OCS program award recipients, (4) projects supporting Native American communities, and/or (5) projects aligned with the Justice40 initiative.

Contact

Chanel Jackson, Chanel.Jackson@acf.hhs.gov Portland, OR 97204 Voice: (866) 923-5626 ext. 1 (toll-free) or (503) 414-3300 Fax: (855) 824-6180

Link to Opportunity

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352024

Application Platform

grants.gov

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