The City is accepting applications from interested, existing tax exempt California nonprofit organizations currently providing or planning to provide eligible CDBG services to City of Lake Forest residents during Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Donor Name: City of Lake Forest
State: California
City: Lake Forest
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/26/2023
Size of the Grant: $76,500
Details:
The primary objective of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) CDBG program is to develop viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable environment and expanding economic opportunities for persons of low- and moderate income.
Eligible service programs must meet one of the three broad national objectives of the CDBG Program:
- Provide a benefit to low- and moderate-income persons.
- Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.
- Meet other community development needs having a particular urgency (i.e., declared disaster).
The Consolidated Plan is a five-year strategic plan that identifies priority housing and community needs for the use of CDBG funds. The priority needs identified in the 2020- 2024 Consolidated Plan are listed below. Applications must also address at least one priority need as established in the City’s Consolidated Plan.
Housing priorities identified in the Consolidated Plan include:
- Improve or expand the supply of housing affordable to lower-income households.
- Housing and support services for the homeless and the near-homeless.
- Rental Assistance.
Grant Priorities
Community development priorities include the provision of needed community services and infrastructure improvements benefiting low- and moderate-income persons and those with special needs, including:
- A continuum of housing and supportive services for the homeless and the near homeless.
- Financial assistance to create or preserve employment opportunities for lower-income residents.
- Homelessness prevention and other homeless housing and support services.
- Fair housing outreach, education, and enforcement.
- Youth services.
- Senior services.
- Low-income person services.
- Disabled person services.
- Economic opportunities primarily for low and-moderate income persons.
- Public improvements and public facility improvements.
Funding Information
For fiscal year 2023-2024, the City anticipates a CDBG award of approximately $510,000. Therefore, the maximum amount that may be allocated for public service programs (15%) will be $76,500.
For more information, visit City of Lake Forest.