Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Solutions Grant Program (New York)

Department of Planning and Development has announced a 2022 Request for Proposals for Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Solutions Grant.

Donor Name: Department of Planning and Development

State: New York

City: Yonkers

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/12/2022

Size of the Grant: $18,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

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. Must demonstrate project readiness.
• Public Services: (Low/Mod Clientele, See Attachment C)
  • 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).

Grant Amount

Public Service grants are generally limited to $3,000 to $18,000.

Duration

February 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023.

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.

Eligible Target Area Activities

• 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.

For more information, visit Request for Proposals.