The Missouri Department of Economic Development is currently seeking applications for its Neighborhood Assistance Program.
Donor Name: Missouri Department of Economic Development
State: Missouri
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/29/2022
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
This program can help fund job training initiatives, crime prevention, community service projects, and revitalization of community-based buildings and areas.
Priorities
- Job training projects that: support the development of a well-trained, well-educated workforce; address the gap between available jobs and qualified workers; align training programs to the needs of the community and its businesses; and/or focus on high demand post-secondary job certifications.
- Education projects that: prepare underserved youth for post-secondary opportunities; increase rates of adult literacy and high school equivalency attainment; and/or provide early childhood programming for low-income families.
Additionally, the DED will award priority points to applicants submitting from geographic areas of the state previously underrepresented in NAP award share as compared to the number of individuals in poverty for the area.
- Projects being implemented in the Kansas City region, may be awarded up to six (6) bonus points. Applications must still meet all other guidelines and requirements. Counties included in the region are Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, and Ray.
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Projects being implemented in the Southeast region, may be awarded up to four (4) bonus points. Counties included in the region are Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard, Texas, Wayne, and Wright.
Project Categories
- Community Services
- Crime Prevention
- Education
- Job Training
- Physical Revitalization
Funding Information
- The maximum initial per project award is $500,000 ($350,000 in 70% credits or $250,000 in 50% credits).
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit Organization: An organization located (and incorporated to do business) in Missouri that is:
- Incorporated as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to Chapter 355, RSMo;
- Designated as a community development corporation under Title VII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; or,
- Holds a 501(c)(3) IRS tax-exempt ruling (and is incorporated as a nonprofit in Missouri).
- Has a locally controlled Board of Directors that is empowered and assumes all administrative and financial responsibility for the local chapter, division, or branch. Local boards that serve in only an advisory capacity are not eligible. DED retains the right to make a final determination of what constitutes a locally controlled board of directors.
- Missouri Business: A person, firm, a partner in a firm, corporation, or a shareholder in an S-corporation, doing business in Missouri and subject to state income, conducting a project that:
- Falls outside the company’s normal scope of business; and,
- Will address one or more identified needs in the community; and,
- Qualifies under one or more eligible NAP categories.
- Faith-based Organizations may qualify for NAP if all of the following conditions are met:
- The organization meets all nonprofit requirements identified above.
- Organizations may not engage in inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization, as part of the programs or services funded under NAP. If an organization conducts such activities, the activities must be offered separately, in time or location, from the programs or services funded under NAP.
- The organization will not require clients to attend religious services or activities in order to participate.
- Faith-based organizations may not use any portion of NAP funds to promote, encourage, enlist, advocate, or urge any individual to participate in any religious creed, sectarian purpose, or church.
- An organization that participates in NAP may not, in providing program assistance, discriminate against participants or prospective participants on the basis of religion or religious belief.
- The project addresses a specific identified need in the community qualifying under one of the eligible NAP project categories and the applicant meets all other eligibility requirements
For more information, visit Neighborhood Assistance Program.