Applications are now being accepted for the CDBG, ESG, and HOME Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Moreno Valley
State: California
City: Moreno Valley
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Each year, the City of Moreno Valley manages and oversees several grant programs with funds provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Currently, Moreno Valley receives three separate allocations known as:
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
- HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
- Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
General Program Objectives
- Capital Improvement Activities (CDBG)
- Economic Development Activities (CDBG)
- Fair Housing Activities (CDBG)
- Health, Safety, and Public Welfare
- Historic Preservation (CDBG)
- Homelessness/Homeless Prevention Activities (ESG)
- Housing and Neighborhood Improvement Activities (CDBG and HOME)
- Public Service Activities (CDBG)
- Slum or Blight Activities (CDBG)
CDBG National Objectives
In order for an activity or program to be eligible for CDBG funding, it must qualify as meeting one or more of the following three national objectives as well as one of the general program objectives below:
- Activities Benefiting Low- and Moderate-income Persons and/or Households: A low-to-moderate income person or household is one having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 lower income limits established by HUD. This objective includes direct services to the low-to-moderate income, services benefitting a low-income area, or ‘limited clientele’, who are designated groups presumed by HUD to automatically qualify as low-to-moderate income.
- Activities Which Aid in the Prevention or Elimination of Slums or Blight: This objective can be achieved on a spot basis, area basis, or address blight in a designated urban renewal area.
- Activities Designed to Meet Community Development Needs Having a Particular Urgency: This objective is given priority under formally declared state of emergencies and is normally used to alleviate urgent conditions caused by major catastrophes, natural disasters, or other emergencies that presents a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community.
ESG Components
ESG funding must qualify as meeting a component that will assist, protect, and improve living conditions for the homeless.
- Street Outreach: Meet the immediate needs of unsheltered homeless people by connecting them with emergency shelter, housing, and/or critical health services.
- Emergency Shelter: Increase the quantity and quality of temporary shelters provided to homeless people, through the renovation of existing shelters or conversion of buildings to shelters, paying for the operating costs of shelters, and providing essential services.
- Rapid Re-Housing: Move homeless people quickly to permanent housing through housing relocation and stabilization services and short- and/or medium term rental assistance.
- Homelessness Prevention: Prevent an individual or family from moving into an emergency shelter or living in a public or private place not meant for human habitation through housing relocation and stabilization services and short- and/or medium-term rental assistance
- Homeless Management Information System (HMIS): Fund ESG recipients’ and subrecipients’ participation in the HMIS collection and analyses of data on individuals and families who are homeless and at-risk of homelessness.
HOME Eligible Activities
HOME funds are to develop and support the supply of affordable rental housing and homeownership affordability through acquisition, new construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of non-luxury housing (including manufactured housing).
- Acquisition of vacant land or demolition must be undertaken only with respect to a particular housing project intended to provide affordable housing.
- Conversion of an existing structure to affordable housing is rehabilitation, unless the conversion entails adding one or more units beyond the existing walls, in which case, the project is new construction for purposes of this part.
Funding Information
The City of Moreno Valley anticipates receiving an allocation of approximately $1.9 million in Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, approximately $755,000 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, and approximately $169,000 in Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program funding for Fiscal Year 2024/2025 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025) funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Eligibility Criteria
Non-profit agencies interested in receiving grant funds must submit a completed project application form to the Financial & Management Services Department, Financial Operations Division, to be considered.
For more information, visit City of Moreno Valley.