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CDBG Small Cities Catalyst Program Funds Available

noemail@ncceh.org — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The NC Department of Commerce Community Investment and Assistance Program currently has funds available in non-entitlement areas of the State which can be used for Supportive Housing. These funds are available through the NC Catalyst Program.

The Catalyst Program provides grants of up to $500,000 that can be used for a wide variety of community development activities including the construction of homeless shelters, the acquisition of land or buildings for affordable rental housing, and the rehabilitation of buildings for affordable rental housing. These funds could also be used as the required match for the Supportive Housing Development Program.

The primary purpose of the Catalyst Program is to provide grants to local governments to develop viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate-income. Non-entitlement municipalities or counties are given the opportunity to tailor a project to meet the community development needs specific and most critical to their locality primarily for their low and moderate-income residents. This new grant program incorporates several previous CDBG programs and activities such as Housing Development, Individual Development Accounts, and Community Revitalization.

The application deadline for this grant is April 30, 2012. Please visit the NC Department of Commerce website for more information and application instructions.

DOL Workforce Innovation Fund Grant Application

noemail@ncceh.org — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for approximately $98.5 million available through the Workforce Innovation Fund to support innovative employment and training service approaches. The fund invests in programs that support, evaluate, and enhance workforce investment strategies, particularly for vulnerable populations. Entities eligible for grants from the fund include state workforce agencies, local workforce investment boards, and institutions eligible to apply for Workforce Investment Act Section 166 grants.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the DOL website to access more information about the Workforce Innovation Fund, as well tools and resources to support application development. An online tutorial for prospective applicants, “Grant Applications 101: A Plain English Guide to ETA Competitive Grants,” is available through Workforce3One.

Prospective applicants can register on www.Grants.gov to access the SGA. Additional grant information is also available at www.doleta.gov/grants.

The deadline for applications is 4 pm on March 22, 2012.

NCHFA Urgent Repair Program Funds Available

noemail@ncceh.org — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:15:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The NC Housing Finance Agency is pleased to announce the availability of $2.5 million under the 2012 cycle of the Urgent Repair Program (URPl2). Program funding enables recipient organizations to provide deferred, forgiven loans of up to $6,000 for emergency home repairs and modifications to very low-income owner-occupied homes with one or more fulltime household members with special needs (e. g., elderly, disabled, or a child 6 or under with an elevated blood-lead level). Household incomes cannot exceed 50% of area median income.

Nonprofit organizations, local governments and regional councils with the technical capacity to manage residential construction projects are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants must cover service areas with a population of 5,000 or greater. The maximum funding amount is $150,000 for projects serving two or more counties in their entirety, $75,000 for projects serving a single county or less, or $37,500 for the twenty-six units of local govemment that receive CDBG funds directly from HUD. These "Entitlements" are the cities of Asheville, Burlington, Cary, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greenville, Hickory, High Point, Jacksonville, Kannapolis, Lenoir, Morganton, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Salisbury, Wilmington and Winston-Salem, plus Cumberland, Mecklenburg and Wake counties.

Application forms and Application Guidelines are available on the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency’s website (please scroll down until you see URP12), or by contacting Amy Elms at 919-877-5661 or alelms@nchfa.com. Completed applications must be received by NCHFA by 5:00 P.M. February 3, 2012.

For more information about this program, please call Mike Handley (91 9-877-5 627) or Dick Smith-Overman (919-877-5628).

HUD Housing Counseling Grants Available

noemail@ncceh.org — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that more than $40 million is available for a broad range of housing counseling programs to help families find and preserve housing. These grants will be awarded competitively to hundreds of HUD-approved counseling agencies and State Housing Finance Agencies across the nation that offer a variety of services including how to avoid foreclosure, how to avoid mortgage scams, how to purchase or rent a home, how to improve credit scores, and how to qualify for a reverse mortgage. HUD will award grants to approximately 500 applicants.

Instructions are posted on Grants.gov. To apply, go to https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms_apps_idx.html and enter 14.169 in the CFDA field. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The application deadline is 11:59:59 pm eastern time on January 12, 2012.

If applicants have difficulty accessing the information, they may obtain assistance by calling the help desk hotline at 800-518-GRANTS or by e-mailing support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov help desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, except federal holidays.

2012 VA SSVF NOFA Released

noemail@ncceh.org — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program is a new VA program that awards grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives who will provide supportive services to very low-income Veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. The grantees will provide a range of supportive services designed to promote housing stability.

The 2011 SSVF Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) was published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2011. Please go to the VA website to view the NOFA, to download an application, and to view resources and instructions regarding the grant application process.

Applications for initial and renewal grants are due by 4 p.m. EST on February 15, 2012.

For further information, please contact:

John Kuhn

Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program Office

National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans

4100 Chester Avenue, Suite 201

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(877) 737–0111 (this is a toll-free number)
SSVF@va.gov

HCHV Contracts Available Through Salisbury VA

noemail@ncceh.org — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Salisbury, NC, is soliciting proposals from contractors within a 50 mile radius of the VAMC Salisbury, NC to provide services as part of its Community Based Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. The closing date for proposals is December 12, 2011.

The solicitation is available for download on the Federal Business Opportunities website (Solicitation Number VA24612Q0452).

For questions about this solicitation, please contact:

Leah Trossen
Contract Specialist
757-728-7152

Supportive Housing RFP Released

noemail@ncceh.org — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:00:00 GMT

The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to nonprofit organizations (or teams of nonprofit organizations) who can implement cost-effective models of supportive housing connected to coordinated health services for low-income men and women with chronic health challenges who are a) experiencing homelessness or persistent housing crises and b) high-cost users of crisis health services (inpatient hospitalizations, emergency rooms, detox, etc.). In the first phase CSH will be awarding a total pool of $2.8 million in federal and philanthropic funds to a select group of nonprofits who will bring our supportive housing innovations to life in rigorously evaluated pilot programs. This grantmaking and model development effort is supported by grant funds from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) and CSH's philanthropic partners. Who can apply? Eligible applicants will be nonprofit organizations with 501(c)3 status from the Internal Revenue...

NCHFA Supportive Housing Development Funds Available

noemail@ncceh.org — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity: The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency is pleased to announce the availability of funding for the 2012 Supportive Housing Development Program year. The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency's Supportive Housing Development Program helps nonprofits, local governments, and lead regional organizations develop emergency, transitional and permanent housing for persons who are homeless and/or have disabilities. The program provides interest-free loans up to $500,000 per development. To qualify, projects must include or make available appropriate support services for the residents. In addition, the housing must serve individuals and families who earn below 50% of area median income. Rents and utilities cannot exceed 30% of gross household income for the residents. Eligible populations are homeless or non-homeless households that require supportive services, including persons with mental, physical, or...

NCHFA Single-Family Rehabilitation Program Funds Available

noemail@ncceh.org — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity: The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency proposes to make a total of $6.5 million available to eligible organizations for the rehabilitation of scattered-site, owneroccupied homes in selected counties under the 2012 cycle of the Single-Family Rehabilitation Program (SFR). Under this cycle of SFR (SFRl2), funds will be made available to serve homeowners in the following counties: Alamance, Ashe, Bertie, Bladen, Burke, Camden, Chatham, Currituck, Dare, Gaston, Graham, Greene, Haywood, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jones, Lee, Madison, Martin, Mitchell, Montgomery, Pasquotank, Pender, Polk, Rockingham, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Warren, Wayne, and Wilkes. SFR funds may not be used to assist households residing within entitlement counties (Cumberland, Mecklenburg and Wake) or the 23 entitlement cities that receive funds directly from HUD (see Entitlement Cities/ Counties for a list). Only applications proposing to serve an entire county,...

Funds Available through HHS Health Care Innovation Challenge

noemail@ncceh.org — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

This week, it was announced that up to $1 billion will be awarded to innovative projects across the country that test creative ways to deliver high-quality medical care and save money. Launched today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and funded by the Affordable Care Act, the Health Care Innovation Challenge will also give preference to projects that rapidly hire, train, and deploy health care workers.

The Health Care Innovation Challenge will award grants in March 2012 to applicants who will implement the most compelling new ideas to deliver better health, improved care, and lower costs to people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program, particularly those with the highest health care needs. The Challenge will support projects that can begin within 6 months. In addition, projects that focus on rapid workforce development will be given priority when grants are awarded.

The intent of this initiative is to engage a wide variety of innovators. Interested parties of all types who have developed innovations that will meet the initiative's goals of improving care, lowering costs, and creating health care jobs are welcome to apply.

In addition, proposals are encouraged to focus on high cost/high-risk groups including those populations with multiple chronic diseases and/or mental health or substance abuse issues, poor health status due to socio-economic and environmental factors, multiple medical conditions, high cost individuals, or the frail elderly.

The full funding announcement and a fact sheet summarizing key points are available on the CMS website.

A letter of intent to apply is due December 19, 2011, and applications are due January 27, 2012.

Funds Available through Rural Senior Housing Fund

noemail@ncceh.org — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is pleased to announce a new grant program, the Rural Senior Housing (RSH) Fund. Eligible affordable housing organizations can apply for RSH grants to support activities that will build, preserve, or advocate for housing for low-income seniors (62 and older) living in rural areas. This new program is made possible through the generous support of The Atlantic Philanthropies.

Applications are due to HAC no later than Thursday, December 15, 2011.

The application is posted on the HAC website. For additional information, please contact Janice Clark, 202.842.8600 x 131 or email Janice@ruralhome.org.

Funds Available for Rural Health Outreach Services

noemail@ncceh.org — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The Office of Rural Health Policy's Outreach Program has announced $12 million in funding for 80 three-year awards that demonstrate effective models of outreach and service delivery through collaboration, adoption of an evidence-based or promising practice model, demonstration of health outcomes, replicability and sustainability. Proposed projects will have an outcomes-oriented approach that will enhance and sustain the delivery of effective health care in rural communities by tracking specific health indicators that will demonstrate the impact of their project at the end of their grant period. They will be based on evidence-based or promising practice models in order to avoid "reinventing the wheel" and demonstrate health status improvement in rural communities. Proposed Outreach projects can take the framework of an evidence-based or promising practive model and tailor it to their community's need and organization.

More information is available on the Health Resources and Services Administration website.

The deadline for applications is November 22, 2011, at 8:00 pm ET.

HCHV Contracts Available Through Salisbury VA

noemail@ncceh.org — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Salisbury, NC, is soliciting proposals from contractors within a 50 mile radius of the VAMC Salisbury, NC to provide services as part of its Community Based Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. The closing date for proposals is October 21, 2011.

The solicitation is available for download on the Federal Business Opportunities website.

Funds Available through Community Grantmaking Program

noemail@ncceh.org — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity: Triangle Community Foundation is now accepting proposal applications for the fall 2011 cycle of the Community Grantmaking Program. Applications, guidelines, proposal scoring rubrics, and additional background information are available on the Foundation's website. Completed applications are due via email on August 15 by 5 pm. Applications received after this deadline will not be considered. Funding decisions will be announced by December 30 and grants are to be spent January 2012- December 2012. Average grant size will be $10,000 - $15,000. Eligibility Criteria Triangle Community Foundation's Community Grantmaking Program focuses funding in two areas: Civic Engagement and Youth Leadership & Development. The program is open to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, religious congregations, and governmental entities that are (1) based in and serve the Triangle (Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Wake counties) and (2) have a total annual...

Funds Available through Administration for Children & Families Grants

noemail@ncceh.org — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is announcing the solicitation of applications to competitively award grants for demonstration projects that support "healthy marriage promotion activities" and "...activities promoting responsible fatherhood" as enacted by The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-291).

The OFA has released four Funding Opportunity Announcements: two for Healthy Marriage/Relationship Promotion, including a National Resource Center for Strategies to Promote Healthy Marriage, and two for the Promoting Responsible Fatherhood program. Applicants may only submit one application per FOA. Please click the links below for more information.

Community-Centered Healthy Marriage and Relationship Grants (HHS-2011-ACF-OFA-FM-0193;
National Resource Center for Strategies to Promote Healthy Marriage (HHS-2011-ACF-OFA-FH-0207)
Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood Grants (HHS-2011-ACF-OFA-FK-0194)
Community-Centered Responsible Fatherhood Ex-Prisoner Reentry Pilot Project (HHS-2011-ACF-OFA-FO-0196)

Applications for all four grants are due July 28, 2011.

Funds Available for Affordable Housing Development

noemail@ncceh.org — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:45:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation (CAHEC) is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Open Doors Homeownership Grant. Four grants of up to $10,000 each are available through a competitive process to nonprofit organizations developing affordable housing for sale to low-income households. Organizations must be located within and primarily serve Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, D.C., or West Virginia.

The Open Doors Homeownership Grant is not intended to provide gap financing for the construction of affordable housing. Rather, because nonprofit developers often incur expenses not listed in a development budget, CAHEC designed the Open Doors Homeownership Grant to supplement the soft costs associated with developing housing. Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to, training, travel, marketing, and consultants.

Please visit the CAHEC website for eligibility requirements and to download the application. The postmark deadline for submitted applications is July 20, 2011.

Funds Available for HOPWA Projects

noemail@ncceh.org — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

HUD has announced new funding available for states, localities, and service providers in the provision of housing for low-income persons with HIV/AIDS. $9.1 million will be distributed in 6 to 8 awards. This award also includes assistance on the development of an Integrated HIV/AIDS Housing Plan, which works to coordinate medical and non-medical supportive services and foster collaboration and communication with a variety of service providers in a community.

Please visit the grants.gov website for full details on how to apply. Applications are due August 2, 2011.

Available Technical Assistance:

For programmatic information, you may contact the HUD field office serving your area. You can find the telephone number for the State or area Office of Community Planning and Development on the hud.gov website. HUD staff can assist with program questions, but may not assist in preparing your application. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access the above number via TTY (text telephone) by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SAMHSA Funds Available for CABHI Program

noemail@ncceh.org — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) are accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2011 for Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI). The purpose of this program is to support the development and/or expansion of local implementation and community infrastructures that integrate treatment and services for mental and substance use disorders, permanent housing, and other critical services for individuals who are chronically homeless. SAMHSA seeks to increase the number of individuals who are chronically homeless placed in permanent housing that supports recovery through comprehensive treatment and recovery services for behavioral health. SAMHSA also seeks to increase capacity for community-based providers to enroll individuals who are chronically homeless in mainstream programs and obtain reimbursement...

HUD Section 811 NOFA Released

noemail@ncceh.org — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

HUD has published the FY2010 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program. The NOFA includes approximately $114 million in Capital Advance and PRAC funds to create approximately 899 new units of supportive housing for non-elderly people with disabilities.

Please click here to read the NOFA.

PLEASE NOTE: Because these funds were appropriated in HUD's FY 2010 budget, this NOFA does not implement the new approaches to creating Section 811 units authorized by the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act. The reformed Section 811 program - which was signed into law by President Obama in January of 2011 - will be implemented during FY 2012.

Section 811 applications submitted in response to this NOFA are due to HUD on June 23, 2011 and must be submitted through grants.gov.

Technical Assistance:

For technical assistance in downloading an application package from www.grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov help desk at 800-518-4726 or send an email to support@grants.gov.

For programmatic information, you may contact the appropriate Multifamily Hub office or Marvis Hayward at HUD Headquarters at (202) 708-3000 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing and speech impairments may access the above number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

Funds Available for Stand Down Events

noemail@ncceh.org — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Funding Opportunity:

The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) supports local Stand Down events that assist homeless Veterans. A Stand Down is an event held in a local community where homeless Veterans are provided with a wide variety of social services. VETS is now accepting applications for grant awards to fund Stand Down events in FY 2011.

Stand Down funding is a non-competitive grant awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until available funding is exhausted. Under this announcement, VETS anticipates that up to $600,000 will be available to award approximately seventy grants in each of the three fiscal years covered by this solicitation. The Federal fiscal year is the accounting period of the federal government. It begins on October 1st and ends on September 30th of the next calendar year. A maximum of $10,000 per multi-day event or $7,000 for a one-day event can be awarded.

Stand Down grant funding is awarded for a specific event on a specific date. Applications for Stand Down funds will be accepted from State Workforce Agencies, State and local Workforce Investment Boards, Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs), local public agencies, and non-profit organizations including community and faith-based organizations.

All applications for Stand Down grant funding must be submitted to the appropriate State Director for Veterans' Employment and Training (DVET) at least ninety (90) days prior to the event.

Please click here to read the full solicitation for grant applications, including eligibility requirements and application instructions. For more information, contact Ken Fenner at fenner.kenneth@dol.gov or 202-693-4728.