93.570: Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards

93.570

Active

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) [HHS]

Sept. 9, 2022

Sept. 9, 2022

To support program activities to alleviate the causes of poverty in distressed communities which: (1) assist businesses in creating jobs for low-income individuals, i.e., develop employment and business development opportunities for low-income individuals; (2) create a better standard of living for rural low-income individuals in terms of water and waste water treatment. Currently, the Office of Community Services is funding the Community Economic Development Program (CED) (including a pilot initiative with emphasis on Social Enterprises) and the Rural Community Development Program for Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (RCD). The CED program provides grants to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) for projects designed to address the economic needs of individuals and families with low income through the creation of employment and business opportunities. The CED program seeks to fund projects that address the personal and community barriers that must be overcome to help individuals with low incomes become self-sufficient. The RCD program provides grants to multi-state, regional, private, and non-profit organizations for projects designed to provide training and technical assistance to low-income rural communities in developing and managing affordable, safe water and wastewater treatment facilities.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

For Community Economic Development, eligibility is restricted to private, locally initiated, nonprofit community development corporations governed by a board consisting of residents of the community and business and civic leaders. This includes faith-based community development corporations. For Rural Community Development Activity projects, eligibility is restricted to multi-state, regional, private, non-profit organizations, including those that support tribal entities, to enable the organizations to provide training and technical assistance to small, rural communities concerning meeting their community facility needs that can provide training and technical assistance to small, rural communities interested in safe water and waste water treatment needs. For both programs: Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards.

A project must be targeted to address the needs of a specific segment of low-income individuals or families. The official poverty line established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, published annually by the Department of Health and Human Services, is used as a criterion of eligibility in the Community Economic Development Discretionary Grant program.

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