Community Services Block Grant Community Economic Development Public Markets

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2004-ACF-OCS-IP-0029
Posted Date:	Aug 20, 2004
Original Due Date for Applications:	Sep 17, 2004
	Received By
Current Due Date for Applications:	Sep 17, 2004
	Received By
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Income Security and Social Services
Expected Number of Awards:	6
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,000,000.00
Award Ceiling:	$1,000,000.00
Award Floor:	$0.00
CFDA Number:	93.570 -- Community Services Block Grant_Discretionary Awards
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:
Faith-based organizations are eligible to apply for these grants.    Applicants must demonstrate proof of non-profit status and this proof must be included in their applications (see section IV. 2).  Proof of non-profit status is any one of the following:  a)      A reference to the applicant organization's listing in the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) most recent list of tax-exempt organizations described in the IRS code.  b)      A copy of a currently valid IRS tax exemption certificate.  c)      A statement from a State taxing body, State Attorney General, or other appropriate State official certifying that the applicant organization has a non-profit status and that none of the net earnings accrue to any private shareholders or individuals.  d)      A certified copy of the organization's certificate of incorporation or similar document that clearly establishes non-profit status.  e)      Any of the items in the subparagraphs immediately above for a State or national parent organization and a statement signed by the parent organization that the applicant organization is a local non-profit affiliate.     In addition to demonstrating proof of non-profit status, applicants must also demonstrate proof of CDC status.  This proof must be included in their applications.  Proof of CDC status is any one of the following:     --        A list of governing board members along with their designation as a community resident or business or civic leader;  and  --        Documentation that the applicant organization has as a primary purpose planning, developing or managing low-income housing or community development activities.  This documentation may include incorporation documents or other official documents that identify the organization.     Applicants are cautioned that the ceiling for individual awards is $250,000.  An application that exceeds the upper value of the dollar range specified will be considered "non-responsive" and will be returned to the applicant without further review.

Agency Name

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families

Description

The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Act of 1981, as amended, (Section 680 of the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Act of 1998), authorizes the Secretary of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to provide technical and financial assistance for economic development activities designed to address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families by creating employment and business development opportunities. Pursuant to this announcement, the Office of community Services (OCS) will award grants to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) to expand or create public markets. CDCs should ideally have in place written commitments for at least 50 percent of non-CED funding, a business plan, and site control for the market.  Low income beneficiaries of these projects include those who are determined to be living in poverty as determined by the HHS Guidelines on Poverty (See Appendix A).  They may be unemployed, on public assistance, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), are at risk teenagers, custodial and non-custodial parents, public housing residents, persons with disabilities and persons who are homeless.       The public markets priority area is designed to encourage rural and urban community development corporations to create projects intended to provide employment and business development opportunities for low-income people through public markets.       Applicants must address development or expansion of a market both from the perspective of the business of operating a public market and of providing development services to vendors, who will be micro entrepreneurs or small business owners.  Development services to vendors include training on business planning, marketing, accounting, legal issues including licensure, micro-loans, etc. New, start-up markets seeking capital funding from OCS must have their business and work plans in place or close to finalization, have at least 50 percent non-CED funding in place, and have site control.      The establishment of viable public markets is the expected outcome of funding under this announcement.  These public markets must demonstrate benefits for vendors and their employees.  This includes the number of new businesses created or expanded and the numbers of jobs created.  Public market benefits are also expected to impact the communities and CDCs must develop measures to demonstrate this impact.  Communities served include low income communities and communities undergoing demographic shifts; i.e., there may be appropriate cases where public markets are in or proximate to a distressed community, but in a location where customer draw can be more diverse and thus make the market more likely to be economically sustainable.      In addition to an economic development capability, the public market may contain a non-profit community or public agency space for human services delivery, which might include faith-based and other organizations that provide education, training, and resources for developing healthy lifestyles, relationships, marriages, and families.  Other community services to be provided might include general medical testing (diabetes, blood pressure, etc.) and referrals for child care, nutrition services, and counseling.     By improving the economic and social status of low income individuals and their families, Public Markets can reduce poverty and the need for TANF assistance by giving a sense of ownership over one's life.  This fosters a liberating internal sense of fulfillment and balance, which nourishes positive and constructive attitudes, behaviors, and moral character traits that build and stabilize healthy relationships, marriages, families, and communities.

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Debbie Brown

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