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The Faith-Based and Community Initiative skip to primary page content Empowering America's Grassroots

Urban and Rural Community Economic Development (CED)

Purposes

The focus of the Urban and Rural Community Economic Development program is to create projects that provide employment and business ownership opportunities for low-income people through business, physical, or commercial development. Generally the projects should improve the quality of the economic and social environment of TANF recipients, low-income residents including displaced workers, at-risk teenagers, custodial and non-custodial parents (particularly those of children receiving TANF assistance), individuals residing in public housing, individuals who are homeless, and individuals with developmental disabilities.

How Funds May Be Used

Grants are available in six different priority areas. Grantees must develop projects that will:

  • Create full-time permanent jobs except where an applicant demonstrates that a permanent part-time job produces actual wages that exceed the HHS poverty guidelines;
  • Create a significant number of business ownership opportunities for low-income residents of the community or significantly aid such residents in maintaining economically viable businesses; and
  • Assist low-income participants to become self-sufficient.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants for the Community Economic Development Program are private, non-profit Community Development Corporations (CDCs), including faith-based organizations. A CDC is a private, non-profit corporation, governed by a board of directors consisting of residents of the community and business and civic leaders. The principal purpose of a CDC is planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or community development projects.

Sponsoring Bureau: Office of Community Services

Fiscal Year 2005 Grants: Information about funding levels and grant competitions in Fiscal Year 2005 will be available in Spring of 2005.

FY 2004 Program Announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2004-ACF-OCS-ID-0022.html

Amount of competition FY 2004: $23,400,000

Contact information: Debbie Brown, (202) 401-3446, or Barbara Ziegler Johnson, (202) 401-2344