BACKGROUND
This Notice of Funding Available (NOFA) announces the availability of funding for the Program Year (PY) July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The CDBG Program is funded and regulated at the federal level by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and administered locally by the City of Columbia, under the auspices of the Community Development Department. The CDBG Program is authorized under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The regulations implementing the CDBG Program are located in the 24 CFR, Part 570.
The City’s objectives for this program are in accordance with HUD’s National Objectives which seeks the development of a viable urban community through the implementation of the following National Goals, principally for the benefit of low-and moderate-income (LMI) persons:
Benefiting Low and Moderate Income (LMI) Persons
LMI Individual Benefit
LMA Area Benefit
LMC Limited Clientele Benefit
LMH Housing Benefit
LMJ Creates or Retains Job Benefit
Addressing Slum or Blight; or
Meeting a Particular Urgent Community Development Need
And the City of Columbia Priorities:
Improving Affordable Housing Options
Expanding Economic Opportunities
Providing Suitable Living Environments
Improving Capacity of Area Housing and Community Service Providers
The City of Columbia invites applications from qualified entities to apply for funding under this Request for Applications (RFA). The primary objective is to fund projects and activities that are consistent with locally developed CDBG Program Priorities and to address the federal/local Consolidated Plan objectives.
FUNDING AVAILABLE
The City of Columbia is a CDBG “Entitlement” Program city (i.e., for cities with populations over 50,000). As a CDBG Entitlement city, the City of Columbia receives an annual allocation of CDBG funds. The grant amount is determined by the higher of two (2) formulas:
Data based on overcrowded housing, population and poverty, OR
Data based on age of housing, population growth lag and poverty.
Because the data used to calculate either formula varies from year to year, the funding amount is not predetermined. It is anticipated that the funds available to the City of Columbia will be approximately $2,050,455 in CDBG funds. This is $949,034 in new entitlement (Based on last year’s FY 2017-2018 funding allocation), $650,000 in program income and $451,321 in revolving loan fund. $719,314 is available for non-public service programs, and $150,000 for public service/ neighborhood improvement grant programs.
During the 2018-2019 funding cycle, funding for the CDBG Program is available under the Public Service Category (the provision of public service includes neighborhood improvement grants) or Non-Public Service Category (the provision of non-public services includes but is not limited to economic development, and public facilities and improvements.)
This NOFA/RFA is a one (1) year funding request.
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