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City of Fort Smith
Community Development Department
Program Year 2019 Community Development Funding - CDBG & HOME

CLOSED Deadline 2/4/2019

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CDBG / HOME Funding [hide this]

The City of Fort Smith Community Development Department will accept applications for Year 45 Community Development Block Grant Funds ($844,000*), and for Year 26 HOME Investment Partnership Act Funds ($433,500*) from Wednesday, January 2, 2019 through Monday, February 4, 2019. Of these amounts, approximately $333,200 in CDBG funds, $65,025 in HOME CHDO funds and $325,125 in HOME funds will be available to outside agencies assisting in meeting the strategies of the 2019 Program Year. The city will use the 2019 Goals, Objectives and Strategies from the Five Year (PY 2016-2020) Consolidated Plan. The Five Year Consolidated Plan is located at: http://www.fortsmithar.gov/CommunityDevelopment/files/19_2020%20Con%20Plan%20FS.pdf

The ESTIMATED amounts are as follows: Category 1 - Homelessness CDBG Year 45 $126,500; Category 2 - Public Service CDBG Year 45 $126,500; Category 3 - Community Development CDBG Year 45 $80,200 and Category 4 - HOME Year 26 CHDO $65,025 and Affordable Housing $325,125.
All potential applicants must attend the workshop on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. for the CDBG and HOME Programs in the Elm Grove Community Center -
Oak Room located at 1901 Greenwood Avenue in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park.
A full schedule for potential applicants is located in the Library tab to print out and determine which meetings are required and which are optional.
Public Hearings will be held by the Community Development Advisory Committee on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. at the Elm Grove Community Center - Oak Room located at 1901 Greenwood Avenue in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. The Fort Smith Board of Directors will hold a study session on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 12:00 Noon in the Community Room of the Main Library, 3201 Rogers Avenue. A Final Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Fort Smith School Service Center, 3205 Jenny Lind, Building “B.” The purpose of these public hearings are to receive input on proposed funding requests, CDAC recommendations and CDBG/HOME performance.
The meeting locations are accessible. Should you have any questions, need interpreter services or other accommodations, please contact Candyce Gabucci, Community Development Coordinator or Matt Jennings, Director of Community Development at 479-784-2209, forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting so that arrangements can be made. The City of Fort Smith is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
* Amounts are estimated because the federal government is operating on a Continuing Resolution and has not communicated final allocation amounts which could be in May – June 2019. Once the city has been notified, all proposed activities budgets will be proportionally increased or decreased from the estimated funding levels to match actual allocation amounts.

Requirements [hide this]

CDBG Objectives
The primary objective of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended is the development of viable communities by the provision of decent housing and a suitable living environment principally for persons of low and moderate income. The City of Fort Smith receives an annual federal entitlement of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to implement the Act locally.
Applications must meet at least one of the strategies within the 2016-2020 Consolidated Plan (see Library tab or City website link) established by the Fort Smith Board of Directors to meet the needs of our low to moderate income citizens. CDBG projects must have at least a 10% financial contribution to the proposed project.
CDBG funds are used to achieve the following national objective: To benefit low and moderate income persons.

HOME Objectives
The National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 created the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (HOME) Program. This federal program is designed to strengthen public-private partnerships and to expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for very low income and low-income individuals or families. The City of Fort Smith receives an annual federal entitlement of HOME funds to implement the Act locally and is defined by federal regulation as a Participating Jurisdiction (PJ). The applicant must provide at least a minimum of 15% financial match for the proposed project.
HOME funds are used to achieve the following objectives:
1. To provide decent affordable housing to lower-income households.
2. To expand the capacity of non-profit housing providers.
3. To strengthen the ability of state and local governments to provide housing.
4. To leverage private sector participation.
By your digital signature, you are verifying that the agency understands that if the project applied for is changed substantially, the project will no longer be considered and will cancel. The agency could then apply in the next funding cycle. Additionally, if funds are approved and the agency does not enter into an agreement with the City before December 31, 2019 (unless it is no fault of the agency or is a CHDO project), the project will cancel and the agency will not be able to apply in the subsequent funding cycle.
Any recommended and/or approved funding amount(s) will be subject to the Fort Smith Final CDBG or HOME budget amounts. All projects will be reduced or increased by the percentage amount of the reduction or increase in funds, if applicable.
I understand that a presentation must be given (preferably for all applicants) at the 9:00 am public hearing noted on the Community Development Schedule in the library. Public Service Applicants DO NOT need to attend the final public hearing at 5:30 p.m., the meeting attendance is optional. All other Category 1, 3 & 4 applicants should be in attendance for questions about proposed projects or to negotiate reduced / increased requested funding amounts.

Restrictions [hide this]

To file an application(s), all potential applicants must attend the workshop on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. for the CDBG and HOME Programs in the Elm Grove Community Center - Oak Room located at 1901 Greenwood Avenue in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park.

Library [hide this]

Description	File Name	Date Uploaded	File Type
Community Development Schedule for Program Year 2019	CommunityDevelopmentScheduleforApplicantsPY2019.pdf	12/4/2018 2:48:26 PM	PDF
Faith Based Organizations - Federal General Policies - 24 CFR 570.200	FaithBasedActivitiesGeneralPolicies.pdf	12/4/2018 2:50:32 PM	PDF
CDBG Application Instructions from the Policies & Procedures Manaul	CDBGApplicationInstructions.pdf	12/4/2018 2:51:24 PM	PDF
HOME Application Instructions from the Policies & Procedures Manual	HOMEApplicationInstructions.pdf	12/4/2018 2:51:54 PM	PDF
HOMELESS Definition	HOMELESSDefinition.pdf	12/4/2018 2:52:19 PM	PDF
Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Checklist	CHDOQualificationsCapacity2012-ExhibitA.pdf	12/4/2018 2:52:47 PM	PDF
CDBG - Category 3 Supplement - Agency Rehabilitation / New Construction	AgencyRehabilitationDocumentsforApplications2019.pdf	12/4/2018 2:53:20 PM	PDF
2018 Income Limits	2018CDBGHOMEIncomeLimitsFortSmith.pdf	12/4/2018 2:54:22 PM	PDF
PY 2019 Goals, Objectives and Strategies	2019GoalsObjectivesandStrategies.pdf	12/4/2018 2:55:07 PM	PDF
Fair Housing Impediments & Recommended Remedial Actions	2016AI2FHImpedimentswithActions.pdf	12/4/2018 2:55:35 PM	PDF
Scoring for Proposed CDBG & HOME Projects / Activities	PY2018ScoringQuestionsforProposedProjects.pdf	12/4/2018 2:56:01 PM	PDF

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By entering your initials here you certify this submission truthfully and accurately represents your application and is hereby submitted for review. Submission of this application does not, in any way, guarantee that your application will yield a favorable result. Submission of this application also indicates your agreement to the terms of using ZoomGrants™. APPLICATION DISCLAIMER The federal government has approved a continuing resolution (CR) for the 2019 budget, as a result the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) cannot provide notice of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) or HOME allocations. This solicitation is subject to the award of an estimation of anticipated FFY 2019 funds from the US Department of HUD. Any award as a result of this Request for Proposals or Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is subject to funding and may be reduced or rescinded based on the level of funding received from the federal government. Funding for proposed community projects will be contingent upon final federal awards. Once the city has been notified all proposed activities budgets will be proportionally increased or decreased from the estimated funding levels to match actual allocation amounts. Updates to the PY 2019 NOFA will be posted on the Department of Community Development’s website. Applicants should periodically check the City’s website for potential changes in funding availability, submission dates and/or requirements. www.fortsmithar.gov The Community Development Department does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, marital status, national origin, disability, ancestry, age, pregnancy or familial status in the access to, admissions to, or employment in, housing programs or activities. If you need a sign language interpreter or materials in accessible format for any Community Development event, call 479-784-2209 at least five days in advance of any public meeting.	Some fields are still empty... Initials
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Amount Requested Public Service minimum request $5,000 Maximum is $20,000	$

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Funding Sources/Revenues
Please provide a list of all funding sources in the Item Description below that will fully fund the project.
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If your project has more than one item, please list your top priorities to be funded from the top to the bottom. (i.e., memberships $2,000, roof $30,000, rehabilitate agency building $45,000). The sources and uses should be the same total amount. Unless you specify differently, CDAC will consider funding available from the top to bottom in Uses/Expenses below when funding projects.
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Budget Narrative (Discuss the items and amounts you entered above.)
A detailed project narrative and a description of the way it benefits the low to moderate income persons listed in the Application questions # 20.
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