Grant proposal instructions
effective May 2019
Marion County Community Services has initiated a new grant application process. We will accept proposals throughout the year from any organization wishing to apply for funding from the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME), State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG).
A. All CDBG, HOME and ESG funding must support one of HUD’s national objectives:
1. Benefit low and moderate-income persons.
2. Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight (in a designated area).
3. Meet community development needs having a particular urgency (existing conditions must pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community, be of recent origin and other sources of funding are not available).
B. Marion County Community Services will set annual funding priority goals with the amount of available funds listing the priority for funding activities. Funding for all projects is based on availability of funds. Funding is not guaranteed and is contingent upon final approval by HUD and the Marion County Board of County Commissioners.
C. Fiscal Year 2019 Community Services funding priority goals:
1. Essential (affordable) housing.
2. Homelessness.
3. Community development; public infrastructure, nonprofit bricks and mortar, nonprofit capacity building.
D. Approved proposals will be invited to submit a full application.
E. Public facilities (construction, renovation, reconstruction) projects must be shovel ready (property owned, plans completed, budget completed; acquisition project must have property identified, zoning approved and all funding committed).
F. Please direct all questions to the Community Development Grant Administrator, Billie Stevens, at 352-671-8783 or billie.stevens@marioncountyfl.org.