HUD: $38 Million Available to Fight Housing Discrimination
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today it is making $38 million available to fight housing discrimination through the Department’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). The grants offered through three FHIP funding notices will support a variety of critical fair housing activities, including fair housing testing in the rental and…
HUD: Additional $179 Million to Help States Recover from 2015 & 2016 Disasters
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced an additional $178.5 million to help hard-hit areas in several states recover from severe flooding that occurred in 2015 and 2016. The grants announced today are provided through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program. Combined with CDBG-DR grants…
CDFI Fund: Important Reminders for FY 2017 Capital Magnet Fund Applicants
As a reminder for prospective fiscal year (FY) 2017 Capital Magnet Fund applicants, the deadline for online submission of the SF-424 through Grants.gov for the FY 2017 Capital Magnet Fund round is July 28, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The deadline for online submission of the application and required materials through the CDFI…
HUD: $2 Billion Available for Local Homeless Programs
WASHINGTON – In an effort to prevent and effectively end homelessness, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making $2 billion available to support thousands of local homeless assistance programs nationwide. Funded through the Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Program, HUD’s funding notice continues to encourage local applicants to use a Housing…
HUD: $127 Million to Protect Children and Families from Dangerous Lead and Other Home Hazards Awarded
WASHINGTON – In a continuous effort to keep families and their children safe from lead-based paint and other home health and safety hazards, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $127 million to 48 state and local government agencies (see chart below). The grant funding announced today will reduce…
CDFI Fund: Application Demand for FY 2016 Round of BEA Program Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today the application data for the fiscal year (FY) 2016 round of its Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program). A total of 116 applications were received requesting awards of over $146 million against the $19 million in Program Awards that are…
SBA: Nonprofit Organizations Receive Funding for Providing “Boots to Business” Entrepreneurship Training
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded a total of $2,324,100 to two nonprofit organizations providing “Boots to Business” entrepreneurship training to military service members, military spouses and veterans. This funding, offered by SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development, will enable the two organizations to deliver Boots to Business—the entrepreneurship track of the Department…