The City of Framingham’s Community Development Program invites local nonprofit organizations or City departments to submit Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program proposals for fiscal year 2023 starting on July 1, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2023. CDBG funds are allocated to the city by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to impact a wide range of services and programs, principally for low- and moderate-income residents.
The City of Framingham receives an average of $525,000 CDBG funding annually. Final figures will not be known until after the federal budget is passed and HUD announces allocation amount. The chart below lists the approximate amount awarded to various projects.
GRANT REQUIREMENTS
Project meets at least ONE of the HUD National Objectives listed below:
❑ Benefits low/moderate income individuals/households
❑ Addresses the prevention or elimination of slums or blight
❑ Meets an urgent community need threatening health and welfare
Check all statements that describe HOW this project or activity meets at least one of the National Objectives listed above:
❑ Area Benefit Activities: The proposed project or activity meets the needs of low/moderate
income persons residing in an area where at least 51% of those residents have incomes within
80% of the Area Median Income. The benefits of this activity are available to all persons
regardless of income. Examples may include street improvements, water/sewer lines,
neighborhood facilities, and façade improvements in neighborhood commercial districts.
❑ Limited Clientele Activities: The proposed project benefits a specific group of people (rather
than all residents in a particular area), where 51% of the people are documented or presumed
to be low/moderate income persons. Examples may include construction of a senior center,
public services for the homeless, meals on wheels for the elderly, construction of a job training
facility for the handicapped.
❑ Housing Activities: The proposed project creates or improves permanent residential units that
will be occupied by low/moderate income persons upon completion. Housing can be either
owner occupied or rental one family or multi-family units. Examples may include property
acquisition for permanent housing, permanent housing rehabilitation, and conversion of nonresidential units into permanent housing.
❑ Job Creation or Retention: The proposed project creates or retains permanent jobs. At least 51%
of those jobs must be available to low- and moderate-income persons. Examples may include
loans to pay for the expansion of a factory, assistance to a business which has publicly announced
its intention to close resulting in loss of employment for low/moderate income persons.
❑ Slum or Blighted Area: The proposed project is located in a slum/blighted area and the
anticipated results of the project addresses one or more of the conditions that qualify in the
area.
❑ Spot Blight: The proposed project will eliminate specific conditions of blight or physical decay
outside of a blighted area. Activities are limited to demolition/clearance, historic preservation,
and rehabilitation of buildings (to the extent necessary to eliminate public health and safety
issues).
Project Type
❑ Housing Rehabilitation
❑ Social/Public Service
❑ Infrastructure/Public Facility Improvements
❑ Economic Development
❑ Slum/Blight Eradication
❑ Other
We at FU want to watch closely the Hoops & Homework request for approximately $12,000. While this organization has requested and received funds for the last 7 years. The founder of Hoops & Homework, Herb Chasen, endorsed current new mayor Charlie Sisitsky to be elected mayor. Chasen also donated $500 to his campaign in September 2021. Sisitsky was one of the founding board members of Hoops & Homework. With many organizations vying for the same monies, in a time of need more so than in years past, with inflation, and supply chain issues, we hope that all applicants are considered equally.
The applications below represent the 19 organizations, including the city itself, who are requesting funding out of the CBDG grant monies for the fiscal year 2023 which begins July 1, 2022.
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