CDBG NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO) PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Springfield will receive proposals for discretionary, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding as part of the Fiscal Year (FY)2025-2026 funding by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) until 12:00 pm (noon) on Monday, Dec. 16. Approximately $200,000 will be available for discretionary, public service projects, which will be selected in a competitive process. This solicitation initiates that NOFO process.
Proposal forms for discretionary, CDBG public service funding and information may be obtained by calling Bob Atchley, Senior Planner, at (417) 864-1308 or emailing [email protected]. The application forms and information for use in the FY 2025-2026 solicitation will be sent via email after being requested by the applicant.
If your organization is interested in applying for the City’s FY2025-2026 CDBG funding, you are strongly encouraged to attend one of the upcoming technical assistance training sessions. There will be two technical assistance training sessions offered. The first will be held virtually on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 10:30 a.m. via Zoom. The second will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 2:30 p.m. in the 2nd Floor, West Conference Room, of the Busch Municipal Building, 840 Boonville Ave.
Proposals should be submitted to Bob Atchley at the following address: Planning and Development Department, 840 Boonville, Springfield, MO 65801-8368. Proposals can also be hand delivered to the Planning and Development Office on the 2nd Floor of the Busch Municipal Building. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 12:00 pm (noon) on Monday, Dec. 16.
NOTICE OF FUTURE HUD FUNDING
For the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 it is estimated that the City HUD allocations for CDBG and HOME will be approximately $1.5 million and $1.2 million respectively. Those funds, when received, will be available for eligible uses in accordance with City Council’s priorities including, but not limited to, affordable housing, homelessness assistance and prevention, business assistance loans, public services, and administration and planning.
The programs and activities that will be funded will focus on meeting the HUD requirement that a minimum of 70% of the funds will be provided for projects that will principally benefit low-and moderate-income people. None of the activities are designed or anticipated to create involuntary residential displacement of persons or households. The City of Springfield, however, does have an Anti-displacement plan for the establishment of benefits to persons displaced by the programs; a copy is on file and available for public inspection at the Planning & Development Department, Busch Municipal Building, 840 Boonville, Springfield, Missouri.
The range of activities may be undertaken so long as they (1) principally benefit low- and moderate-income persons, (2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slum and blight or (3) address urgent needs that are recent in origin and pose an immediate threat to health and safety.
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