State Community Development Grants

This grant provides financial support to municipalities and nonprofit organizations for activities that prepare sites for commercial, industrial, or mixed-use development, promoting economic growth and geographic equity.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Southern Arizona to enhance mental health services and community programs for underserved populations in high-need counties.

This program provides financial support to nonprofit tourism organizations, municipalities, and Native American tribes to help cover operating costs for regional tourist information centers, enhancing services for travelers and boosting local tourism.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations, local governments, and educational institutions in Illinois to engage AmeriCorps members in community service projects that address critical social issues and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

This program provides funding to local governments in Illinois to improve public infrastructure or assist businesses that create or retain jobs for low-to-moderate income residents.

This funding opportunity provides up to $1 million to organizations focused on improving maternal and infant health equity in communities of color through innovative, community-driven programs.

This program provides funding to various organizations in Illinois to develop or improve tourism attractions, boosting local economies and increasing visitor engagement.

This program provides financial support to Illinois organizations for creating or improving festivals and events that draw visitors from outside the local area, boosting tourism and economic growth.

This funding opportunity is designed to assist local governments and organizations in Rockford's Metropolitan Planning Area with projects that improve transportation infrastructure, such as bike paths, streetscapes, and historic preservation efforts.

This initiative provides funding to local governments, independent grocers, and cooperatives to establish new grocery stores in food deserts, helping to combat food insecurity in underserved communities.

This program provides funding for community organizations to help connect individuals from underserved populations to job training and contractor opportunities in the clean energy sector.

This grant provides funding to Illinois schools to establish breakfast programs that improve access to nutritious meals for students, particularly those eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

The purpose of this program is to support programs, projects, and events that will benefit Arizona's veterans. Through this program, the funding agency intends to engage the community and veterans services organizations in the efforts to inform Arizona's 600,000 veterans about benefits and lawfully assist them in their claims for benefits. Generally, supported initiatives must be compatible with the following objectives: Veteran Employment Veteran Health/Mental Health Legal Women/Minority Veteran-Specific Issues Veteran Homelessness Tribal or Rural Transportation Social Determinants of Health Financial Notes: Total Funding for this grant is $50,860.00

Technical Assistance Session August 5, 2024, 2:30-3:30 https://intranet.dhs.illinois.gov/oneweb/page.aspx?item=166292 Program Summary • The Grantee will provide outreach, engagement, training, and support to faith-based organizations serving communities that are underserved by mental and behavioral health resources. Furthermore, the Grantee will utilize all available resources to provide initial relationship building within community areas by delivering training to faith-based leadership and providing connection through personal stories from persons with lived expertise to the leadership of faith communities or their congregations. • The Division is seeking providers who can serve one or more of the following ZIP codes: 60409, 60411, 60419, 60426, 60428, 60458, 60469, 60472, 60473, 60608, 60609, 60612, 60615, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60627, 60628, 60636, 60637, 60639, 60643, 60644, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60653, 60827, 60901, 61832, 61833, 61834, 62002, 62024, 62201, 62202, 62203, 62204, 62205, 62206, 62207, 62208, 62626, 62801, 62832, 62896 Program Goals and Objectives Program Description • The Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health shall contract with one or more community providers to provide outreach, engagement, training, and support to faith-based organizations serving communities that are underserved by mental and behavioral health resources. The Division shall identify the targeted communities. Under this program, the community providers shall utilize all available resources to provide initial relationship building within community areas by delivering training to faith-based leadership and providing connection through personal stories from persons with lived expertise to the leadership of faith communities or their congregations. The Division shall seek organizations that are providing services within targeted communities in awarding funding under the program. • The Division is seeking providers who can serve one or more of the following ZIP codes: 60409, 60411, 60419, 60426, 60428, 60458, 60469, 60472, 60473, 60608, 60609, 60612, 60615, 60619, 60620, 60621, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60627, 60628, 60636, 60637, 60639, 60643, 60644, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60653, 60827, 60901, 61832, 61833, 61834, 62002, 62024, 62201, 62202, 62203, 62204, 62205, 62206, 62207, 62208, 62626, 62801, 62832, 62896 Performance Requirements The Grantee shall: 1. Build relationships with faith-based communities in the targeted communities and ensure that those organizations are aware of the behavioral health resources available. 2. Build relationships with local community mental health centers (CMHCs) and other behavioral health providers to help facilitate linkage to mental health services for people in targeted communities. 3. Support faith-based communities in advocating for community members who are affected by behavioral health conditions to access mental health treatment and recovery services that shall assist them in living healthy and productive lives. 4. Deliver mental health training to faith-based leadership and provide connection through personal stories from persons with lived expertise to the leadership of faith communities or their congregations. 5. Ensure that consumers in the program experience a warm handoff between the grantee and the CMHC or other service provider. 6. Assist consumers in navigating or bypassing wait lists and other barriers to accessing care to the greatest possible extent. 7. Provide information about the Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CRSS) credential to interested individuals. 8. Use their relationships with CMHCs and service providers to support expansion of services when needed and where possible.

Funding for the creation and/or implementation of firearms restraining order programs, state crisis intervention court proceedings, and related gun violence reduction programs/initiatives. The purpose of this NOFO is to award one or more state agencies grant funding to develop and implement effective and equitably targeted FRO public information, outreach, and training strategies. This NOFO will focus on implementing strategies for: FRO partner agencies, including court, law enforcement and behavioral health providers Potential FRO petitioners, particularly those with barriers to filing FROs and lacking supportive services Potential FRO individuals and organizations who may have contact with persons at risk of harming themselves and others The general public Applicants may propose a pass-through model in which they subaward grants to trusted messengers to both help craft targeted, meaningful, effective content and facilitate its delivery. These funds are intended to address one of the key priorities identified by the SCIP Advisory Committee: stakeholder awareness and training is essential to ensure the safe, equitable, and effective implementation and execution of FROs. Furthermore, this funding is intended to help address inequities in support and use of FROs and the importance of proper messaging in driving FROs uptake and proper usage.

IDHS is seeking to fund entities with experience in training, technical assistance, and support to build the RPSA grantee’s program capacities. Successful applicants will work with grantees across multiple RPSA grant programs in Chicago and/or Greater Illinois, based on grantee selection. The Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP) is seeking applications from those public and private nonprofit community-based organizations subject to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the tax code (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) or 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4)) For-profit, small businesses and individuals are also eligible to apply. IDHS is working to counteract systemic racism and inequity, and to prioritize and maximize equity and diversity throughout its service provision process.

The Rural Downtown Economic Development Grants, administered by the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Rural Economic Development Division, support downtown revitalization and economic development initiatives in North Carolina’s Tier 1 and Tier 2 counties, and rural census tracts in Tier 3 counties. The grants aim to help local governments enhance downtown districts as economic assets, improve public infrastructure, support public building renovations, and promote mixed-use development. Grants can be up to $850,000 per grantee, with no minimum amount, and must be matched with at least 5 percent local funds. The application deadline is August 22, 2024, and projects must be completed within 36 months of the award.

The Governor and the General Assembly direct the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to administer grants for specific miscellaneous purposes to bolster the state’s economy, promote a clean environment, and improve the overall quality of life throughout the state of Illinois. This grant program is available to any entity receiving funding via lump sum appropriation. Eligible costs for this program are bondable costs associated with new construction and/or renovation of buildings, additions, or structures, including associated parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, etc. This includes exterior work to surface, structure, or foundation to extend useful life; roof work – limited to removal of the system to the decking as well as stone, metal, or other work to control water damage or ice formation; as well as – if done as part of a larger bondable grant-funded project – interior work such as painting, plastering, sanding, replacement of electrical and light fixtures, handicapped accessible improvements, fire alarms, smoke detectors, automatic door closures, etc.

The Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) announces $56 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to enhance Ohio's Developmental Disability Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). This one-time funding will support projects in areas such as support for individuals and families, workforce, innovative technology, youth with complex needs, and waiver modernization. Projects aim to improve community integration, independence, and quality of life for Ohioans with developmental disabilities.

Downtown revitalization projects following at least one of the 4 points of the Main Street program. Awarded to approximately 6 recipients at $15,000 each. Tennessee Downtowns is an affiliated program of Tennessee Main Street designed to help communities embark on a comprehensive revitalization effort for their downtown. Using the proven National Main Street Center’s Four-Point Approach® to downtown revitalization, this 24-month program coaches selected downtowns and their steering committees through the steps of launching an effective revitalization effort. Space in this program is limited and highly competitive. Program activities include training, site visits, regional workshops, webinars, technical assistance and an innovation project grant.