Application Process - General Information

 

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

Division of Community Development

Notice of Funding Availability

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73C-23.0041Application Process - General Information

Notice of Funding Availability

Department of Economic Opportunity

Florida Small Cities CDBG Program

The Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announces the availability of funding for non-entitlement units of local government under the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The Department is opening a supplemental application cycle for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015 funding in the Housing Rehabilitation program area. Units of local government are not eligible to apply for funding in the Housing Rehabilitation program area if they have an open CDBG subgrant in the Neighborhood Revitalization, Commercial Revitalization or Housing Rehabilitation program areas.

A total of $5.65 million in FFY 2015 funding will be available to eligible applicants in the Housing Rehabilitation program area. The FFY 2015 list of non-entitlement units of local government is available on the Department’s website at www.FloridaJobs.org/CDBGApplicantInfo. The application process is conducted in accordance with Sections 290.0401 – 290.048, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 73C-23, Florida Administrative Code.

The Federal Fiscal Year 2015 supplemental application cycle for Housing Rehabilitation funding will begin (“open”) on July 17, 2016, and end (“close”) at 5:00 p.m. ET on August 30, 2016, (“the deadline date”). Funding requests must be submitted on the Florida Small Cities CDBG Application for Funding, Form SC-60 (February, 2016), which is available on the Department’s website listed above, and must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 30, 2016. Mailing address: Florida Small Cities CDBG Program, Department of Economic Opportunity, 107 East Madison Street – MSC 400, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-6508. Hand-delivered applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on August 30, 2016, at the Small Cities CDBG Program office in the Caldwell Building, 107 East Madison Street, Tallahassee. Two copies of the Application for Funding must be submitted, including at least one complete hard copy with original signatures. An electronic copy of the Application for Funding (in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format on a CD or USB drive) can be submitted as the second required copy of the application.

If you have questions, please contact: Roger Doherty, Small Cities CDBG Planning Manager, [phone], [e-mail].