DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Economic Self-Sufficiency ProgramSolicitations of Applications for Homeless Housing Assistance Grants To Lead Agencies for Homeless Assistance
Pursuant to Section 420.622, Florida Statutes, the Department of Children and Families, through the State Office on Homelessness, hereby solicits applications for homeless housing assistance grants to lead agencies for homeless assistance continuums of care designated by the State Office on Homelessness. A lead agency may be a local homeless coalition, municipal, or county government, or other public agency, or a private not-for-profit corporation. Such grants may be up to $750,000 per project, with no more than two grants awarded annually in any given continuum of care catchment area.
To qualify for the grant, a lead agency must develop and implement a local homeless assistance continuum of care plan for its designated catchment area.
Preference will be given to those lead agencies that build or rehabilitate the greatest number of units and who leverage additional private and public funds, particularly federal funds designated for construction and rehabilitation of transitional, or permanent housing for homeless persons. Preference will also be given to lead agencies in catchment areas with the greatest need for the provision of housing to the homeless, relative to the population of the catchment area.
Lead agencies wishing to apply for such homeless housing assistance grants may request an application package from:
Office on Homelessness
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
Phone: (850)922-4691
The deadline for submission of applications to the Office on Homelessness shall be 3:00 p.m. (EDT), July 10, 2009.
