DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Division of Community Development
Notice of Funding Availability: Florida Small Cities CDBG Program
Notice of Funding Availability
Department of Economic Opportunity
Florida Small Cities CDBG Program
The Florida 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. DEO will make Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2019 funding available for the Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Rehabilitation and Commercial Revitalization program areas. Non-entitlement units of local government are not eligible to apply for funding in any of the three program areas if they have an open CDBG subgrant in one of the three areas.
DEO also has funding available in the Economic Development (ED) program area for job creation and/or retention activities. Non-entitlement units of local government that have an open Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Rehabilitation, Commercial Revitalization or Economic Development subgrant are eligible to apply for Economic Development funding.
Up to $25 million in FFY 2019 funding will be available to eligible applicants in the four program areas. The FFY 2019 list of non-entitlement units of local government is available on DEO’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 FFY 2019 application cycle for all the above-mentioned categories of funding will begin (“open”) on August 19, 2020, and end (“close”) at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on October 5, 2020 (“the deadline date”). Funding requests must be submitted via the Florida Small Cities CDBG Application for Funding, Form SC-60 (FFY 2019), and they must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 5, 2020. The application form will be available at www.FloridaJobs.org/CDBGApplicantInfo prior to the opening of the application cycle.
The FFY 2019 Small Cities CDBG Application Overview meeting will be held on August 18, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. via teleconference at https://www.gotomeet.me/SeanLewis3/ffy-2019-cdbg-application-overview or you may call-in at 1(866)899-4679 (Access Code: 378-069-397). The FFY 2019 Small Cities CDBG Application Workshop will be held on August 25, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. via teleconference at https://www.gotomeet.me/SeanLewis3/ffy-2019-cdbg-application-workshop or you may call-in at 1(866)899-4679 (Access Code: 712-474-229).
Applications can be mailed or shipped to DEO. Mailing address: Department of Economic Opportunity, Florida Small Cities CDBG Program, 107 East Madison Street – MSC 400, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-6508. Electronic, mailed or shipped submission of applications are strongly encouraged due to social distancing restrictions. If you wish to submit the application electronically, an email request to submit the application electronically must be sent to CDBG@deo.myflorida.com by 5:00 p.m. ET on September 25, 2020. Instructions and access to upload the completed documents will be provided by return email. Electronic, mailed or shipped applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 5, 2020.
If you have questions, please contact CDBG@deo.myflorida.com or visit www.FloridaJobs.org/CDBGApplicantInfo.
