URBAN HUDSON COUNTY AND HUDSON COUNTY CONSORTIUM FY 2020 ACTION PLAN APPLICATION AVAILABITY NOTICE
AMOUNT OF ANTICIPATED FUNDS AVAILABLE The County of Hudson is announcing the release of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and HOME Investment Partnership Program CHDO Operating grant applications for the 2020 Program year. Funds are received annually from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for local projects that primarily benefit low income persons. Examples of eligible types of projects are: public services, economic development, public facility/infrastructure projects, projects to reduce homelessness in Hudson County. The estimated amount of anticipated funds for the 2020 Program Year (July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021) from HUD for the programs contained in the 2020 Action Plan is below: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) HOME Investment Partnership CHDO Operating Total
$2,000,000 $ 165,000 $ 50,000 $2,215,000
APPLICATIONS WILLL BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 18, 2020 Who Should Apply? Private non-profit organizations that have received 501(c)(3) federal tax exempt status from the U. S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and are registered as a non-profit corporation in the State of New Jersey; Nonprofit Developers who will qualify as Community Housing Development Organizations under the HOME Investment Partnership Program Public Agencies Municipalities within the Hudson Urban County Consortium (East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Kearny, Secaucus, Weehawken and West New York). Applicants for CDBG grants must demonstrate that they will primarily serve low and moderate income residents and households of the Hudson County Urban County municipalities of East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Kearny, Secaucus, Weehawken and West New York. Applications will only be accepted through the ZoomGrants system. Applicants who are unable to utilize the system must submit a written request for a waiver documenting why they are unable to meet this requirement. Waiver requests must be submitted to Randi Moore at rmoore@hcnj.us no later than February 24, 2020 at 4:00pm. All applications are due by 4:00pm on March 9, 2020. Interested parties may access the applications on the Hudson County Division of Housing and Community Development’s website located here: http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/about-housing-and-communitydevelopment-hcd/. Or by contacting Heather Hanks at hhanks@hcnj.us for CDBG or Katelyn Ravensbergen at Kravensbergen@hcnj.us for ESG or Kim El-Sadek, kelsadek@hcnj.us for HOME.