Project Grant B08NIAK0018

This Project Grant award of $125,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Housing Organization Initiatives (CFDA 14.417) program will enable Northside Community Resources (NCR), a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois, to enhance its fair housing education and outreach activities. Specifically, the funding will allow NCR to expand its Northside Fair Housing Initiative Program (NFHIP) by hiring a dedicated Education and Outreach Coordinator. This will...

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will serve as the fiscal agent for a $135,500 Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) formula grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding will support the Rochester Police Department's efforts to address chronic firearm violence in the Jefferson Avenue area of southwest Rochester through a Place Network Investigations (PNI) project. RIT's Center for Public Safety Initiatives will act as the research...

The City and County of Denver Police Department was awarded a $420,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to alleviate poverty, reduce crime, and improve police-community relations in a Southwest Denver neighborhood from March 15, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Through this funding, the Police Department will work with community organizations to develop and...

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, doing business as Park City Communities, has been awarded a $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under CFDA 14.889. This grant will fund comprehensive neighborhood revitalization efforts in Bridgeport, CT focused on redeveloping severely distressed public and/or HUD-assisted housing. The project aims to transform the neighborhood by replacing distressed housing with...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded the Philadelphia Housing Authority a $50,000,000 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant under CFDA 14.889 to implement a comprehensive plan for community revitalization centered on redeveloping severely distressed public and/or HUD-assisted housing. The grant aims to transform the target neighborhood by replacing distressed housing with high-quality mixed-income housing, improving resident outcomes related to employment,...

The City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development received a $671,446 Continuum of Care Program grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support housing and community development initiatives in the Boston metropolitan area. This Project Grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, funds a range of activities to prevent and end homelessness, including rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, permanent supportive housing,...

This federal Project Grant award of $850,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The grant was awarded on August 13, 2024 to Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc. to support a wide range of economic development and community development activities in the Chicago area....

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738), has awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to WestEd, a non-profit education research and services agency, to support "Re-Imagining Community Safety" in the Nicholtown neighborhood of Greenville, South Carolina. The project aims to: 1) Assess the community's safety needs, 2) Assist in implementing a new Nicholtown Community Safety Strategy (NCSS), and 3)...

The City of Phoenix Housing Department was awarded a $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on September 7, 2024. The grant, authorized under CFDA 14.889, will be used to transform a severely distressed public housing site in Phoenix, AZ into a viable, mixed-income community. Key activities to be funded include demolishing existing public housing units, constructing new mixed-income housing developments, and implementing...

The Town of Lincoln Housing Authority was awarded a $272,250 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public and Indian Housing Office under the Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative (CFDA 14.895). The 3-year grant, effective June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028, will support the implementation of a comprehensive workforce development program to increase employment and earnings for public housing residents in Lincoln, RI. Key components of the initiative include work...