Project Grant SGG80024GR0125

The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded a $597,348 Project Grant to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs under the Appalachian Area Development federal grant program (CFDA 23.002). The grant will support the delivery of services from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 to strengthen Georgia's regional economy and build local capacity. Specifically, funding will be used to invest in entrepreneurship and business development, increase education and workforce skills, invest in critical...

This $993,090 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program supports the Georgia Enterprise Network for Innovation and Entrepreneurship project. The funding will allow Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. to install standardized, interactive conference and virtual receptionist equipment at 27 locations throughout the state of Georgia. This will connect each location to the economic...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), provides $220,881 to Hope Thru Soap, Inc., a non-profit organization in Doraville, Georgia. The purpose of the grant is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness, defined as households where no person is over the age of 24. The grant funding will be used to establish...

This Project Grant award of $113,680 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) supports efforts by Youth Empowerment Success Services Inc., a non-profit organization in Riverdale, Georgia, to address youth homelessness. The funding will be used to establish and operate projects across five program components: permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS),...

The Middle Georgia Regional Commission received a $867,858 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program. The grant will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for an 11-county region in central Georgia from January 2023 through December 2025. As part of this federally-funded project, the Commission will lead a collaborative...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) will support a collaboration between the Latino Community Fund Georgia and the Lucky Shoals Community Association, Inc. to pilot a comprehensive hate crimes prevention program in DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties, Georgia. The key products and services to be delivered include: Providing education and confidential victim...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded $1,260,000 under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to the Southern Georgia Regional Commission to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the region served by the Commission. The CEDS process will bring together public and private sector stakeholders in 18 counties in Georgia to create an economic roadmap to diversify and strengthen the...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $2,000,000 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding/Congressional Directed Spending (CFDA 14.251) grant to the Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. (Metro Atlanta YMCA) on August 13, 2024. The grant will fund a wide variety of economic and community development activities to be performed by Metro Atlanta YMCA, which has previously received multiple federal grants for youth...

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) in Georgia was awarded a $1,470,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The 5-year "Georgia Plant Hope Project" aims to empower Georgia youth ages 10-24 to build hope, counter mental health stigma, and advocate for their own well-being. Key...

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a $515,117 Project Grant to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs on July 1, 2023 under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002). This grant will support the state agency's efforts to strengthen the regional economy and build community capacity in the Appalachian region of Georgia over the one-year project period ending June 30, 2024. As the state's housing authority, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs plans to...