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The Harris County Community Services Department makes funding opportunities available from time to time to assist in the provision of community services and affordable housing. Available funding opportunities will be posted below as open Request for Proposals. Please contact the Development Manager at (713) 578-2000 or the specific staff noted below with any questions. |
Harris County Community Services Department
PY 2012 Unsolicited Application
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS
Harris County Community Services Department (HCCSD) is releasing a PY 2012 Unsolicited Application for the new Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) funding. All applications are due by March 12, 2012 to the Harris County Community Services Department at the address listed below. This application is only for activities related to Homelessness Prevention, Rapid Re-housing and funding for the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Eligible activities for this application are described in the interim ESG regulations released by HUD on December 4, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to review the regulations as well as some of HUD’s technical assistance about the new regulations at http://www.hudhre.info/. Harris County also has a link to the regulations on the Funding Guidelines page
http://www.csd.hctx.net/rfq.aspx .
Harris County will host an applicants’ conference on Friday, February 24 at 9:30 a.m. at the Harris County Office of Social Services at 9418 Jensen. Please RSVP if you plan to attend to Kelly Opot at kelly.opot@csd.hctx.net or (713)578-2108. Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Ms. Opot by no later than 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7. Harris County will not be able to provide technical assistance on the application after that time.
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Due Date |
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PY 2012 Unsolicited application available |
February 20 |
| Applicant's workshop |
February 24, 9:30 a.m. |
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ESG RFP due |
March 12, 5 p.m. |
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Publish recommendations for funding through AAP Amendment |
March 26 |
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Court Approval of AAP Amendment and recommendations |
April 24 |
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Amendment Due to HUD |
May 15 |
Applications are due to Harris County Community Services Department offices 8410 Lantern Point Drive, Houston, TX 77054 by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 12, 2012. Late applications will not be accepted.
Harris County PY2012 Unsolicited ESG Application
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DIsaster Recovery Round 2.2 Funding
The Texas General Land Office (TGLO) has released both a General Housing Activities Application and a Non-Housing Application for Texas CDBG Disaster Recovery Round 2.2 funding. Pursuant to the release of both applications, Harris County Community Services Department plans to apply to the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) for Disaster Recovery Round 2.2 funds to assist organizations that were impacted during and immediately following Hurricane Ike. The proposed projects will include funds to assist organizations with housing and non housing activities.
Eligible Housing projects include:
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Acquisition with rehabilitation or rehabilitation of multi-family rental units, which corrects damage from Hurricane Ike and brings the property up to applicable local, state, and Federal codes and housing standards.
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New construction of multi-family rental units that replaces units damage during Hurricane Ike or that house low-income populations that were displaced due to the storm.
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Acquisition with rehabilitation or rehabilitation of single-family rental units, which corrects damage from Hurricane Ike and brings the property up to applicable local, state, and Federal codes and housing standards or that house low-income populations that were displaced due to the storm. Per the State’s housing guidelines, single family rental are seven or less rental units under common ownership on contiguous or scattered lots. Scattered site single-family rental units may exceed seven units, please consult the county for this option.
Note: Harris County has a priority for projects that provide supportive housing for homeless.
Eligible Non-housing projects include:
- Improvements to infrastructure (water, sewer, drainage, roadways) damaged by or failed to function due to Hurricane Ike.
- Repairs to community centers damaged by Hurricane Ike.
- Generators to community centers, homeless shelters, MUDs, WCIDs, or FWSDs that lost power due to Hurricane Ike and failed to function.
Organizations planning to apply must be able to provide cost estimates and document the damage resulting from the Hurricane or a failure to function. For more information on Disaster Recovery funds, please visit the Texas General Land Office website. Please direct questions about the RFP to Toni Candis at rfp@csd.hctx.net or (713) 578-2069.
Disaster Recovery Round 2.2
Tentative Application Timeline
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Activity |
Due Date |
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HC Housing and Non-housing competitive applications made available |
November 7, 2011 |
| Informational Session: HC Community Services Department 8410 Lantern Point Drive Houston, Texas 77054 |
November 9, 2011, 9:30 am |
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HC Housing and Non-housing competitive application due back |
November 18, 2011, 4 pm |
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Public Hearing, 10 am |
December 1, 2011 |
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Commissioners Court approval of TX GLO application |
December 6, 2011 |
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Application due to TX GLO |
December 9, 2011 |
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PROGRAM YEAR 2013 ENTITLEMENT FUNDING
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
On Friday, June 8, 2012, Harris County Community Services Department (HCCSD) will release its Program Year 2013 (PY2013) Request for Proposal (RFP). Please visit our Funding Guidelines page for questions regarding program requirements for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Programs. The timeline below provides an estimate regarding dates of importance- please continue to refer to this page for any further updates. Any questions regarding the PY2013 process can be directed to the Development
PROPOSED PY2013 RFP Timeline
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Activity |
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| Distribution of Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to mailing list |
May 21, 2012 |
| Publishing Public Notice regarding Request for Proposal |
June 8th, 15th, and
22nd 2012 |
| Issue RFP (Available for Download on Purchasing website) |
June 8, 2012 |
| Applicant Conferences |
Register by emailing rfp@csd.hctx.net |
| CDBG General Non-Housing Activities (Application Review Only) |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM |
| ESG (Program and Application Review) |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
| CDBG Public Services (Application Review Only) |
Thursday, June 21, 2012
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM |
| AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES CDBG/HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS (Program and Application Review) |
Thursday, June 21, 2012
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
| Technical Assistance Week (Appointments Only) |
June 25-29, 2012 |
| RFP DEADLINE (Due to Purchasing Office) |
July 9, 2012 |
| Publishing Public Notice of recommended projects |
November 2012 |
| Commissioners Court approval and mailing of conditional award letters |
December 2012 |
| PY2012 Annual Action Plan submitted to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
January 2013 |
| Contract negotiations |
February 2013 |
| Program year begins |
March 2013 |
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If you would like to be included on our mailing list to receive funding notifications, please provide all contact information (name, organization, mailing address, telephone and email) to rfp@csd.hctx.net.
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