Small Business Assistance

RFA Fact Sheet

Sponsor: / The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
Funding: / Community Development Block Grant and/or local funds
Dates: / Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published: March 30, 2012
RFA Issued: March 30, 2012
RFA Closing Date: May 30, 2012
Grant Agreements Executed: October 1, 2012
Access: / RFA Packages Available March 30, 2012
DHCD
1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE, 1st Floor
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (442-7200)
New Date: / Website access on or about April 3, 2012
Application Fees: / None.
Funding andFocus / (Washington, DC) the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is making available Community Development Block Grant funds and/or local funds for organizations committed to neighborhood revitalization.
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is soliciting applications for community based non-profit organizations to provide small business assistance in targeted neighborhood commercial districts.
The Department supports activities that benefit neighborhoods comprised of at least 51% low- and moderate-income persons.
The deadline for application submissions is Wednesday May 30, 2012 at4:00 p.m. at DHCD, 1800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE, 2nd Floor.
DHCD expects to execute grant agreements by October 1, 2012.
DHCD will focus its funding on these target areas:
·  7th Street – Georgia Avenue, NW (Mount Vernon Square to Eastern Avenue)
·  H Street, NE (North Capitol Street to 17th Street, NE)
·  Benning Road, NE and SE (Bladensburg Road to Southern Avenue)
·  Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE + South Capitol Street (Good Hope Road to Southern Avenue)
·  Pennsylvania Avenue, SE (2nd Street, SE to Southern Avenue)
·  Minnesota Avenue NE and SE (Good Hope Road to Sheriff Road)
·  Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE (Minnesota Avenue to Eastern Avenue)
·  Rhode Island Avenue, NE (North Capitol Street to Eastern Avenue)
·  North Capitol Street (Massachusetts Avenue to New Hampshire Avenue)
·  Kennedy Street, NW (North Capitol Street to Georgia Avenue)
·  Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE (St. Elizabeth’s East/Congress Heights)
Eligible
Organizations: / Community-based non-profit organizations and community development corporations.

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