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|Eligible Applicants |

Private or public non-profit organizations based in or serving a minimum of 51% of Charleston residents, including institutions of higher education and city of Charleston departments. “Non-profit” means having a 501(c) tax exemption notice from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a copy of which must be included in this application. IRS link to 501(c)

|HUD Requirements |

Each activity must meet one of the following U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program national objectives:

▪ Benefit low- and moderate-income persons;

▪ Assist in eliminating slum and blight;

▪ Assist in addressing an urgent community development need.

|Examples of Eligible Activities to Support Coronavirus and Other Infectious Disease Response |

Provision of New or Quantifiably Increased Public Services Following enactment of the CARES Act, the public services cap has no effect on CDBG-CV grants and no effect on FY 2019 and 2020 CDBG grant funds used for coronavirus efforts. See section 105(a)(8) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)); 24 CFR 570.201(e).

• Carry out job training to expand the pool of health care workers and technicians that are available to treat disease within a community.

• Provide testing, diagnosis or other services at a fixed or mobile location.

• Increase the capacity and availability of targeted health services for infectious disease response within existing health facilities.

• Provide equipment, supplies, and materials necessary to carry-out a public service.

• Deliver meals on wheels to quarantined individuals or individuals that need to maintain social distancing due to medical vulnerabilities

Buildings and Improvements, Including Public Facilities Acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of public works, facilities, and site or other improvements. See section 105(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(2)); 24 CFR 570.201(c).

• Construct a facility for testing, diagnosis, or treatment.

• Rehabilitate a community facility to establish an infectious disease treatment clinic.

• Acquire and rehabilitate, or construct, a group living facility that may be used to centralize patients undergoing treatment.

Rehabilitation of buildings and improvements (including interim assistance). See section 105(a)(4) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(4)); 24 CFR 570.201(f); 570.202(b).

• Rehabilitate a commercial building or closed school building to establish an infectious disease treatment clinic, e.g., by replacing the HVAC system.

• Acquire, and quickly rehabilitate (if necessary) a motel or hotel building to expand capacity of hospitals to accommodate isolation of patients during recovery.

• Make interim improvements to private properties to enable an individual patient to remain quarantined on a temporary basis.

Assistance to Businesses, including Special Economic Development Assistance

Provision of assistance to private, for-profit entities, when appropriate to carry out an economic development project. See section 105(a)(17) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(17)); 24 CFR 570.203(b).

• Provide grants or loans to support new businesses or business expansion to create jobs and manufacture medical supplies necessary to respond to infectious disease.

• Avoid job loss caused by business closures related to social distancing by providing short-term working capital assistance to small businesses to enable retention of jobs held by low- and moderate-income persons.

Provision of assistance to microenterprises. See section 105(a)(22) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(22)); 24 CFR 570.201(o).

• Provide technical assistance, grants, loans, and other financial assistance to establish, stabilize, and expand microenterprises that provide medical, food delivery, cleaning, and other services to support home health and quarantine.

Eligible activities must meet the criteria identified in the HUD CDBG-CV regulations and the policies of the program as administered by the city of Charleston. Regardless of the activity, the applicant must be able to document compliance with regulations.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources:

|Other Federal Requirements |

Agencies receiving CDBG funds must comply with ALL regulations governing the use of federal funds. Significant federal regulations that must be followed are identified below: This list is NOT all-inclusive and may be subject to change via HUD waiver.

Environmental reviews: A National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review is required for all activities funded with federal funds. This Act requires that federally funded activities be reviewed and determined to have no adverse impact on the environment. The city will work with the agency in the preparation of the environmental review. This includes a Section 106 review through the State Historic Preservation Office. No funds may be committed or expended prior to receiving clearance from the city, SHPO and HUD.

Procurement procedure: Agencies must comply with the more stringent of city and federal procurement codes for all expenditures of CDBG-CV funds. Agencies receiving federal funds should adopt a formal policy demonstrating compliance with this requirement. Information on the city and federal procurement codes may be obtained from the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development.

Davis-Bacon wage regulations: Activities involving construction/rehabilitation, alteration, or repair, including painting, flooring, and decoration, costs in excess of $2,000 will be subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. This Act requires all construction workers to be paid prevailing wages as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor Applicable prevailing federal wage rates and fringe benefits must be taken into consideration in the determination of the total project budget presented for this application process. The prevailing federal wage rates and fringe benefits are effective as of the date of the advertisement for bids. Davis-Bacon wage rate schedule is available on the internet .

Reporting: Agencies must submit quarterly reports. CDBG regulations require the subrecipient to document the demographics and income levels of clientele. Agencies must have methods in place to track program participants.

Monitoring: HUD requires the city to regularly monitor subrecipients to ensure compliance with federal regulations and to provide ongoing technical assistance. All grant subrecipients are subject to on-site monitoring visits at the discretion of the city. Subrecipients will be notified in advance of monitoring visits.

Accessibility to programs and facilities: Agencies receiving federal funds must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Facilities, information, and program services must be accessible to all persons with disabilities. Acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation activities must comply with federal regulations and the city’s building code related to accessibility for the disabled.

|Additional Grant Information |

• Duplication of Benefits: HUD generally presumes that if a cost has been paid by another source, charging it to the Federal award violates the necessary and reasonable standard unless grant requirements permit reimbursement. The grantee must conduct an individualized review of each applicant to determine that the amount of assistance will not cause a DOB by exceeding the unmet needs of that applicant. A review specific to each applicant is necessary because assistance available to each applicant varies widely based on individual insurance coverage, eligibility for various sources of assistance, and other factors.

• Applications for funding reimbursements or projected expenses are only to be for costs above your normal budget or for new projects/expenses specifically related to or in response to the pandemic.

• Applications for funding reimbursements or for projected expenses are not to be in place of nor duplicative of other local, state, federal or philanthropic funding.

• All requests for COVID-19 related expenses incurred between March 15 and June 30, 2020 must be listed separately in the budget narrative.

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