Capital facilities grants for community-based, nonresidential community and social service projects
Updated June 23, 2009
The 2008 Legislature enacted the Building Communities Fund (BCF) to provide a means of identifying qualified community and social service capital projects, and providing capital support to nonprofit agencies and their partners to develop or improve these facilities. These investments will play a key role in improving the economic, social, and educational climate in distressed communities and other areas that serve low-income persons.
LOOKING AHEAD: The next application process will take place in the Spring and Summer of 2010.
WHAT WE DO:
This program awards state grants to nonprofit, community-based organizations to defray up to 25 percent or more of eligible capital costs to acquire, construct, or rehabilitate nonresidential community and social service centers. There is no minimum or maximum grant award amount.
This is a reimbursement-style grant, and operating costs are ineligible. The grants are funded by the sale of state bonds (no federal funds are involved). Awardees are selected through a grant application process held every year. Applicant projects must be located in a "distressed community" or serve a substantial number of low-income or disadvantaged persons. Please click on the links below to see if your project is eligible to apply; please note that you must only meet "one" of the below criteria to be considered eligible.
APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY LINKS:
Note that awardees cannot begin drawing down their grant until all funds needed to complete the project have been committed. Awardees may also be required to pay state prevailing wages for all construction labor, comply with the high-performance building law, and Executive Order #05-05.
WHO TO CONTACT:
For more information, contact CTED Capital Programs staff.
Send an e-mail to CTED Capital Programs with your name and address if you’d like to be put on our mailing and/or e-mail distribution lists.
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