The City of Mishawaka is accepting applications for its 2025 Community Development Block Grant Program.
Donor Name: City of Mishawaka
State:
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/09/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and retention of businesses. CDBG is an important tool for helping local governments tackle serious challenges facing their communities.
The City of Mishawaka has developed a five-year Consolidated Plan covering the years 2025-2030.  Projects must meet one of the following goals of the Mishawaka Consolidated Plan.

Homeless Priority- Public Services

Improve and increase public services through funding to programs that target and serve homeless individuals.

Special Needs Priority-1 Public Services

Improve and increase public service programs for the youth, the elderly, disabled, and target low-income population, including feeding programs and social/welfare programs throughout the City. 

Housing

Homeownership Assistance- Promote and assist in developing homeownership opportunities for low and moderate- income persons & families through down payment assistance. 
Affordable Housing- Promote and assist in the development of new affordable housing through renovation of existing units. 
Promote and assist in the preservation of existing owner occupied housing stock thru the Summer of Service Program.
Promote and assist in making accessibility improvement to owner occupied housing through rehabilitation.

Community Development Priority- Improve, preserve and create new public and community facilities, infrastructure, and public services to ensure the quality of life for all residents of the City of Mishawaka. 

Infrastructure- Improve the City’s Infrastructure through rehabilitation, reconstruction and new construction of streets, walks, curbs, ADA ramps.
Clearance-Remove and eliminate slum and blighting conditions through demolition of vacant and abandoned structures throughout the City.

Administration, Planning and Management- Provide sound and professional planning, administration, oversight and management of federal, state, and local funded programs

Fair Housing-Affirmatively further fair housing by promoting fair housing choice throughout the City of Mishawaka.

Eligible Activities
CDBG Funding may be used for a variety of activities and programs to help low and moderate- income individuals, households or areas. Eligible activities include:

Public Facilities and Improvements
Code Enforcement
Architectural Barrier Removal
Public Services, including youth services, senior services, childcare, operations of homeless shelters, services for persons living with HIV/AIDS and crime prevention.
Planning 
Housing Services – including down payment assistance, renovation of rental or owner occupied housing.
Microenterprise Assistance
Economic Development Assistance
Façade Improvements for Private Businesses

For more information, visit City of Mishawaka.