The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting applications for the FY2016 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants program.
The maximum grant award is $30 million. The Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans that are expected to achieve the following three core goals:
- Housing: Replace distressed public and assisted housing with high-quality mixed-income housing that is well-managed and responsive to the needs of the surrounding neighborhood;
- People: Improve educational outcomes and intergenerational mobility for youth with services and supports delivered directly to youth and their families; and
- Neighborhood: Create the conditions necessary for public and private reinvestment in distressed neighborhoods to offer the kinds of amenities and assets, including safety, good schools.
Deadline: Applications are due on June 28, 2016. Read the NOFA. More information is available on HUD’s website.