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Mayor Sarno Approves CDBG Grant Funds to Non-Profits for Capital Improvements

Mayor Domenic J. Sarno has approved the RFP CDBG grant funding request from local non-profits for capital improvements to their facilities. The City of Springfield’s Office of Community Development will be allocating CDBG grant funds to non-profits for capital improvements to their facilities that house services for low and moderate-income households. Funds are to be used for rehabilitation or construction for the purpose of preserving or expanding their service capacity.

The Office of Community Development announced federal CDBG RFP notices in October 2021 with RFP applications due November 29, 2021.  The City received responses from 17 non-profit agencies.  The City is making available $250,000 from its annual entitlement and a maximum of $25,000 is awarded per organization for successful proposals.

The proposals were reviewed in accordance with the evaluation criteria published within the RFP, which included: Organizational Experience and Performance, Project Need and Importance, Project Feasibility and Financial Feasibility.

Those non-profits receiving CDBG grant funding are:

 

Non-Profit Agency

Amount Requested

Amount Awarded

Project

Springfield Boys and Girls Club

$6,400

$6,400

New art room sink

Greater New Life Christian Center

$24,950

$24,950

Replace brick pillars and stairs - safety issue

Children’s Study Home

$25,000

$20,000

Demo and replace fencing

Open Pantry Community Services

$20,486

$10,243

Repave parking lot

Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services

$25,000

$24,005

Elevator upgrades

Morris Professional Childcare Services

$25,000

$12,500

Pave parking lot

Michael J. Dias Foundation

$13,600

$13,600

Roof updates

Italian Cultural Center

$24,700

$24,700

New HVAC

YWCA

$25,000

$12,500

Ramp upgrade

Christina’s House

$25,000

$25,000

New heating and cooling system

Mental Health Association

$25,000

$25,000

New siding

Gray House

$23,126

$23,126

Windows

Springfield Partners for Community Action

$25,000

$24,940

Windows and Emergency doors

 

Mayor Sarno states, “I want to thank the Community Development RFP review committee for their efforts in this selection process.  This much-needed and vital CDBG funding for our non-profits will go a long way to assisting with their efforts of improving their physical structure and facility.  My administration is committed to working with our local non-profits to help address their facility needs while not taking away from their frontline and community services that are so desperately needed.  This initiative will allow the awardees to not have to burden their budgets and their bottom lines by making potential cuts to their core and key community services to make much-needed facility improvements.”  

The RFP review committee consisted of:

  • Ed Whitley, Deputy Director of Neighborhoods
  • Cathy Buono, Director of A&F, Community Development
  • Lori Santaniello, Senior Program Director, Community Development
  • Attorney Talia Gee, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
  • Marcos Gonzalez, Project Manager, Economic Development
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