Funding Sources for Quality Growth |
Georgia Department of Community
Affairs (DCA) |
Community Development Block Grant – Loan
Guarantee Program (Section 108 Program)
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/financing/programs/section108.asp |
- An economic and community development financing tool authorized
under Section 108 of Title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended.
- The program is a method of assisting non-entitlement local
governments with certain unique and large-scale economic development
projects that cannot proceed without the loan guarantee.
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Community Development Block Grant Program
– Regular Round
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/communities/CDBG/programs/CDBGregular.asp |
- Grants for housing improvement projects, public facilities
such as water and sewer lines, bulidings such as local health
centers or headstart centers, and economic development projects.
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Community Home Investment Program (CHIP)
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/housingdevelopment/programs/homeinvestment.asp |
- Grants to stimulate the creation of local public/private partnerships
whose goals are to expand the availability of decent, safe,
sanitary, energy efficient, and affordable housing in the community.
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Downtown Development Revolving Loan Fund
(DDRLF)
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/financing/programs/ddrlf.asp |
- Loans to non-entitlement cities and counties for small and
middle-size communities in implementing quality downtown development
projects.
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Employment Incentive Program
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/financing/programs/employmentincentive.asp |
- Grants for local projects intended to facilitate and enhance
job creation and/or retention, principally for persons of low
or moderate income.
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Georgia Commission for National and Community
Service/AmeriCorps State
http://www.nationalservice.org/stateprofiles/ga_intro.html |
- Grants to meet community service needs which match national
need areas as determined annually by the Corporation for National
Service.
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Regional Assistance Program (RAP)
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/financing/programs/regionalassistance.asp |
- Grants for Regional Economic Development
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Rural Rental Housing Development Fund (RRHDF)
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/housingdevelopment/programs/ruralRentalHousingDevFund.asp |
- Construction Financing and permanent financing for the costs
of constructing up to ten (10) units of new rental housing,
including land acquisition, hard construction costs, and soft
costs. Rental dwelling units financed through the RRHDF must
be affordable by low and moderate-income households as defined
in the Manual and this Program Description.
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| Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/HousingDevelopment/programs/housingTaxCredit.asp |
- Provides federal and state income tax credit for the acquisition,
construction, or rehabilitation of rental housing affordable
to low-to-moderate income families and individuals.
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| HOME CHDO Loan Program
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/housingdevelopment/programs/COAP.asp |
- Loans for construction financing and/or permanent financing
for the costs of constructing or rehabilitating rental housing
as defined in the State of Georgia’s 1999 Qualified Allocation
Plan. Rental dwelling units finance through the program must
be affordable by low-to-moderate-income households as defined
in the State of Georgia’s 1999 Qualified Allocation Plan, the
OAHD Application manual, and the HOME investment Partner-ships
Program Final Rule (24 CFR Part 92).
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| HOME CHDO Predevelopment Loan Program
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/housingdevelopment/programs/HOMECHDO.asp |
- Loans for the predevelopment costs associated with a CHDO
Program-eligible project, incurred up to the closing of the
CHDO Program loan (construction and permanent debt financing),
as listed in the Sources and Uses Form (CHDO-025) in the Application.
These costs include, but are not limited to, market study and
title search costs which are incurred before applying for CHDO
Program funds, and environmental review and appraisal costs
which are incurred after being approved for CHDO Program Funds.
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HOME CHDO Permanent Supportive Housing
Program
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/housingdevelopment/programs/HOMECHDO.asp |
- Grants to create the best possible projects recognizing the
difficulty of coordinating the activities necessary for special
needs populations.
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HOME Rental Housing Loan Program
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/HousingDevelopment/programs/HOMErental.asp |
- Loans for constructing financing and/or permanent financing
for the costs of constructing or rehabilitating rental housing
as defined in the State of Georgia’s 1999 Qualified Allocation
Plan. Rental dwelling units financed through the program must
be affordable by low-to-moderate-income households as defined
in the State of Georgia’s 1999 Qualified Allocation Plan, the
OAHD Application Manual, and the HOME Investment Partnerships
Program Final Rule (24 CFR Part 92).
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Georgia Dream Homeownership Program
http://www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/Homeownership/programs/GeorgiaDream.asp |
- Loans for first-time home buyers with a deferred payment to
cover most of the down payment, closing costs and prepaid expenses
associated with their home purchase. The Georgia Dream Homeownership Program makes purchasing a home more affordable for low-to-moderate income families and individuals by offering fixed, low-interest rate mortgages loans.
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Georgia Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) |
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319(h) Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant
http://www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/environ/ |
- Grants to implement activities and projects to reduce nonpoint
sources of water pollution. Activities may include:
Phase II Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
Systems (NPDES)
Best Management Practices Demonstrations
TMDL Implementation
And more
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Georgia Heritage Grants
http://www.gashpo.org/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=38 |
- Grants to assist eligible applicants with the rehabilitation of Georgia Register-eligible historic properties and related activities
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Recreational Trails Program (RTP)
http://gastateparks.org/net/content/item.aspx?s=18195.0.1.5#overview |
- Grants for acquisition and/or development (80% Federal / 20%
local) of motorized and non-motorized recreational trails including
new trail construction, maintenance/rehabilitation of existing
trails, trail-side and trail-head facilities.
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OneGeorgia Authority |
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OneGeorgia Equity Fund Program
http://www.onegeorgia.org/equity.html |
- Grants and loans to finance activities that will assist in
preparation for economic development. Eligible projects include
traditional economic development projects such as water and
sewer projects, road, rail, and airport improvements and industrial
parks as well as workforce development projects, technology
development or tourism development proposals, just to name a
few.
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OneGeorgia Regional E9-1-1 Fund
http://www.onegeorgia.org/e911.html |
- Grants and loans to finance activities that assist the mostly
rural counties in Georgia that are currently without enhanced
9-1-1 emergency telephone services (“E-9-1-1”).
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OneGeorgia EDGE Fund Program
http://www.onegeorgia.org/edge.html |
- Provides financial assistance to eligible applicants that
are being considered as a relocation or expansion site and are
competing with another state for location of a project; and,
where the EDGE Fund is used when the health, welfare, safety
and economic security of the citizens of the state are promoted
through the development and/or retention of employment opportunities.
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Other State Programs |
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Urban and Community Forestry Assistance
Program
http://www.gfc.state.ga.us/CommunityForests/Grants.cfm |
- Grants designed to encourage citizen involvement in creating
and supporting long-term and sustained urban and community forestry
programs throughout the state.
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Transportation Enhancement Program
http://www.dot.state.ga.us/dot/plan-prog/planning/projects/te/index.shtml |
- Federal grants for twelve categories of transportation enhancement
activities
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Capital Outlay for Public School Facilities Construction
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/schools/facilities/index.asp |
Federal Sources |
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EPA Funding for Smart Growth
www.epa.gov/livability/topics/funding.htm |
- EPA developed a guide of funding resources to assist local
and state governments, communities, and non-governmental organizations
addressing the varied aspects of smart growth.
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Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
http://www.nps.gov/lwcf/contact_list.html |
- Grants for acquisition of real property and development of
facilities for general purpose outdoor recreation.
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Private Sources |
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Grassroots Art Program
http://www.gaarts.org/programs_guidelines.asp |
- Grants to arts organizations and other groups to support Grassroots
arts activities that broaden and deepen public participation
in the arts.
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Organizational Grants
http://www.gaarts.org/grants_programs/organizational_grants/index.html |
Georgia Cities Foundation Program
http://www.georgiacitiesfoundation.org/ |
- Loans to cities requesting financial assistance in their efforts
to revitalize and enhance their downtowns areas.
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Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable
Communities
www.fundersnetwork.org |
- The Funders Network offers a searchable database of approximately
52 private foundations that support various elements of smart
growth.
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