UPDATE: Award Recipients Announced (December 2016)
The following nonprofit agencies providing services to the homeless recently received an award of Housing Stability and Supportive Services grant dollars from Mecklenburg County Community Support Services. The awards are the result of an October 2016 Request for Proposals process (see details below).
Mecklenburg County Supportive Services Funding
| Agency Name | Housing Intervention | Annual Funding Request | Annual Funding Award | Funding For | Source(s) of Rental Assistance | # new clients to be served annually |
| Men's Shelter of Charlotte | Rapid Re-Housing | $57,500 | $57,166 | 1 full-time Case Manager | State Emergency Solution Grant (ESG) | 20 |
| Safe Alliance | Rapid Re-Housing | $78,506 | $78,506 | 1 full-time Case Manager | Office on Violence Against Women/Department of Justice Transitional Housing Grant | 35 |
| Urban Ministry Center | Permanent Supportive Housing | $296,537 | $191,533 | 2 full-time Case Managers | Shelter Plus Care (15 units), Charlotte Housing Authority (120 units) | 52 |
| TOTALS: | | | $327,205 | 4 | | 107 |
Request for Proposals October 2016 Announcement
Mecklenburg County Community Support Services is seeking proposals for projects that serve individuals, and families with children, who are homeless. Interested applicants must identify a source of funding for rental assistance as part of the application. The funds being provided by Community Support Services come from the County's Housing Stability and Supportive Services dollars.
Eligible housing must be non-time limited permanent housing with the understanding that supportive programs are voluntary and intended to improve residents quality of life.
For the purposes of this request for proposal (RFP), Community Support Services will allocated up to $300,000 for supportive services for one fiscal year and up to two fiscal years of funding for a Rapid Rehousing intervention and up to three years of funding for a Permanent Supportive Housing intervention. Funding renewal depends on recipient performance, funding availability and the eligible population served. One or multiple awards may be awarded. In its discretion, CSS will allocate Housing Stability and Supportive Services funds based on a 1 to 15 social worker to client ratio to qualified RFP respondents.
| Activity | Date |
| Public Notice announcing RFP | October 17, 2016 |
| RFP Information Session | October 27, 2016 |
| Proposal Submission deadline | November 14, 2016 |
| Project Proposal Selection and Funding Award | Late November 2016 |
| INFORMATION SESSION |
Thursday, October 27, 2016 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Kitchen Meeting Room Hal Marshall County Services Center 700 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 |
Submission Applications and Forms
Final Request for Proposal
Form A Funding Coversheet
Form B Supportive Services Funding Application
Form C Supportive Services Budget Excel Spreadsheet
Form D Contractor E-Verify Declaration
Form E MWSBE Compliance
Form F Conflict of Interest Policy
All RFP requests for funding must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at Mecklenburg County Community Support Services, Harold R. Marshall Building, 2nd Floor, 700 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Staff Contact
Jamie Privuznak, Management Analyst
Jamie.Privuznak@MecklenburgCountyNC.gov
Telephone: 980-314-8911
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