Closed · HHS-2020-ACF-OCS-EE-1803 · CFDA 93.570 · Discretionary
Community Economic Development Projects
Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - OCS, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $100K-$800K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 17, 2020
- Close date
- 17
- Expected awards
The verdict
Community Economic Development Projects is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - OCS that offered $100,000 -- $800,000 across 17 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 79 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families - OCS.
- $100K-$800K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 17
- expected awards
- 93.570
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Community Economic Development Projects is closed (last close July 17, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Administration for Children and Families - OCS still indexes 79 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 17, 2020
Est. Total Funding
$13,600,000
Expected Awards
17
Instrument
Grant
Description
This announcement is modified. Section I. Program Description of the FOA, language has been added to clarify real property requirements for construction projects.The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS) will award approximately $13.6 million in Community Economic Development (CED) discretionary grant funds to Community Development Corporations (CDC) for well-planned, financially viable, and innovative projects to enhance job creation and business development for individuals with low-income. CED grants will be made as part of a broader strategy to address objectives such as decreasing dependency on federal programs, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in urban and rural areas. CED projects are expected to actively recruit individuals with low-income to fill the positions created by CED-funded development activities, to assist those individuals to successfully hold those jobs and to ensure that the businesses and jobs created remain viable for at least one year after the end of the grant period. CED-funded projects can be non-construction or construction projects, however, short-term construction jobs associated with preparing for business startup or expansion are not counted when determining the number of jobs created under the CED program as they are designed to be temporary in nature. OCS is encouraging applications from CDCs to target rural areas and underserved areas in States without current projects. Furthermore, OCS is encouraging projects that align with Opportunity Zones, Rural Communities with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substance use disorder and rural communities with persistent poverty as identified by US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HHS-2020-ACF-OCS-EE-1803
Grants.gov marks Community Economic Development Projects with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). 16 other Administration for Children and Families - OCS listings share this eligibility-code string (20% of 80).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
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What to do next
Community Economic Development Projects is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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