Closed · HHS-2025-ACF-OCS-EE-0118 · 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
- September 8, 2025
- Close date
- 15
- 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 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $100K-$800K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 93.570
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Community Economic Development Projects - is cataloged under number HHS-2025-ACF-OCS-EE-0118 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.570, posted by Administration for Children and Families - OCS. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on September 3, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $100,000 -- $800,000. The agency has projected $15.2 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 15 awards. If the agency funds the expected 15 awards from the $15.2 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $1.0 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on September 8, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$100,000 -- $800,000
Close Date
September 8, 2025
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.
Posted
September 3, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$15,200,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS) will solicit applications to award approximately $15.2 million in Community Economic Development (CED) discretionary 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 awards 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 in successfully maintaining employment, and to ensure that the businesses and jobs created remain viable for at least one year after the project period. CED 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 those jobs are temporary in nature. OCS encourages applicants to target rural and underserved areas in states with current projects.Furthermore, OCS encourages potential applicants to explore how proposed projects can be aligned and/or integrated with other OCS-funded programs and priorities to more comprehensively address the needs of rural and urban communities with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substance use disorder, as well as communities experiencing persistent poverty, as identified by US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Chanel Jackson Chanel.Jackson@acf.hhs.gov
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