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. PlainGrants indexes 79 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families - OCS.
- $100K-$800K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 93.570
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Community Economic Development Projects is closed (last close September 8, 2025). 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 September 8, 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.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HHS-2025-ACF-OCS-EE-0118
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
Chanel Jackson Chanel.Jackson@acf.hhs.gov
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What to do next
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