Public Notice - Notice of Funding Availability (Posted 02-27-2025)

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CDFA 14.218), Emergency
Solutions Grant (ESG-CDFA 14.231) and Housing Opportunities for
Persons with AIDS (HOPWA-CDFA 14.241)
Requests for Proposals deadline extended to Monday, March 17, 2025
and two additional workshops to be held in March 

The City of Miami is seeking Proposals through this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for interested not-for-profit organizations to serve as subrecipients (CDBG/ESG) or project sponsors (HOPWA) to carry out eligible activities supporting the City’s Annual Action Plan goals and objectives for FY2025 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) and FY2026 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027). The City issued two separate online Requests for Proposals (RFPs) on Monday, February 3, 2025, 9 a.m., to allocate funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), specifically CDBG, ESG and HOPWA funds and the deadline for submission has been extended to Monday, March 17, 2025, midnight.

The two RFPs are as follows: 1) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) or Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding and 2) Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funding. The City reserves the right to use these RFPs for any future funding source received for services covered under said RFPs in FY2025/2026. Both are available at www.miamigov.com/communitydevelopment, linking to the web-based ZoomGrants™ application management system. Two additional workshops will be held prior to the RFP deadline as noted below. Attending the workshop(s) is not mandatory but encouraged. The following are approximate amounts available for each program (pending HUD confirmation of awards): CDBG: $3,500,000; ESG: $450,000, HOPWA: $1,500,000

RFP #1: Public Service, Economic Development, Housing (CDBG) and Homeless Services (ESG)
Link: www.miamigov.com/CDBG-ESG-workshop

RFP #2: Tenant Based Rental Assistance, Permanent Housing Placement (PHP), HQS, Short Term Rental Mortgage & Utility, Project Based Operating Support and Technical Assistance (HOPWA)
Link: www.miamigov.com/HOPWA-workshop

Requests for special accommodations may be directed to the Department of Housing & Community Development at (305) 416-2080 no less than three (3) business days prior to the workshop date. (AD# 46477)