Denver Direct: HUD funding list in Denver


Monday, November 19, 2012

HUD funding list in Denver

The Denver Office of Economic Development  has issued award letters to 34 organizations slated to receive federal grant funding in 2013. Funds will be made available through the city’s allocation of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (funding to support housing, neighborhood and business development projects.
OED issued a Notice of Funding Availability  in August  for proposals to be funded by HUD’s Community Development Block Grant, Investment Partnerships and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS programs. Applications were evaluated and scored by OED staff and community members. Community members were chosen based on their knowledge and experience in the program areas of housing development, economic/business development and neighborhood development.
Organizations selected for contracted programs and services include the following:
Economic Development and Services.
  •  The FAX Partnership.
  •  Federal Boulevard Partnership.
  •  Five Points Business District.
  •  NEWSED Community Development Corp.
  • Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute.
  • West 38th Avenue Merchants Association.
  • West Colfax Business Improvement District (joint project with The FAX Partnership.)
  • West Community Economic Development Corp.
Housing Development & Services
  • Brothers Redevelopment.
  • Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.
  • Colorado Health Network/Denver Colorado AIDS Project.
  • Colorado Housing Assistance Corp.
  • Community Housing Services, Inc.
  • Denver Housing Authority.
  • Denver Urban Renewal Authority.
  • Empowerment Program
  • Northeast Denver Housing Center, Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation and NEWSED.
  • Visiting Nurse Association.
Neighborhood development & Services
  • Bayaud Enterprises
  • Beacon Neighborhood Centers at Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver.
  • Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (El Sistema Colorado.
  •  Denver Housing Authority.
  • Denver Urban Gardens.
  • Environmental Learning for Kids.
  •  Focus Points Family Resource Center.
  • Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver.
  • Groundwork Denver.
  • Hunger Free Colorado.
  • Metro CareRing.
  • Mile High United Way.
  • Southwest Improvement Council.
  • Urban Land Conservancy.
  • Urban Peak.
  • West Colfax Business Improvement District.