Deadline: 14-Sep-22
The Baker-Polito Administration is pleased to announce the second round of the Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant Program to develop, strengthen, and invest in community-led efforts to bring positive economic outcomes to communities that face historically disproportionate challenges to economic growth.
Specifically, the program was developed to support communities with high rates of incarceration and/or recidivism, widespread poverty, and large groups of disadvantaged and underrepresented populations.
The Community Empowerment and Reinvestment program is administered by the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) and offers flexible grant funding to support local partnerships. The program is designed to support projects in communities and neighborhoods across the Commonwealth that are led by these community-based coalitions, to carry out programming that meets the goals of the program as outlined in the state budget line item.
Project Categories
- Community Based Workforce Development,
- Small Business Development,
- Housing Stabilization,
- Community Health Improvement, and
- High School Dropout Prevention.
Funding Information
- Total Grant Funds Available is $1,600,000
- Maximum Grant Size is $500,000
- Minimum Grant Size is $75,000
- Requests over $500K, up to $1M, will be considered, but will require additional information and confirmation of grantee’s capacity to manage and fully spend the grant by 6/30/23.
Eligibility Criteria
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Eligible Communities
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Any Massachusetts city or town (or neighborhood) that:
- is disproportionately impacted by the criminal justice system,
- has a high percentage of individuals with an income below 250% of the federal poverty level,
- and Has a large population of socially and economically disadvantaged and historically underrepresented groups.
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Any Massachusetts city or town (or neighborhood) that:
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Eligible Lead Applicant
- Non-profit community-based organization,
- or municipal government,
- applying on behalf of a local partnership or coalition
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Eligible Project Partners
- Municipality,
- Community-Based Organizations,
- Schools,
- Local Businesses,
- Chambers of Commerce,
- Private Sector Partners,
- Neighborhood Associations, etc.
For more information, visit Baker-Polito Administration.
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For more information, visit https://www.mass.gov/service-details/community-empowerment-and-reinvestment-grant-program