Weekly Digest Update
The Office of Community Development Weekly Digest will be taking a hiatus the month of August to make improvements. The Digest will return in a new monthly format in September.
Homeless Crisis Response Program CARES Act Status Reports Due
Homeless Crisis Response Program CARES Act status reports are due Friday, July 15, 2022. Grantees must complete and upload either an Emergency Shelter/Street Outreach or Housing Stability ESG-CV Expense Report in OCEAN. Grantees are reminded to use the updated templates as the ESG-CV Expense Reports were recently updated to reflect the HUD extension. In addition, OCD updated the Emergency Shelter template to include the TOPP Renovation and Street Outreach activities. Click here to download the report templates.
UPDATED Supportive Housing Program Pre-Application Instructions and Documents Posted
There will be additional funding for new or expanded SHP projects competing this year. Development anticipates distributing $1.2 million in additional funding for the Supportive Housing Program.
Pre-application instructions and documents for the new PY 22 Supportive Housing Program (SHP) are now available on the TA site.
Potential applicants include PY 2020 SHP expansions or new grantees.
Projects selected for funding will be incorporated into the PY 2022 SHP allocation and must submit a PY 2022 SHP application in OCEAN by October 7, 2022. PY 2020 SHP renewal applicants allocated additional funding for new or expanded projects should include those projects in their renewal applications. Application materials and allocation amounts will be posted to the OCD TA site no later than August 23, 2022.
Important Dates:
August 5, 2022 – Pre-applications due to Christina.Blair@development.ohio.gov
October 7, 2022 – SHP applications due in OCEAN.
Homeless Crisis Response Program
The 2022 HCRP allocation will be limited to renewal funding for PY 2020 HCRP funded projects. There are no additional funds available for new or expansion shelter projects due to caps on both Emergency Solutions Grant and Ohio Housing Trust Fund. PY 2022 HCRP allocations will be posted to the OCD TA site by no later than August 8, 2022 and will be due in OCEAN September 23, 2022.
Residential Public Infrastructure Grant and Economic Development Applications Available
Application documents for the PY 2022 Residential Public Infrastructure Grant (RPIG) program are now available on the Technical Assistance site. Those interested in applying should fill out the Letter of Interest and return to Wesley.Watkins@development.ohio.gov. Once reviewed, the grantee will be notified and a full application will be available in OCEAN on or around July 1st, 2022.
Application documents for the PY 2022 Economic Development (ED) program are now available on the Technical Assistance site. Those interested in applying should fill out the Pre-Application and return to Benjamin.Kepple@development.ohio.gov. Once reviewed, the grantee will be notified and a full application will be available in OCEAN on or around July 1st, 2022.
Urgent: PY 2022 Community Development OCEAN Application Fixes
OCD is aware of several issues related to uploading documents in the Allocation, Critical Infrastructure, and Neighborhood Revitalization applications in OCEAN. OCD has prepared guidance below for workarounds to these errors, but grantees should also utilize the attachment checklist that is included with the application documents on the Technical Assistance site here to ensure they are submitting a complete application.
Allocation
Problem: The Program Narrative attachment type is missing from the drop-down in the Grant Request Documents tab
Solution: Grantees should upload the Program Narrative as an Other Additional Document
Problem: Required Force Account Labor validation error
Solution: If grantee will not be utilizing Force Account Labor, upload blank form to remove error
Neighborhood Revitalization
Problem: Grantees might see new validation errors for attachments already uploaded
Solution: Grantees should upload a blank form to clear the validation error (please double check the checklist for completeness).
Critical Infrastructure
Problem: Project-specific attachments aren’t able to be uploaded via the construction project, only the Administration project; the project is missing from the attachments drop-down for each project-specific attachment.
Solution: Attachments can be uploaded under the Administration project to remove the validation error for each required project-specific document.
Problem: Four separate cost estimate types now appear in the attachment drop-down menu.
Solution: Grantees should utilize the first cost estimate shown in the drop-down menu; OCD is working to remove the invalid options. If a validation error occurs, grantees should upload a blank form to remove the error.
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