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Community Economic Resilience Fund Tribal Funding Opportunity Intermediary

Grantor:
Employment Development Department
Portal ID:
44462
Status:
Closed
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
Categories:

Details

Purpose:

The Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) Tribal Opportunity Intermediary is to assist in the development, implementation, and facilitation of the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity. The goal of the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity is to support economic development in tribal communities by funding tribal-led planning and implementation projects.

Description:

To establish and manage the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity, the Intermediary will collaborate with the Inter-Agency CERF team. The Intermediary's project will be to collaborate with the state to develop funding guidelines, conduct outreach to California Native American tribes and tribal communities, provide technical assistance to prospective applicants, and develop a scoring process to recommend projects for funding. The Tribal Funding Opportunity must be designed with the utmost flexibility to ensure tribes are able to access these funds. The Intermediary will collaborate with the CERF Inter-Agency Team to design and implement the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity.

The Intermediary will be responsible for the following:

a. Deliver capacity-building opportunities to the CERF Inter-Agency Team on tribal engagement and partnership building.

b. Conduct community engagement and outreach activities to inform the development of the Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects).

c. Develop the Solicitation for Proposals for the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects) during the first quarter of the Period of Performance (POP).

d. Provide Technical Assistance to interested applicants as a co-administrator of the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects).

e. Administer the review and scoring of proposals submitted under the CERF Tribal Funding Opportunity (tribal projects).

f. Develop funding recommendations for the CERF Inter-Agency Team.

g. Subaward an estimated 25-35 eligible tribal projects.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Business
  • Nonprofit
  • Public Agency
  • Tribal Government

Individuals are not eligible to apply, and applicants must be based in California.

Eligible Geographies:

Additional variables, including but not limited to regional distribution of money, project feasibility, alignment with CERF priorities, and previous award performance, may be considered to achieve equitable distribution of funds.

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
10/13/23
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
01/02/24-09/30/26

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$25,000,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
1
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$25,000,000
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advances & Reimbursement(s)

Funding Method Notes:

EDD may provide community-based non-profit organizations an Advanced Payment option to reduce barriers in participating in the CERF program. Applicants may apply to receive up to 25 percent of their total grant award through an Advance Payment option. Applicants are not required to use the Advance Payment option if the reimbursement model is preferred. Applicants requesting Advance Pay will only be eligible for a one time advance payment.

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Adriana Avalos, 1-916-653-0450, AdrianaC.Avalos@edd.ca.gov

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