Rockson Community Development Corporation Inc

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

WASHINGTON DCS WARD 7 IS HOME TO NOT ONLY THE MAJORITY OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN WASHINGTON, DCS 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN, BUT ALSO A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK POPULATION THAT FACES INCREASED CLIMATE VULNERABILITY DUE TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRESSORS AND LEGACIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM. THE FH FAUNTEROY COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT CENTER WILL LEAD INTERGENERATIONAL EFFORTS TO BUILD CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADDRESS COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WITH WARD 7 RESIDENTS THROUGH A MODEL BUILT ON SELF-DETERMINATION AND COLLABORATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES. THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY NOAA OFFICES AND LEVERAGES NOAA ASSETS TO INTEGRATE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION, CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE, AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY VALUES INTO RESILIENCE HUB PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERSHIPS. THESE EFFORTS WILL INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE HUBS IN WARD 7 AND THROUGHOUT DC TO HELP VU