New Grants & Funding Opportunities

December 7, 2023
Electric Cities of Georgia (ECG) - Location Georgia

Two grant opportunities available for consideration: 

Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS)
Learning Loss
Type: Grant
Deadline: 1/11/2024 

The Georgia legislature has allocated state funds to the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services to reduce learning loss for the state of Georgia. Among various strategies to utilizing the funds, United Way of Greater Atlanta (United Way) and the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (Georgia DFCS) have chosen to strategically focus on reducing learning loss by implementing a statewide competitive grant process for a third year. The 2024 Learning Loss grant program will provide grants of up to $50,000 to support community-based organizations in Georgia who are reducing learning loss through building reading skills, improving math proficiency, supporting school transition, strengthening family engagement, supporting learning acceleration, increasing access to quality out of school time and contextualizing learning.
https://unitedwayatlanta.org/2023/11/15/state-wide-funding-opportunity-united-way-and-dfcs-partner-for-a-third-year-to-provide-grants-to-reduce-learning-loss-in-georgia/

Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Community Home Investment Program (CHIP)
Type: Grant
Deadline: 1/31/2024 

The Community Home Investment Program (CHIP) is a federally-funded program designed to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing in Georgia by granting funds to city and county governments, public housing authorities, and nonprofits to 1) rehabilitate owner-occupied homes and 2) build and renovate affordable single-family homes for sale to eligible homebuyers.
https://www.dca.ga.gov/safe-affordable-housing/rental-housing-development/home-investment-partnership-program-home-1