Sustainable Strategies DC

11/20/2020

Check out this week's Spotlight on the S2 Federal Transition Project and Funding Available for Equal Rights Preservation

The team at Sustainable Strategies DC has created this "S2 Transition Project" to help local governments and public agencies stay informed as we move into the lame duck period and prepare for President-elect Joe Biden to take office in January. In the coming months we will be providing resources for...

07/16/2020

Check out this week's Spotlight on HUD Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants & the RWJF Culture of Health Prize →

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant Program provides grants of up to $5,000,000 to support locally driven strategies that address struggling neighborhoods with distressed public and/or HUD-assisted housing. Competitive applicants must develo...

07/02/2020

Check out this week's Spotlight on Updated Coronavirus Relief Fund FAQ's & EDA Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance Assistance →

On June 24, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released additional guidance on the "Coronavirus Relief Fund." This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document supplements the Treasury Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) Guidance that was originally released on April 22. Both documents provide g...

06/24/2020

Check out this week's Spotlight on the Moving Forward Act & the Great American Outdoors Act →

On June 22, Chairs of the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, and Natural Resources jointly released H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. This legislation proposes over $1.5 trillion in....

06/03/2020

Check out this week's Spotlight on Funding to Revitalize Low-Income Areas & Support Workforce Development →

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) CDFI Fund FY2020 Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) program is offering grants of up to $26 million to support the development, preservation, rehabilitation, or purchase of affordable housing for primarily extremely low-, very low-, and low-income families; AND....

05/01/2020

Check out this week's S2 Spotlight newsletter on Key Actions on the Coronavirus Relief Fund & Funding Available for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) here →

Congress and the U.S. Treasury has continued to push monies out to states and units of local government to react to the pandemic, most notably through the Coronavirus Relief Fund; however, funding levels are not sufficient to respond to the operational revenues crisis and real needs of local governm...

04/23/2020

Check out this week's S2 Spotlight newsletter on the COVID-19 3.5 Relief Package & FEMA SAFER Funding here →

On Tuesday, April 21, the U.S. Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, also known as the “COVID-19 3.5” relief package. The $484 billion package, originally designed as a $250 billion stopgap measure, has become the second largest of the four coronavirus re...

04/16/2020

Check out this week's S2 Spotlight newsletter on Additional Federal COVID Stimulus Funding & CARES Act Funding for the Arts here →

Cities, towns, and counties will struggle with the drastic decreases in revenue that result from the COVID-19 and economic crisis. Survey results from local governments leaders show that 96% of all cities report budget shortfalls as a result of the unanticipated revenue declines. More than half of a...

04/06/2020

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03/25/2020

Missed our Protecting & Rebuilding Communities Webinar: A Report on Federal Resources for Local Gov'ts co-hosted by National League of Cities and Smart Growth America?
Watch the full recording here → https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/302277042975238925