$10M in federal grants now available to nonprofits
$10 million in federal relief funding is now available to Oakland County non-profits continuing to experience the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier this year, the county was allocated $244.2 million in federal Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan and has received the first of two expected disbursements in the amount of $122,135,474. The remaining funds will be distributed by May 2022.
The Oakland Together
Mental Health and Wellbeing Non-profit Grant Program, being administered by the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and funded through the county’s American Rescue Plan allocation, aims to help increase capacity to meet the growing demand for mental health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Nonprofit can apply for up to 500,000 in grant funding by visiting https://unitedwaysem.org/get-help/community-resources/oakland-togethermental-health-and-wellbeing-non-profit-grant-program/.
There will be three types of grants awarded including:
• Operational grants: $50,000 to $99,999 to maintain or enhance mental and/or behavioral health services because of increased demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Expansion grants: $100,000 to $249,999 to expand or implement new mental and/or behavioral health services because of increased demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Community grants: $250,000 to $500,000 may be awarded to non-profit organizations with an annual operating budget of at least $4 million which need funds to maintain or expand mental and/or behavioral health services because of increased demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For organizations with questions about the grant program and the application process, a webinar will be held from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17. Nonprofits can register for the webinar here: https://zoom. us/meeting/register/tJwtduCgqzwsE9fY3wo985ptyZo0E6WpVKKK.
To be eligible for any of the grants, an applicant must:
• Be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in good standing with both the State of Michigan and Internal Revenue Service.
• Be a provider of evidence-based mental and/ or behavioral health services and those services must be delivered by professionals licensed by and in good standing with the State of Michigan.
Oakland County is planning to appropriate millions from its American Rescue Plan allocation to address acute, short-term and chronic, long-term community needs involving healthcare, housing and food insecurity, workforce development, economic innnovation, environmental sustainability, and placemaking and infrastructure. The county also plans to use $10 million to reimburse itself for eligible operational expenses outlined in the U.S. Department of Treasury guidelines.
According to county documents, the acute needs would involve limited, short-term investments that effectively mitigate clear and immediate community needs directly related to the pandemic and its negative economic impacts. The chronic needs include one-time investments targeted at addressing long-term community needs that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.