FEDERAL GRANTS AWAIT NONPROFITS.Byline: Alicia Doyle Daily News Staff Writer Nonprofit organizations are invited to apply for federal grants set aside to benefit Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. residents. Community development block grants - distributed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - are used to benefit low- and moderate-income residents, help eliminate blight or meet a particularly urgent need, officials said. Annually, all cities of 50,000 population and more are classified as entitlement cities by HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. , and are therefore entitled to receive CDBG CDBG Community Development Block Grant funds. The population of Simi Valley is 104,269. Simi Valley received about $849,000 in funding last year and expects to receive $836,000 for fiscal year 1997-98, said Paul Thornquist, block grant coordinator. Funding for public service activities is limited to approximately 15 percent - $125,400 - of the city's allocation for fiscal year 1997-98. To be eligible, a nonprofit organization must show that the money would be used to start or expand an existing program or conduct a specific activity, city officials said. The nonprofits also must provide matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money . The money also must be used to benefit people with very low to moderate incomes or meet a community development need such as jobs or housing, officials said. In 1996, more than 20 nonprofit groups queued up for federal grants to help them kick off or expand programs. The organizations sought funding for programs that ranged from helping the needy to promoting anti-drug education and adult literacy. Last year, nonprofit groups that requested funds included the Samaritan Center and the Public Action to Deliver Shelter Program, which helps needy and homeless people get off the streets and into jobs. Others included Baseballers Against Drugs, the Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. and Lutheran Social Services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . No nonprofit groups have applied yet for 1997-98 block grant funds, Thornquist said. To help nonprofit organizations apply for grants, a workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday in the Community Services Room at City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road. The deadline for application filing is Feb. 14 at 5 p.m. For more information or to register, call Paul Thornquist at 583-6728. |
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