Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber Of Commerce: Active & Thriving Community Grants

Press release from Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber Of Commerce:

08/31/2021 12:41 PM

Fairfax County is providing a new grant program the “Active and Thriving Community Grants” to assist certain small businesses and nonprofits experiencing negative economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a small business or 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating in one or more of the following sectors

• Child care, which includes
  regulated centers and family child care homes;
• Community-based organizations
  providing safety net services in one or more of the categories outlined in
  the Consolidated Community Funding Pool (CCFP);
• Youth athletic programs within
  county-based organizations;
• Out-of-school-time programs for youth grades K-12
• Outdoor community pools located
  in HOAs and apartments/condominiums, as well as community membership-based
  pools.

For sectors that have a
small population of organizations (Safety-Net Community Based Organizations,
athletic organizations, and out-of-school-time organizations), the intention is
to award all eligible applicants. However, due to limited funding, if the
number of eligible applicants exceeds available dollars, funding will be
prioritized first to those who serve vulnerable communities, and the remaining
applicants will be awarded through a lottery system.

Due to the large size of
potential applicants, the childcare sector and the community pools sector will
be assessed through vulnerability prioritization and then a lottery system for
the remaining applicants.

For more information on this grants program click here.

This press release was produced by Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber Of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.