State ESG Funding
2020 State ESG Competition
Below are the instructions for submitting Project Applications for the 2020 Durham competition for State of North Carolina Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG). Organizations that are interested in submitting applications for the 2020 State ESG funds must follow these instructions to successfully submit a Project Application for consideration by the Durham Continuum of Care.
1. ALL Project Applications and Project Budgets must be submitted to the Durham Continuum of Care via this State of North Carolina Smartsheet form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/94348fd852da410daf0441332f31b393. The Durham deadline for the submission of project applications in this Smartsheet and associated supporting documents listed below is 4:30 PM on Friday, September 18, 2020. The Durham CoC will not consider and will not recommend projects for funding to the State of NC that have not submitted the required application and supporting documents by this deadline. The Durham CoC reserves the right to solicit additional applications after the September 18 deadline if all of the funds available to Durham, $172,368, are not applied for in applications received by the September 18th deadline.
2. New project applicants, i.e. projects not currently funded by the State of North Carolina, must submit copies of the following documents via email to Lloyd.schmeidler@durhamnc.gov AND colin.davis@durhamnc.gov by the 4:30 PM deadline on September 18, 2020. The required documents to be emailed are:
4. Should organizations currently implementing State ESG projects in calendar year 2020 WISH to seek to improve the score they received in the 2019 State ESG competition, they MAY submit the full project application with all of the supporting documents listed above. Supporting documents should be sent via email to Lloyd.schmeidler@durhamnc.gov AND colin.davis@durhamnc.gov by 4:30 PM on September 18, 2020.
5. Project applicants that wish to earn bonus points in the scoring of the application may also submit a “Self-Evaluation” of the application via email to Lloyd Schmeidler AND , using the attached Scorecard that will be used to evaluate and rank all project applications, except projects only submitting "Renewal Certifications" and "Project Budget."
6. Please note that any supporting documents required by the State, including any supporting documents listed above, will need to be emailed to the State, per the instructions the State provides, prior to the State’s October 16th deadline for the submission of State ESG Regional Applications and the associated project applications. Please note that the ESG CAPER submitted to the State will be for the period 1/1/2020 through 9/30/2020, not the period required in this local competition. The Community Development Department will coordinate with Durham’s project applicants to ensure the State’s submission requirements are satisfied prior to the October 16th deadline.
7 Please be reminded of the following schedule for the Durham CoC’s local competition for 2020 State ESG funds:
In order to assist the Department in its management of the local competition, the Department requests that organizations interested in applying for these funds send an email to durhamopeningdoors@durhamnc.gov by the close of business on September 10, 2020 in which they
All project applications and project budgets for these funds must be submitted to the Durham CoC by 4:30 PM on September 18, 2020 via this State website: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/94348fd852da410daf0441332f31b393. As stated above, supporting documents must be submitted via email to Lloyd.schmeidler@durhamnc.gov AND colin.davis@durhamnc.gov by that same deadline.
Funding recommendations to the State will be made by the CoC Board, the Homeless Services Advisory Committee, no later than the close of business on October 1, 2020 and communicated to applicants within twenty-four hours of those recommendation decisions.
Any appeal of local funding recommendations shall be addressed to the HSAC Chair and signed by the organization’s chief executive officer and must be filed in writing, on organization letterhead, with the Department of Community Development via email to durhamopeningdoors@durhamnc.gov no later than 3 PM on October 5, 2020. The appeal letter must identify the reasons the applying organization disagrees with the funding recommendations of the HSAC. Appeals filed by the October 5, 2020 deadline will be considered by the HSAC Executive Committee. Any HSAC Executive Committee members who may have participated in the evaluation of project applications will NOT serve on the committee considering any appeals. Decisions of the HSAC Executive Committee concerning State ESG funding recommendations will be final. As outlined in the State’s Application Instructions, p. 14, further appeals may be filed with the State of North Carolina.
The Regional application and its associated project applications and all required documents will be submitted to the State of North Carolina by the State deadline on October 16, 2020.
1. ALL Project Applications and Project Budgets must be submitted to the Durham Continuum of Care via this State of North Carolina Smartsheet form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/94348fd852da410daf0441332f31b393. The Durham deadline for the submission of project applications in this Smartsheet and associated supporting documents listed below is 4:30 PM on Friday, September 18, 2020. The Durham CoC will not consider and will not recommend projects for funding to the State of NC that have not submitted the required application and supporting documents by this deadline. The Durham CoC reserves the right to solicit additional applications after the September 18 deadline if all of the funds available to Durham, $172,368, are not applied for in applications received by the September 18th deadline.
2. New project applicants, i.e. projects not currently funded by the State of North Carolina, must submit copies of the following documents via email to Lloyd.schmeidler@durhamnc.gov AND colin.davis@durhamnc.gov by the 4:30 PM deadline on September 18, 2020. The required documents to be emailed are:
- An ESG CAPER for the project for the period 1/1/2020 to 7/31/2020. This report must be generated in the HMIS, or, in the case of a provider of services to survivors of domestic violence, from a database comparable to an HMIS.
- The organization’s current year operating budget.
- The list of the organization’s Board of Directors, with officers and the homeless/formerly homeless representatives identified.
- The most recently completed audit of the organization. (If this audit is not for the most recently completed fiscal year, e.g. the audit for the fiscal period ending 6/30/2020 may not be complete, please submit the audit for the previous fiscal year AND an unaudited statement of revenues and expenses for the most recently completed fiscal year.)
- The Project Guidelines/Rules/Procedures for the project for which the organization is seeking funding.
- The Fiscal Policies of the Organization.
4. Should organizations currently implementing State ESG projects in calendar year 2020 WISH to seek to improve the score they received in the 2019 State ESG competition, they MAY submit the full project application with all of the supporting documents listed above. Supporting documents should be sent via email to Lloyd.schmeidler@durhamnc.gov AND colin.davis@durhamnc.gov by 4:30 PM on September 18, 2020.
5. Project applicants that wish to earn bonus points in the scoring of the application may also submit a “Self-Evaluation” of the application via email to Lloyd Schmeidler AND , using the attached Scorecard that will be used to evaluate and rank all project applications, except projects only submitting "Renewal Certifications" and "Project Budget."
6. Please note that any supporting documents required by the State, including any supporting documents listed above, will need to be emailed to the State, per the instructions the State provides, prior to the State’s October 16th deadline for the submission of State ESG Regional Applications and the associated project applications. Please note that the ESG CAPER submitted to the State will be for the period 1/1/2020 through 9/30/2020, not the period required in this local competition. The Community Development Department will coordinate with Durham’s project applicants to ensure the State’s submission requirements are satisfied prior to the October 16th deadline.
7 Please be reminded of the following schedule for the Durham CoC’s local competition for 2020 State ESG funds:
In order to assist the Department in its management of the local competition, the Department requests that organizations interested in applying for these funds send an email to durhamopeningdoors@durhamnc.gov by the close of business on September 10, 2020 in which they
- state their intention to apply for funds,
- indicate whether they plan to apply for Emergency Services or Housing Stabilization activities or both, and
- state a preliminary estimate of how much they intend to apply for in each funding sub-category.
All project applications and project budgets for these funds must be submitted to the Durham CoC by 4:30 PM on September 18, 2020 via this State website: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/94348fd852da410daf0441332f31b393. As stated above, supporting documents must be submitted via email to Lloyd.schmeidler@durhamnc.gov AND colin.davis@durhamnc.gov by that same deadline.
Funding recommendations to the State will be made by the CoC Board, the Homeless Services Advisory Committee, no later than the close of business on October 1, 2020 and communicated to applicants within twenty-four hours of those recommendation decisions.
Any appeal of local funding recommendations shall be addressed to the HSAC Chair and signed by the organization’s chief executive officer and must be filed in writing, on organization letterhead, with the Department of Community Development via email to durhamopeningdoors@durhamnc.gov no later than 3 PM on October 5, 2020. The appeal letter must identify the reasons the applying organization disagrees with the funding recommendations of the HSAC. Appeals filed by the October 5, 2020 deadline will be considered by the HSAC Executive Committee. Any HSAC Executive Committee members who may have participated in the evaluation of project applications will NOT serve on the committee considering any appeals. Decisions of the HSAC Executive Committee concerning State ESG funding recommendations will be final. As outlined in the State’s Application Instructions, p. 14, further appeals may be filed with the State of North Carolina.
The Regional application and its associated project applications and all required documents will be submitted to the State of North Carolina by the State deadline on October 16, 2020.
2021 State ESG Competition
