NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR FY2024 CLEAN TEAM GRANTS
The District of Columbia (“DC” or “District”) Department of Small and Local Business Development (“DSLBD”) hereby announces in accordance with District law this Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) a solicitation for grant applications from eligible applicants to manage a Clean Team Program in twenty-two service areas listed below (“Service Areas”) throughout the District.
The DC Clean Team Program is designed to achieve the following objectives:
• Improve commercial district appearance in all Service Areas to help increase foot traffic, and, consequently, the opportunity for increased customer sales for businesses.
• Provide jobs and necessary job training for DC residents in all Service Areas.
• Reduce litter, graffiti, and posters, which contribute to the perception of an unsafe commercial district.
• Maintain a healthy tree canopy, including landscaping, along the commercial corridor.
• Support the “Sustainable DC 2.0 Plan goals by recycling, mulching street trees, using eco-friendly supplies, and reducing stormwater pollution generated by DC’s commercial districts.
Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations incorporated in the District and local businesses certified by DSLBD as a Certified Business Enterprise (“CBE”). All applicants must be current as of the date of their application on all DC business licenses, permits, and taxes, and fiscal and programmatic grant reporting requirements, where applicable.
DSLBD will solicit applications for the grant via an online Request for Applications (“RFA”) from eligible applicants beginning on Monday, June 5, 2023. The RFA will be posted at www.dslbd.dc.gov and will include a detailed description of the grant objectives and selection criteria.
DEADLINE: The application submission deadline is Thursday, July 6, 2023, at 3:00 PM.
NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR FY2024 CLEAN TEAM GRANTS
