Grant writers for towns and nonprofits

What area does the project serve?

Map your project area with census income and social vulnerability data, and check HUD's 51% low- and moderate-income area test. Free.

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  • No sign-up until the draft
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ePlan fills in

  • Census tracts
  • Low- and moderate-income share
  • Social vulnerability
  • Population and housing

How it works

Community profile map and table, from one answer

  1. Draw the area and pick the grant.
  2. ePlan pulls census income, HUD low-mod shares and the social vulnerability index.
  3. Read and download the free map. Also need a town emergency plan? Start an EOP draft.

What you get

Community profile map and table and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Emergency operations plan door.

The first draft

Community profile map and table (free)

  1. Project service area map
  2. Population, income and housing (ACS)
  3. Low- and moderate-income share (HUD data)
  4. Social vulnerability ranking (CDC/ATSDR SVI)
  5. Data sources and release years
  6. How the area meets the grant's test

Modeled on: HUD ACS low- and moderate-income summary data; CDC/ATSDR SVI

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Emergency operations plan

  1. Hazards and risks
  2. Roles and coordination
  3. Annexes

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

51%

of residents must be low- and moderate-income for a CDBG activity to qualify on area benefit
Source: 24 CFR 570.208(a)(1)(i), eCFR

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft an emergency operations plan and continuity plan for a small county, town, district or tribe, in FEMA's CPG 101 structure. Free to read.

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Questions

Community profile map and table: what people ask

Is EJScreen still available?

Not from EPA. The Public Environmental Data Partners, a group filling gaps left by the federal government, host copies of EJScreen and the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool. Check whether your grant still asks for either.

Source: screening-tools.com

What is the Social Vulnerability Index?

A CDC/ATSDR index that ranks census tracts using 16 census variables from the American Community Survey 5-year data, grouped into four themes and combined into one score.

Source: atsdr.cdc.gov

Where do I get low- and moderate-income percentages?

HUD publishes low- and moderate-income summary data from ACS 5-year estimates. CDBG area-benefit activities generally need at least 51% low- and moderate-income residents; certain exception grantees can qualify with a lower share.

Source: hudexchange.info

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