Annual Community Development Training and Networking Conference

The conference kicks off with an overview of the grant lifecycle from planning to closeout. Successful grant administration requires looking at the whole cycle. This overview will help attendees to see grants as not just a source of funding but also a project management tool. Federal grants have many components that require organizing people, resources, and timelines. The goal of this session is to help attendees understand how the components of a grant fit together to build successful projects.  

This session will provide grant administrators information on various funding sources available to them including Ohio Department of Nature Resources (ODNR), Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) and cover the various grant timelines to apply and coordinate them with Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Infrastructure (ODOD, OCI) CDBG programs. This session will also have a representative from the Ohio Grants Partnership that will review their website which lists various Ohio grants available to Ohio grantees and other services they offer.

This session will provide grant administrators on strategies and examples on how Ohio grantees were able to leverage funds from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC), U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), and other Ohio Tax Incentive programs such as Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) and Tax Increment Financing (TIF). This session will provide examples on how grantees leveraged these funding sources with the Ohio Department of Development,  Office of Community Infrastructure (ODOD, OCI) CDBG programs including Community Development Allocation, Critical Infrastructure, Neighborhood Revitalization, Economic Development, Residential Public Infrastructure, and Flex Grants.