Community Development Opportunities
DHCD improves the District's communities with housing counseling programs, small business support, resources for emergency shelters, and more. For information on any of these programs, Ask the Director or call (202) 442-7200.
Emergency Shelter Grant Program
Emergency Shelter Grant funds support homeless prevention efforts and facilities operating at the entry point of the Continuum of Care. Funds are used for a variety of activities, which can include improving the quality of existing emergency shelters for the homeless, helping to make additional shelters available to the homeless, helping to meet the costs of operating emergency shelters, and providing certain essential social services to homeless individuals. This program is administered by the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness.
These activities occur in conjunction with the District's efforts to build permanent affordable and supportive housing that will end homelessness over time.
Enterprise Community Program
The Enterprise Community Program (ECP) provides residents in enterprise communities with the resources and training needed to achieve upward mobility (i.e.: community and human development, public safety, education, childcare, job training, and business expansion). The program's goals are strategic visions of change, community-based partnerships, and sustainable community development. ECP administers 39 grants to nonprofit organizations, which are located in three distinct areas comprised of geographically identified Target Area Groups (TAGs). The nonprofit organizations help the Department of Housing and Community Development achieve its ECP goals.
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