2019 Tennessee Code
Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing
Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965
Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations
§ 13-14-204. Available assistance.
- In carrying out this part, any, or a combination of the following, may be provided:
(1) Grants to initiate new community-based development organizations in communities lacking one;
(2) Grants to existing community-based development organizations to extend their capacity to meet the housing and job creation needs of their service area, including staffing and reasonable administrative costs;
(3) Grants to community-based development organizations for strategic planning towards project identification, selection and implementation;
(4) Grants to community-based development organizations for projects that combine community-based social service programs with related jobs for low and moderate income persons to promote community revitalization;
(5) Grants to community-based development organizations for housing development projects to build and renovate single and multi-family housing;
(6) Grants to community-based development organizations for job creation projects which promote small business development by low and moderate income entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations, for the placement of low income people in jobs with attendant support, and the retention of those jobs; and
(7) Technical assistance to developing community-based development organizations, and existing community-based development organizations to carry out this part. For purposes of this part, technical assistance includes, but is not limited to, training and assisting community-based development organizations with:
(A) Conducting needs assessments;
(B) Training boards of directors;
(C) Staff development training;
(D) Recruiting project development teams;
(E) Determining and applying for available assistance;
(F) Conducting feasibility studies;
(G) Financial planning;
(H) Preparing project budgets;
(I) Proposal writing;
(J) Organizational structure and design;
(K) Generating local support; and
(L) Obtaining legal and accounting advice.
