HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-07-09 Hawaii County CARES Act Relief Fund RFP Announced -- press release (2)
Diane L. Ley
Harry Kim
Director
Mayor
Riley Saito
Deputy Director
County of Hawai‘i
DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
25 Aupuni Street, Room 1301 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720-4252
(808) 961-8366 Fax (808) 935-1205
E-mail: chresdev@hawaiicounty.gov
July 9, 2020
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Diane L. Ley
diane.ley@hawaiicounty.gov
808-961-8368
Hawai‘i County Coronavirus Relief Fund RFP Announced
Hawai‘i County will receive $80 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. The County is moving quickly to get
these critical dollars into our community to provide financial assistance during the
COVID-19 emergency.
To help manage financial recovery programs, the County will release a Request
for Proposals (RFP) on Sunday, July 12 at www.hawaiicounty.gov/cares .
Non-profits, financial institutions, or other management organizations with the
ability to deliver direct services or sub-awards to communities, businesses, and
individuals are invited to apply. Applicants can be non-profit or for-profit entities
with the capacity to receive grant awards starting from $250,000 to more than
$2 million. Funds must be distributed to the community no later than
December 30, 2020. Contractors must comply with all federal and state CARES
Act guidelines.
Individuals and individual businesses are not eligible to apply if seeking to
address only their own needs. Assistance being sought for this purpose will be
addressed through the selected non-profits, financial institutions, or other
management organizations awarded contracts through this RFP.
Programs addressed in the RFP include:
Food Assistance - Grants to nonprofits to purchase local farm produce, distribute
to restaurants for meal preparation and delivery of meals to vulnerable families
and other food need allocations. $3,992,000
Childcare - Grants to licensed childcare providers to support expansion of
operations and incentives for new childcare providers; supplies including
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sanitation, disinfecting supplies, foggers, UV lights and temperature scanners.
$2,500,000
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Hawai‘i County Coronavirus Relief Fund RFP Announced
July 9, 2020
Community and Family Resilience – Grants to suppport new and existing
social-related, health and wellness programs that build resilient communities
through building capacity, supporting the creation and strengthening of
relationships that build social captial and foster cooperation and trust. $4,000,000
Connectivity Enhancement - Grants for micro-transmitters and tablets to support
remote telework, businesses and education. $1,000,000
Business and Nonprofit Assistance - Grants to support financial obligations
including but not limited to rent, leases, mortgage, vehicle leases, master supply
agreements and non-governmental utilities and reopening costs. $22,000,000
Individual Grants to Prevent Housing Displacement – Grants to provide
unduplicated monetary assistance for rent, leases, mortgages and non-
governmental utilities to households directly impacted by COVID-19. $10,000,000
For more details on these programs, visit www.hawaiicounty.gov/cares .
Applications for the RFP are due by Tuesday, July 21 at 4:30 p.m. by electronic
submission.
To answer potential applicant questions, the County is holding a webinar on
Monday, July 13 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. To sign up for the webinar, or to submit
questions in advance, visit www.hawaiicounty.gov/cares .