NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY (NOFA)
MY SAFE FLORIDA HOME
PROGRAM
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCIAL
SERVICES LOCAL
GOVERNMENT GRANTS
(State FY 07 DFS
Grant Funding
Availability)
The Florida
Department of
Financial Services
(DFS), My Safe
Florida Home program
(MSFH), announces
the release of a
Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA)
for Local
Governments within
the State of
Florida. The purpose
of this NOFA is to
enable Florida
citizens, through
their local
governments, to
receive wind
mitigation services
including free wind
inspections and
mitigation
assistance with
their homes. The
MSFH program is
partnering with
local governments to
meet the program’s
goal(s), which are
delineated as
follows: Section
215.5586, Florida
Statutes, mandates
that the Department
will complete up to
400,000 free home
inspections and
provide grants to
35,000 qualified
homeowners by June
2009. The
partnership with
local governments
will help residents
living in single
family site built
owner-occupied
residences that are
homesteaded, have an
insured value of
less than $300,000
(unless the
homeowner qualifies
as low-income), were
permitted to be
built prior to March
1, 2002 and have
undergone a wind
inspection (which
will be provided
free to the
homeowner).
This NOFA will be
available effective
September 10, 2007
and expire October
26, 2007. Eligible
applicants include
all political
sub-divisions of the
State of Florida.
A. The total funds
available for grants
under this NOFA are
$20,000,000 and
eligible applicants
may submit a grant
proposal for up to
$1,000,000.
B. The priority
focus of the grant
funds shall be to
provide free home
wind inspections
and/or grant funds
for mitigation
improvements to
qualified homeowners
within the local
jurisdiction.
A. Wind
Inspections:
• Wind inspections
must be performed by
qualified inspectors
who have passed the
MSFH inspection
course provided
through the
University of
Florida. This may be
accomplished either
through training of
local government
personnel or through
contracting with a
department-approved
wind inspection firm
doing business
within the region in
which the local
government is
located.
• Grant funds are to
be used to assist
homeowners within
the local
jurisdiction in
hardening their
homes as documented
in the wind
inspection report
with priority given
to protecting
openings (windows,
doors and garage
doors) and to the
bracing of gable
ends in the roof.
B. MSFH Program:
• Grant amount is
limited to up to
$5,000 per homeowner
residence, either
for direct grants to
qualifying
low-income
homeowners whose
income is less than
80% of AMI (Area
Medium Income) or
matching grants to
homeowners above
this income
threshold, with no
jurisdiction
receiving more than
$1,000,000 in grant
funds. Actual grants
awarded may be less
than $1,000,000.
• Cost effectiveness
of past program
performance will be
considered in the
scoring and ranking
for existing
programs.
• At a minimum, each
grant proposal must
include the
following:
The Department seeks
proposal from Local
Governments to
become grant
recipients to
accomplish the
mission of MSFH in
the Local
Government’s
jurisdiction. The
proposal must
include:
1. A description of
how the proposer
intends to implement
the required
inspection element
of the program.
2. A description of
the focus of
hardening homes,
such as a shutter
only program or a
roof strengthening
program with detail
on all improvements
the proposer plans
to accomplish.
3. A description of
households to be
served, whether
low-income, non
low-income or some
combination.
4. A description of
funds being used as
match for MSFH grant
funds, unless
serving low-income
households where no
match is required.
Preference will be
given to local
governments that can
commit to match
resources with MSFH
in order to expand
capacity.
5. Preference will
be given to those
proposals which
demonstrate a grant
administration
capacity and
previous experience
with housing re-hab
grants.
6. Preference will
be given to those
local governments
which demonstrate
effective current
programs.
Grant Proposals must
be received at the
following location
no later than 4:30
p.m. EST on October
26, 2007. It is the
proposer’s
responsibility to
ensure receipt of
Grant Proposals via
mail, overnight
delivery, hand
delivery, or other
means at the address
and room number
listed below by the
time and date stated
above:
My Safe Florida
Home Program Office
Larson Building, 5th
Floor
Department of
Financial Services
200 East Gaines
Street
Tallahassee, FL
32399-0321
LABEL EACH GRANT
PROPOSAL PACKAGE ON
THE OUTSIDE AS
FOLLOWS:
ATTN: My Safe
Florida Home
Application Enclosed
Proposers are asked
to prepare all Grant
Proposals in
conformance with the
respective My Safe
Florida Home Program
grant proposer
package instructions
and Program
Guidelines found at
the following
Internet address:
www.mysafefloridahome.com/ForLocalGov.asp
.
Additional
instructions will be
provided beginning
September 10, 2007:
www.mysafefloridahome.com/NOFA2007.asp.
Requests for a hard
copy of the My Safe
Florida Home grant
proposal package or
other inquiries
should be directed
to Mr. Steven
Massey, Grant
Administrator, by
email at the
following address:
steven.massey@fldfs.com, or in writing to:
My Safe Florida
Home Program Office
Attn: Steven Massey,
Grant Administrator
Larson Bldg., 5th
Floor
200 E. Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL
32399-0321
Please Note:
Site of benefiting
grantees for
consideration of
these funds must be
located entirely
within the state.
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