Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Announces $1.25 Million for Technical Assistance Grants

Funding will help 45 local governments, local development corporations and nonprofit organizations across Maryland build capacity to achieve their community revitalization and economic development goals

New Carrollton, MD (September 3, 2024) – Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day today announced $1,250,000 in Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) have been awarded for 45 projects in 17 jurisdictions through the Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Assistance Grant Program. The program will assist nonprofit organizations, local governments and local development corporations involved in community and economic revitalization activities. Funding supports the costs of strategic consultants or services, general operating expenses and other costs directly associated with critical community development projects.

“From affordable home construction to arts and culture, projects supported by Technical Assistance Grant funding will make a measurable impact on the lives of Marylanders across every region of our state,” said Secretary Jake Day. “The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is proud to make this investment in these 45 revitalization activities that will create more loveable places and stronger economies across Maryland.”

In the FY 2025 application round, the department received 175 applications requesting over $8 million. Awardees include:

• Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation in Baltimore City will use $45,000 to support the Banner Seniors Program which assists older adults and those receiving disability benefits to remain in their own homes through delivery of home repair and home safety modification and provide wrap-around services to help address other challenges.

• Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna, Inc. in Harford County will use $25,000 to support the Havre de Grace revitalization Homeownership Project: a one-year project completing affordable home builds for three families.

• NPower, Inc. in Baltimore City will use $25,000 to support NPower MD’s Tech Fundamentals program which will move 180 young adults/opportunity youth (ages 18-26) and veterans/veterans’ spouses from un-/underemployment to tech careers offering long-term wage growth and career advancement in as little as six months.

• City of Salisbury in Wicomico County will use $40,000 to assist with the third year of the Maryland Folk Festival.

For a full list of awardees, click here. To learn more about the department’s Technical Assistance Grants, visit dhcd.maryland.gov.

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