Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OCS EE 1580
The Community Economic Development Focus on Social Enterprises (CED Social Enterprise) grant is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS). It is designed to support experienced Community Development Corporations (CDCs) that can launch or strengthen social enterprise incubators, with the core goal of creating new jobs for individuals with low incomes while also tackling unmet local needs or persistent community challenges. The program emphasizes projects that are not just mission-driven, but also well planned, financially viable, and innovative in how they bring new products, services, or commercial activities to the community.
A key feature of this opportunity is its focus on social enterprise incubators. Funded CDCs are expected to sponsor incubator efforts that help develop and grow social enterprise businesses, meaning businesses that operate with a revenue-generating model while intentionally delivering measurable social benefits. The expected outcomes include job creation for people with low incomes and practical solutions to local problems affecting community constituents and stakeholders. In addition to business development, projects are expected to address real-life barriers that often prevent economic self-sufficiency, such as lack of transportation, childcare needs, limited access to education or training, and language challenges. This signals that applicants should be prepared to integrate supportive services, partnerships, or wraparound strategies into their business incubation approach so that new employment opportunities are realistically accessible to the intended population.
The funding can be used for costs related to starting up or expanding social enterprises as well as for technical assistance and incubator services delivered to these businesses. In practice, this can include the kinds of supports that help early-stage ventures become sustainable, such as operational planning, business coaching, financial guidance, market development assistance, and other capacity-building activities that improve the likelihood that the enterprise will survive and continue employing local residents. The opportunity is structured to back projects that can demonstrate they have a credible plan to bring social enterprises to market and sustain them beyond the grant period, rather than short-term pilots without a path to durability.
Geography and demonstrated need are central eligibility considerations for project locations. Funded projects must be located in areas with clear need for social enterprise investment, including places such as counties designated as experiencing persistent poverty. OCS also indicates it will consider geographic distribution when making awards, aiming for projects across different parts of the country rather than concentrating all awards in one region. Additionally, applications proposing projects that target rural communities facing high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substance abuse are eligible for bonus points, which creates an advantage for strong rural proposals that clearly document these conditions and show how the incubator model will respond to them.
This opportunity is limited to specific applicant types and favors organizations with a proven track record. Eligible applicants are nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). OCS intends to make up to six awards total, and it is explicit that awardees should be experienced nonprofit CDCs that have successfully provided technical and financial assistance to social enterprise businesses in their communities. The total anticipated funding is approximately $2.4 million, with an award ceiling of $400,000 per award and an expected six awards, reflecting a competitive program aimed at a small number of mature, high-capacity implementers.
Administrative details reflect a standard federal grant timeline and submission requirements for the cycle described. The opportunity number is HHS-2019-ACF-OCS-EE-1580, with a creation date of June 27, 2019, and an original closing date of July 29, 2019. Applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The program falls under the Income Security and Social Services activity category and is associated with CFDA number 93.570. Overall, the grant is built for CDC-led initiatives that can demonstrate readiness, community need, and a clear strategy to incubate mission-oriented businesses that generate real employment gains for low-income individuals.Apply for HHS 2019 ACF OCS EE 1580
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OCS in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community Economic Development Focus on Social Enterprises" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.570.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 27, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 29, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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