Project Information

Bid Title

CVIPI RESTORE Microgrant Procurement

Issuing Agency

City of Birmingham

Location

Alabama

Published Date

Mar 3, 2026

Closing Date

Mar 10, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Public Notice: CVIPI RESTORE Microgrant Procurement

The City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office of Community Safety Initiatives announces an upcoming procurement opportunity funded through the U.S. Department of Justice Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI).

This procurement will support the expansion of the RESTORE program, a DOJ-funded, trauma-informed initiative implemented in partnership with the Jefferson County Family Resource Center. RESTORE serves court-involved and high-risk and at-risk youth and their families in Birmingham through coordinated, community-based interventions.

Purpose of the Microgrants

CVIPI RESTORE microgrants are intended to strengthen and expand existing community-based services that directly support RESTORE participants. Funded services must align with the DOJ-approved scope of work and support outcomes related to wraparound care, reentry support, family stabilization, and violence prevention.

Supported services may include, but are not limited to:

• Intensive wraparound and case-adjacent supports for justice-involved and high-risk youth ages 11?19, including education reengagement, GED attainment, workforce readiness, industry-recognized certifications, life skills development, transportation assistance, and employment stabilization.
• Trauma-informed programming for youth and families impacted by community violence, including grief support, healing circles, culturally competent workshops, restorative justice-informed life skills curricula, and social-emotional learning supports.
• Family stabilization services addressing food insecurity, hygiene and basic needs distribution, housing instability, homelessness prevention, emergency assistance, mentoring, and support for teen parents and young families.
• Transitional and emergency housing support for youth and young adults at risk of homelessness or reentry-related housing disruption, including short-term housing assistance, case management, and stabilization planning.
• Community-based violence prevention and outreach initiatives in priority zip codes (35206, 35211, and 35212), including mobile resource distribution, neighborhood-based engagement events, school-based mentoring, and safe-space programming.
• Safe and secure facilities capable of hosting RESTORE workshops, focus groups, workforce development programming, computer lab access, and structured pro-social activities designed to reduce reoffending and victimization risk.
• Direct support services for families impacted by gun violence, including memorial assistance, court accompaniment, counseling referrals, and victim advocacy coordination.
• Services that integrate with RESTORE case management, data collection, evaluation protocols, and DOJ CVIPI reporting requirements.

Eligibility and Required ExperienceThis is not a general funding opportunity. Eligible respondents must demonstrate:

• Documented experience delivering services aligned with the RESTORE program model
• Existing capacity to serve justice-involved or high-risk youth and their families
• Experience coordinating with courts, diversion programs, or reentry initiatives
• Ability to meet DOJ CVIPI data collection, reporting, and performance requirements
• Readiness to implement services immediately as part of the RESTORE expansion

Priority will be given to organizations whose current programming closely aligns with the RESTORE framework and addresses service gaps identified in the City’s DOJ CVIPI award.

Procurement Process

Awards will be made through the City of Birmingham’s formal procurement process and will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements. Organizations interested in this opportunity should carefully review the information above to assess alignment with the DOJ-approved RESTORE scope of work and their capacity. If chosen, these organizations will be required to provide additional documentation such as a W9,?Transparency?Form, and a City of Birmingham Business license (if applicable) at time of grant disbursement.

To begin the process, proposals and scopes of services should be submitted to the Office of Community Safety?Initiatives:

• communitysafety@birminghamal.gov

Begin date: 2/25/2026

End date: 3/10/2026 at 5:00 pm

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CITY OF

BIRMINGHAM

REQUEST FOR

PROPOSALS

HOME-ARP

710 20th Street North,

10th Floor

Birmingham, AL 35203

205-254-2309

https://cobcd.com

DEADLINE:

MAR 13,

2026

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Amended Request

For Proposals

ISSUE DATE: Jan 8, 2026

DUE DATE: Mar 13, 2026

The City of Birmingham, Alabama, is seeking

proposals from developers, non-profits, and housing

service providers (Developers) to increase the supply

of housing for households experiencing

homelessness or other eligible Qualified Populations

(QP), as defined by HUD HOME-ARP Notice CPD-21-10.

Background

The City of Birmingham’s Comprehensive Plan (summarized, Attachment A), adopted in 2012,

calls for the City to engage stakeholders and foster public/private partnerships that improve

neighborhoods, create healthy real estate markets, create sustainability, and provide a broad

array of housing options to address the needs of diverse households. The City of Birmingham is

an entitlement community in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) and Community Development Block Grant

(CDBG). HOME funds assist low-income persons/households in Birmingham by providing much

needed affordable housing to various income levels under 80% Median Family Income (MFI). A

chart of the 2025-2026 income ranges is included as Attachment B. For the purposes of this

RFP, a project is generally considered “affordable” if the majority of units are affordable to

persons/households earning at or below 80% of MFI. This is not an indication that the entire

project must be affordable to households with incomes at or below 80% of MFI. The City is

particularly focused on proposals targeting the creation of a range of housing options, many of

which are affordable for Extremely Low Income (< 30% MFI) persons/households. The City

utilizes funds from HUD grants and other sources to provide Developers increased financial

capacity to cover necessary project costs and seeks to achieve a reasonable return of capital

on the available “gap” financing to allow for future investment in affordable housing.

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Developers may apply for HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) funding through this RFP.

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided the City of Birmingham $5,074,139.00 in HOME-

ARP funding. This funding is a one‐time allocation and differs from regular HOME allocations due

to the populations targeted and the variety of eligible projects and activities. In addition,

projects developed with HOME‐ARP funding must serve the Qualified Populations (QPs), as

defined by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Eligible Beneficiaries

QP4

QP1

HOMELESS

QP3

OTHER QUALIFYING POPULATI…

FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING…

QP2

AT RISK OF HOMELES…

HUD issued guidance for the utilization of the HOME-ARP funds through CPD-Notice 21-10 on

September 13, 2021, to ensure the funds are intended to benefit qualifying populations and be

used for specific activities not necessarily normally permitted under the HOME Program.

Qualifying Populations

QP1: HOMELESS

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Homeless as defined in 24 CFR 91.5, 1, 2, or 3 below:

1. An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence,

meaning:

a. An individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place

not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human

beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping

ground;

b. An individual or family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter

designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters,

transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by

federal, state, or local government programs for low-income individuals); or

c. An individual who is exiting an institution where he or she resided for 90 days or less and

who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation

immediately before entering that institution;

2. An individual or family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence, provided

that:

a. The primary nighttime residence will be lost within 14 days of the date of application for

homeless assistance;

b. No subsequent residence has been identified; and

c. The individual or family lacks the resources or support networks, e.g., family, friends,

faith based or other social networks needed to obtain other permanent housing;

3. Unaccompanied youth under 25 years of age, or families with children and youth, who do

not otherwise qualify as homeless under this definition, but who:

a. Are defined as homeless under section 387 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42

U.S.C. 5732a), section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832), section 41403 of the

Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e-2), section 330(h) of the Public

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(h)), section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7

U.S.C. 2012), section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)), or section

725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a);

b. Have not had a lease, ownership interest, or occupancy agreement in permanent

housing at any time during the 60 days immediately preceding the date of application for

homeless assistance;

c. Have experienced persistent instability as measured by two moves or more during the

60-day period immediately preceding the date of applying for homeless assistance; and

d. Can be expected to continue in such status for an extended period of time because of

chronic disabilities, chronic physical health or mental health conditions, substance

addiction, histories of domestic violence or childhood abuse (including neglect), the

presence of a child or youth with a disability, or two or more barriers to employment,

which include the lack of a high school degree or General Education Development

(GED), illiteracy, low English proficiency, a history of incarceration or detention for

criminal activity, and a history of unstable employment;

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QP2: AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS

At risk of homelessness as defined in 24 CFR 91.5, below

1. An individual or family who:

a. Has an annual income below 30 percent of median family income for the area, as

determined by HUD;

b. Does not have sufficient resources or support networks, e.g., family, friends, faith based

or other social networks, immediately available to prevent them from moving to an

emergency shelter or another place described in paragraph (1) of the “Homeless”

definition in this section; and

c. Meets one of the following conditions:

i. Has moved because of economic reasons two or more times during the 60 days

immediately preceding the application for homelessness prevention assistance;

ii. Is living in the home of another because of economic hardship;

iii. Has been notified in writing that their right to occupy their current housing or living

situation will be terminated within 21 days after the date of application for assistance;

iv. Lives in a hotel or motel and the cost of the hotel or motel stay is not paid by

charitable organizations or by federal, State, or local government programs for low

income individuals;

v. Lives in a single-room occupancy or efficiency apartment unit in which there reside

more than two persons or lives in a larger housing unit in which there reside more

than 1.5 people per room, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau;

vi. Is exiting a publicly funded institution, or system of care (such as a health-care

facility, a mental health facility, foster care or other youth facility, or correction

program or institution); or

vii. Otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics associated with instability and an

increased risk of homelessness, as identified in the recipient's approved

consolidated plan;

2. A child or youth who does not qualify as “homeless” under this section, but qualifies as

“homeless” under section 387(3) of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C.

5732a(3)), section 637(11) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832(11)), section 41403(6) of the

Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e-2(6)), section 330(h)(5)(A) of the

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(h)(5)(A)), section 3(l) of the Food and Nutrition Act

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(l)), or section 17(b)(15) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.

1786(b)(15)); or

3. A child or youth who does not qualify as “homeless” under this section but qualifies as

“homeless” under section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 6

U.S.C. 11434a(2)), and the parent(s) or guardian(s) of that child or youth if living with her or

him.

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