Division of Housing and Community Development
Division Home (FloridaCommunityDevelopment.org)
Front Porch Florida Initiative - Funding Initiatives
Front Porch Florida Initiative Home | Program Contacts
Exactly how does the Front Porch Florida Initiative fund the communities?
The most popular and profitable means for a community to fund its project is through grant opportunities. After a community has received its designation, it is eligible to receive funding from the following sources:
- Office of Urban Opportunity's Front Porch Florida Revitalization Funds
- Public sources – Federal and State agencies
- Private sources – Corporations and foundations
To make funding easier for the communities, the following advantages come with the designation:
- Front Porch Florida Revitalization Funds are used to provide match and to leverage other grant opportunities applied for by the community.
- Front Porch Communities will receive priority in state agency funding opportunities. This is not the same as actually automatically receiving the award. The community will need to follow the same criteria and instructions as any other community.