Center for Community Progress Announces New Technical Assistance Scholarship Program RFA

The Center for Community Progress has announced their new Technical Assistance Scholarship Program Request for Applications (RFA).  For years, their technical assistance has benefited communities around the country to reclaim neighborhoods from blight, vacancy, and abandonment.  They are excited about a new direction that is designed to bring significant technical assistance to places that need it most while piloting new solutions to advance the field as a whole: the Technical Assistance Scholarship Program.

Leveraging Community Progress’ leading expertise in blight remediation tools and strategies, this program serves communities around the country in need of technical assistance to assess, reform, develop and/or implement systems to address large-scale vacancy and abandonment in their respective communities. 

Technical Assistance Scholarship Program recipients will each receive up to 200 hours of direct technical assistance from a team of experts.  

What makes this program unique? It provides the opportunity for public and nonprofit organizations to receive technical assistance from Community Progress at a significantly reduced rate while focusing on key areas where new approaches are needed to advance our field. 

Community Progress will select up to three applicants that submit strong and complete applications, demonstrating innovation, need, staff capacity and financial support to implement and sustain findings and recommendations.

The Technical Assistance Scholarship Program is focused on the following key issue areas: 

• Data and Information Systems
• Tax Collection and Enforcement Reform
• Strategic Code Enforcement
• Land Bank and Land Banking Program Evaluation
• Vacant Land Maintenance and Reuse Strategies

With this program, Community Progress aims to develop innovative models and approaches that will not only serve the technical assistance recipient, but will also help to inform the stabilization and revitalization efforts of communities across the country. 

Visit the Center for Community Progress website for more information on the program and to download the RFA.