The city of Fort Worth has applied to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for $13.5 million in grants for housing and homelessness programs.
The city submitted its 2026-2027 Action Plan on Aug. 14 to HUD, staff members told members of the city’s Community Development Council during their meeting Sept. 9. The CDC is a Fort Worth City Council advisory board organized in 1974 that helps set priorities for federal funding the city receives.
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Tracey Walton, interim senior management analyst for the Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Department, provided a detailed breakdown of the action plan.
The four grants the city is seeking:
Community Development Block Grant: $7.1 million for low/moderate-income housing and services.
HOME Investment Partnership: $2.8 million for affordable housing.
Emergency Solutions Grant: $625,000 for homelessness programs.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS: $2.9 million for housing/services for people with HIV/AIDS.
Affordable housing
Housing Channel, $70,000. Homeownership training and education provided in accordance with HUD requirements.
Aging in place
Guardianship Services Inc., $70,000. Guardianship Services helps low- and moderate-income Fort Worth residents age 62 and older safely age in place by protecting their financial well-being through workshops.
Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County, $160,000. Support of home-delivered meals for eligible older, disabled and homebound adults in Fort Worth.
The Women’s Center, $70,000. Support of core PEARLS program sessions provided through in-person appointments delivered in home by a full-time counselor.
Children and youth services
Artes de la Rosa, $60,000. For Artes Academy, year-round cultural fine arts after-school and seasonal camps program.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County, $40,000. Club experience at Eastside Branch and Mobile Clubhouse services in Stop Six.
Camp Fire First Texas, $65,000. Teens in Action, a life skills and youth development service for middle and high school students in Fort Worth.
Junior Achievement of Chisholm Trail, $45,000. Support of city of Fort Worth Cradle to Career Initiative.
The YouthVantage Alliance, $75,000. Academic, leadership and mentoring programs under one framework.
United Community Centers, $125,000. Support of Education Literacy Program small group guided reading program for children ages 4-13.
Economic empowerment and financial resilience
Building Pathways, $73,000. Support of Career Mapping Program, a 12-week cohort-based workforce development program serving individuals ages 16-30 who face barriers to employment.
Veterans Center of North Texas, $30,000. Provides emergency financial assistance to low-to-moderate-income veteran households in Fort Worth.
The city proposed to provide $30,000 to another organization, but disqualified them because the organization didn’t have an alternative funding source or a physical location. The city staff will reallocate this money to another nonprofit.
Healthy living and wellness
HOME Investment Partnership plan
Affordable housing, $2.6 million. Funds for housing counseling services, CFW Homebuyer Assistance Program, and affordable housing development. The city will allocate HOME funds to support the development of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Funds may be used for acquisition, new construction, rehabilitation, site improvements and other eligible development costs.
Emergency Solutions plan
Center for Transforming Lives, $100,000. Support of center’s homeless prevention prevention program.
True Worth Place, $150,000. Provides day shelter, case management and classes to people experiencing homelessness, and space to other agencies as a central resource facility.
The Archway (Formerly SafeHaven of Tarrant County), $80,000. Shelter and supportive services for adult victims of domestic violence and the minor children who accompany them into emergency shelter.
Presbyterian Night Shelter, $145,276. Provides basic needs of individuals experiencing homelessness.
The Salvation Army of North Texas, $103,274.50. Home Sweet Home is a homeless prevention program that pays up to six months in rental arrears and provides financial assistance for up to three months’ rent for households at-risk of homelessness.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV and AIDS plan
AIDS Outreach Center, $400,000. Agency proposes to help facilitate tenant-based rental assistance, short-term rent, mortgage and utilities assistance and support.
Tarrant County Samaritan Housing, $950,000. Provides supportive services and tenant-based rental assistance to eligible clients living in Samaritan properties and in scattered-site rental voucher-supported housing.
Homelessness Prevention and Special Needs Support, $1.5 million. City-managed program provides supportive services and tenant-based rental assistance and permanent housing placement assistance to eligible clients living in Tarrant, Johnson, Wise and Parker counties.
Tekisha Hobbs is a member of the Fort Worth Report Documenters crew. Scott Nishimura is senior editor for local government accountability at the Report. If you believe anything in this account is inaccurate, please email us at news@fortworthreport.orgwith “Correction Request” in the subject line.
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