NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
HOME-American Rescue Plan (ARP) Supportive Services & TBRA Program
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (“VIHFA”) is soliciting applications from qualified organizations to deliver eligible supportive services and/or tenant based rental assistance under the HOME-American Rescue Plan Program (“HOME-ARP”) to qualified individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness, at-risk of homelessness, or at the greatest risk of housing instability. The HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) program was established through a $5 billion allocation to states and local Participating Jurisdictions (PJs) in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The VIHFA administers the territory’s $3.3 million. Funds will be awarded to existing housing and supportive services providers or new providers to deliver improved quality care to qualifying populations where current resources are insufficient to provide such services currently or to meet current demand.
Any qualifying housing and/or supportive service provider interested in becoming a HOME – ARP subrecipient must complete and submit the application by Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 5:00pm. Applications can be obtained by emailing homearp@vihfa.gov or by visiting
www.vihfa.gov/federal-grants-programs.Applications must be submitted electronically at homearp@vihfa.gov or via hard copy at VIHFA Main
Office Locations:
• St. Thomas Office: 3202 Demarara Plaza, Ste 200, St. Thomas, VI 00802
• St. Croix Office: 100 Lagoon Complex, Ste 4, St. Croix, VI 00840
For more information on HOME-ARP Supportive Services & TBRA funds, contact
Mone’t Francis-Gardner at homearp@vihfa.gov.
