Request For Proposals (RFP) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program(LIHEAP) and Universal Service Fund (USF)

  • Posted on: 07/8/2025

Competitive Request for Proposals (RFP), open to all qualified Community-Based Organizations and Non-Profit agencies operating in New Jersey. Selected applicants will be notified following the review and approval of submissions.

Public Notice
The Request for Proposal (RFP), which will be posted on the DCA SAGE portal https://dcasage.intelligrants.com/Portal.asp, will be open to units of local government and nonprofit entities with an IRS 501(c)(3) designation, registered to operate in New Jersey.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Friday, August 1, 2025.
Please check the document for more info.

Attachments that cannot be uploaded in SAGE must be emailed to either Rosaura.collazo@dca.nj.gov or fidel.ekhelar@dca.nj.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. on Friday, August 1, 2025 2025.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSION
A Technical Assistance Session will be held on Friday, July 18, 2025, at 10am on Teams.

Please use the information below to join the Session

Meeting ID: 281 671 985 408 2
Passcode: 4ax7bH6v

To dial by phone, please call +1 856-338-7074.
Phone conference ID: 304 625 265#

The NJHOMES Launchpad is a competitive opportunity for municipalities that will provide a learning community offering enhanced technical assistance, mentorship, and funding to support staffing capacity and pre-development to implement affordable housing planning and projects. It takes all that NJHOMES has to offer and provides it in an intensive collaborative model with support for experts to accelerate a municipality’s ability to develop their much-needed affordable housing that fits into and is supported by the community.

NJHOMES Launchpad Request for Proposal: New Jersey Housing Opportunities for Municipal Equity and Success NJHOMES Launchpad Request For Proposals (RFP)

DCA will select participants for the first cohort based on responses to this RFP, along with data on municipal progress and capacity in affordable housing development, commitment of leveraged funding where available, and geographic distribution throughout the State

Submissions are due by
July 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Submissions should be emailed to:
colleen.velez@dca.nj.gov

Awards will be announced by August 15, 2025, with an initial kickoff meeting scheduled for September 2025.

Questions may be submitted to colleen.velez@dca.nj.gov by June 15, 2025.
Questions and responses will be posted on DCA’s website