Project Administration and Management

The NCRPC can provide initial assistance to a community to help identify its needs or plan a specific project. Staff members can also provide administration and management for projects that are awarded funds from an identified source — making it a true full-service community development organization. The NCRPC has many years of experience in administering and managing projects. Project administration and management services that can be provided include:

Grants Management
Recent examples of grant management activities that the NCRPC has assisted with include:

• City of Clyde — Kansas Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Rehabilitation Project
• Tipton Community Center — Kansas Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) KAN STEP Project
• City of Barnes — Kansas Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Water System Improvements Project
• City of Holyrood — Kansas Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Community Facilities/Fire Station Project
• Lincoln County Historical Society, The Marshall-Yohe House — Kansas State Historical Society Heritage Trust Fund Grant Program
  

Fiscal Agent
Examples of fiscal agent activities with which the NCRPC is currently involved include:

• North Central Kansas Rural Business Development Tax Credit Program
• Regional Homeland Security Councils including the North Central Region, Northeast Region, Southeast Region, and the Southwest Region

Loan Management
Recent examples of loan management activities that the NCRPC has assisted with include:

• City of Glen Elder — Kansas Department of Health and Environment Public Water Supply Loan Fund, Water Well Project
• City of Herington — Kansas Department of Health and Environment Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund, Sewer System Project
• Saline County/Kipp — USDA Rural Development Loan Program, Sewer System Project

CDBG Grant Management

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program allows the Kansas Department of Commerce to distribute federal funds to Kansas cities and counties looking to improve their community. One of three national objectives must be met in order to receive funds: 1) benefit to low- and moderate-income individuals, 2) removal or prevention of slum or blight condition, or 3) elimination of an urgent need created by a severe natural or other disaster when local funds are not available. Since July 1, 1999, the State of Kansas has required formal certification of all persons administering CDBG projects in Kansas. Several NCRPC staff members are certified to administer CDBG grants in both the general and the housing categories. Combined, the staff has many years of experience with this program.

Fiscal Agent—Homeland Security

Kansas has seven Regional Homeland Security Councils that all have a similar mission to support local, regional and statewide all-hazard preparedness while reducing vulnerabilities to natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Each council receives grant funding to help carry out its mission. The NCRPC has been selected as fiscal agent for the following Regional Homeland Security Councils:

• North Central Region
• Northeast Region
• Southeast Region
• Southwest Region

Click here for more information and map. Contact information for each of these regional councils can also be located on our website under Partners/State.