1. Must be regulated (current state license, state license-exempt, county permit or Infant/Toddler Family Day Care).
    
2. Must be currently open for business.

1. Must be an organization providing social safety net services in at least one of the FY 20-21 Consolidated Community Funding Pool (CCFP) categories.
    
2. A social safety net organization is one which provides services in one or more of the FY20-21 categories of the CCFP funding cycle and whose primary focus is on serving people from communities who are more vulnerable to self-sufficiency problems, including people with limited income; immigrants and refugees; people with disabilities; and people who are historically subject to disparate access to opportunities.
    
3. The categories of the FY20-21 CCFP funding cycle are financial stability; food and nutrition; health; housing; positive behaviors and healthy relationships; literacy & educational development; support and community/social networks.
    
4. Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

1. Must be an outdoor pool associated with an HOA or an apartment/condominium, or a community membership-based pool.
    
2. Must be operational only during the summer season.
    
3. Must be permitted to operate by the Fairfax County Health Department.

Note: Country club pools, fitness club pools, hotel pools, municipal pools, therapy pools, storefront/swim schools and school-owned pools are not eligible for this grants program. Non-pool aquatic facilities, including but not limited to day spas, water parks, splashpads/interactive water features and spas are also ineligible.

1. Must provide direct recreation and/or educational services to school-age youth (grades K-12) before school, after school, and/or during school breaks.
    
2. Organizations may administer programs at their own facility or be contracted to administer programs at another facility.
    
3. Must offer structured group programs that meet on a regularly set schedule (e.g., organizations that only provide ad hoc presentations to out-of-school time programs are not eligible).

Note: Out-of-school-time programs where the primary funder is Fairfax County through the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services or the Department of Housing and Community Development are not eligible for this grants program.

1. Must provide sports programming for youth under the age of 18. Organizations may also have adult sports programs; however, only the youth programs can receive the grant award.
    
2. Majority (51% and above) of the youth sports participants of the organization must be Fairfax County residents.
    
3. For purpose of determining any grant award amount, the number of participants/sizes of the organization will be determined by the documented number of Fairfax County residents only.
    
4. Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Note: Organizations that only sponsor adult sports programs are not eligible for this grants program.

Applicants for the Active and Thriving Community grant will be asked to provide documentation to support the eligibility and award requirements. These may include:

• 2019 and 2020 tax returns or Forms 990/990-EZ/990-N;
• 2020 year-end profit-and-loss statement or similar statement of organizational financial standing;
• Current profit-and-loss statement or other similar document showing financial status, as revised due to COVID-19 impacts;
• Current state license, documentation of state license exemption, County permit or letter from Infant/Toddler Family Day Care (Applicable only to child care program);
• IRS letter of determination (for non-profits);
• Articles of incorporation, articles or organization or other similar evidence of legal formation of the business;
• Documents sufficient to demonstrate that any claimed revenue loss was not due to longer-term economic or industrial trends unrelated to the pandemic;
• Health Department permit (Applicable only to community pools);
• Contract with pool management company operating the pool (Applicable only to some community pools);
• Sports teams rosters demonstrating county resident information (without personal identifying information) (Applicable only to youth sports organizations).

Consistent with ARPA funding requirements, grantees will be asked to provide documentation of eligible reimbursable costs (incurred after March 13, 2020) of up to 100% of the grant amount requested. In addition, grantees will be required to provide additional documentation, or any certifications deemed necessary to meet other requirements.

Grant funds can be used to:

• Mitigate financial hardship (e.g., declines in revenues or impacts of periods of business closure). This includes:
  • Supporting payroll and benefits costs
  • Costs to retain employees
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utilities Costs
  • Other business critical operating costs as determined by the County
• Implement COVID-19 prevention or mitigation tactics such as:
  • Physical changes to enable social distance
  • Enhanced cleaning efforts
  • Barriers or partitions

Funding must be used to sustain or evolve the grant awardee business. No grant funds can be used to pay debts to close the business or start new business. All grant awardees will be expected to enter into a grant agreement with Fairfax County and/or the program administrator. A condition of the grant will be that the grantee agrees in good faith to maintain the business in Fairfax County through December 31, 2022, or potentially be subject to repayment of the grant.

There is a limit of one Acting and Thriving Community grant award per unique Employer Identification Number (EIN) - also know as a federal tax identification number - of a small business or non-profit . Organizations which have programs in multiple sectors may submit an application for each sector, however, only one will be awarded.

Eligible expenses cannot include the same expenses that have been covered under another federal, local or state COVID-19 program and/or contract (including PPP, EIDL, RISE grant, RebuildVA, Nonprofit Sustainability Grant).