COEUR d'ALENE - On Tuesday, the Coeur d'Alene City Council is expected to finalize agreements with three nonprofit organizations, completing the distribution of more than $100,000 in federal grant money.

Trinity Homes, North Idaho Violence Prevention Center and Children's Village were selected as recipients of funding that will allow them to enhance their properties in Coeur d'Alene. The funds come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant - a long running program that distributes money throughout the nation to be used toward community development.

Coeur d'Alene Municipal Services Director Renata McLeod told The Press that the city received $295,366 in CDBG funds for 2014. A portion of the money will be spent on a city-wide housing needs assessment, making sidewalks compliant with updates to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and administrative costs associated with the application process for nonprofits.

Eight local organizations competed for the funds, with three being chosen by an ad-hoc committee. In September, the Coeur d'Alene City Council approved the committee's recommendations to divide $121,000 between the three organizations.

In order to qualify for funding, McLeod said the organizations had to prove the projects they intend to use the money toward benefit people within the city limits with low or moderate incomes.

"To do that they had to demonstrate a need, show the committee their plan and tell them how the plan would be implemented," McLeod said.

Under the agreement, Trinity Group Homes will receive $24,643 to be used for a variety of construction work at their Gilbert Avenue group home, including replacing the roof. The project will directly benefit the 18 residents with severe and persistent mental illnesses at the home as well as their family members and significant others.

"These improvements will extend the life of the structures and maximize the value already invested in the buildings, and facilitate continued success to maintain room rentals at a 99 percent occupancy rate continued for an extended period of time," the grant agreement states.

The North Idaho Violence Prevention Center will get $10,203 in order to complete facility improvements on their four-bedroom emergency shelter home. According to the center's grant agreement, the shelter that will be improved is the only one in Coeur d'Alene that offers emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

"North Idaho Violence Prevention Center provides safe shelter for up to 30 days for each client and her dependent children, transportation, and basic needs services such as food, clothing, bedding, and toiletries," the agreement states.

Executive Director Katie Coker told The Press that the grant funds will pay for new tile and carpet in the "high traffic" areas of the shelter, which is used by 150 to 200 residents every year.

"Providing 24-hour shelter services throughout the year in a community with high needs means that the shelter facility requires on-going maintenance and repairs," Coker said. "CDBG funds will help NIVPC to ensure a safe, clean, supportive environment for survivors and their children."

Children's Village will receive $86,154, which will allow the nonprofit to reopen the Miller Home. The four-bedroom home confidentially located within Coeur d'Alene city limits was originally opened in 1996 as a residential treatment facility for children with severe behavior issues that prohibited them from living with other children.

"While the Miller Home successfully served hundreds of children in the area, the program was largely state funded and in 2010 that funding dissolved, leaving them with no choice but to close these programs," the grant agreement states.

The agreement adds that Children's Village began campaigning to raise funds to reopen the home in 2013 as a way to address a growing need for additional emergency care for children.

Development Director Christina Hull said the organization is thrilled to be a recipient of grant funding, adding that the money is an "integral part" of their plans to open a second home.

"This means we will provide a loving home, medical care, clothing and food to twice as many area children in crisis," Hull said.

McLeod said that it can be a challenge for small nonprofits in the city to compete for federal grants, if they are available at all.

"And there's obviously a larger need for nonprofits in this area than we as a city government can fund," McLeod said. "So getting these funds to distribute at a local level really allows these organizations to get to the place our community needs them to go."