The Community Development Block Grant is a federal program that provides funding for Waltham and other cities and organizations to help fund public infrastructure projects, social service programs, housing rehabilitation, and other community development activities.
Donor Name: City of Waltham
State: Massachusetts
City: Waltham
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/26/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program was established by Congress in 1974 with passage of the Housing and Community Development Act (HCDA) and is administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Each year, the City of Waltham Massachusetts (the City) receives an allocation totaling approximately $850,000 to be used to achieve identified national objectives: to assist low- and moderate-income persons, to aid in the prevention/elimination of slums/blight, and to meet an urgent need. The City is now accepting applications from eligible applicants to receive CDBG Program Year (PY) 50 funding to undertake certain eligible public service and public facility/improvement activities that will achieve one or more of the three national objectives.
Grant Period
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities must:
- Take place within the City of Waltham or provide services to Waltham residents.
- Benefit LMI persons, as determined by the most current HUD Income Limits, or meet another national objective. If benefiting LMI persons, participants served must live in a household with an income at or below 80% of the HUD Income Limits for the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metropolitan area.
- Alternatively to verifying participants’ income information, the following populations are presumed eligible:
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include:
- Government Agencies
- Includes public agencies, quasi-public agencies, commissions, or authorities.
- Private Nonprofit Organizations
- Associations, corporations, and organizations (including faith-based organizations) that are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and exempt from federal taxation.
For more information, visit City of Waltham.
