The CDBG Program provides grants to government agencies and eligible private non-profit and for-profit entities to formulate programs in meeting housing and community development needs.
Donor Name: County of Maui
State: Hawaii
County: Maui County (HI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/30/2022
Details:
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) was created the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383). Effective since January 1, 1974, it is one of the oldest programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is the Federal Government’s primary program for promoting community revitalization throughout the country.
The primary objective of the CDBG Program is the development of viable communities by promoting integrated approaches that provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expand economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income.
National Objective
Proposed activities seeking CDBG funding must meet one of the following national objectives:
- Principally benefit low- and moderate-Income persons
- Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight
- Designed to meet community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available.
- The prevention or elimination of slums or blight will not be addressed in the 2020 – 2024 ConPlan and community development needs having a particular urgency generally relate to major natural disasters; therefore, proposed activities on an annual basis generally meet the national objective of principally benefiting low- and moderate-income persons.
Eligible Applicants for CDBG Funding
Generally, eligible applicants for CDBG funding from the County are private non-profit entities, government agencies and Community Based Development Organizations (CBDO). Special activities and eligibility of CBDOs. Private entities organized for profit may be eligible under certain circumstances, including some rehabilitation and economic development activities.
As a general rule, CDBG assistance may not be used for religious activities. Religious organizations may be eligible to utilize CDBG funds.
Eligible Activities
In general, the following categories contain the major types of project that are eligible for funding under the CDBG Program:
- Acquisition or disposition of real property
- For community development of deteriorated or undeveloped property, public facilities, preservation of historic sites or conservation activities.
- Public facilities
- For water and sewer improvements, street improvements, centers for senior citizens, homeless and other social services, recreation facilities or neighborhood facilities.
- Public services
- Provision of social services; for example: those concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse. However to be eligible, a public service must be either a new service or a quantifiable increase in the level of an existing service.
- Rehabilitation and Preservation
- For rehabilitation of residential or commercial structures and public facilities, public housing, code enforcement or historic preservation.
- Economic development
- Acquisition of real property, site improvements or grants and loans to private entities for the purposes of economic development.
For more information, visit County of Maui.
