The Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 and FFY 2022 Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application cycle is now open!
Donor Name: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
State: Florida
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $26 million
Details:
Funding is available for the Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Rehabilitation, and Commercial Revitalization program areas. Non-entitlement units of local government are not eligible to apply for funding in any of the three program areas if they have an open CDBG subgrant in one of the three areas. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) also has funding available in the Economic Development program area for job creation and/or retention activities. Non-entitlement units of local government that have an open Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Rehabilitation, Commercial Revitalization, or Economic Development subgrant are eligible to apply for Economic Development funding.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) administers the State Program in Florida through the Small Cities CDBG Program.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is a federal program that provides funding for housing and community development activities. Congress created the program when it passed the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
The program, which is administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), consists of two components:
- Entitlement Program – funds are provided directly to urban communities, and
- State Program – funds are allocated to the states for distribution to eligible non-entitlement communities.
Funding Information
This is a competitive grant program that awards funds to units of local government in small urban and rural areas. Florida receives between 18 and 26 million dollars annually from HUD to award subgrants to eligible units of local government.
Funding Categories
The program focuses on the following four funding categories:
- Commercial Revitalization,
- Economic Development,
- Housing Rehabilitation, and
- Neighborhood Revitalization.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following units of local government are eligible to apply for Small Cities CDBG funds:
- Cities with fewer than 50,000 residents that have not accepted special entitlement status and have not opted to join an entitlement program,
- Counties with fewer than 200,000 residents, and
- Cities with more than 50,000 residents that have opted out of the urban entitlement program.
Project Requirements
- To be eligible for funding, an activity must meet at least one of the following National Objectives:
- Benefit to Low-and Moderate-Income Persons – at least 51 percent of the beneficiaries must be low- and moderate-income persons (total household income is at or below 80 percent of the area’s median income),
- Elimination of Slum and Blight – eliminate conditions of slum or blight as defined by state law and identified by the unit of local government on a spot or area basis, or
- Address an Urgent Need – the activity must alleviate a condition that poses a serious and immediate threat to those living in the area. The condition must have occurred within 18 months of application. The unit of local government must demonstrate that it is unable to finance the activity on its own and that other funding is not available.
For more information, visit FDEO.
