The Texas Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for its Community Development Block Grant Program.
Donor Name: Texas Department of Agriculture
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
The goal of the Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) Program is to develop viable communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, as well as by expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low-to-moderate income. In awarding funding pursuant to Government Code Section 487.351(c), the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) shall give priority to eligible activities in the areas of economic development, community development, rural health and rural housing to support workforce development.
The objectives of the TxCDBG Program are:
- To improve public facilities to meet basic human needs, principally for low-to-moderate income persons;
- To improve housing conditions, principally for persons of low-to-moderate income;
- To expand economic opportunities by creating or retaining jobs, principally for low-to-moderate income persons; and
- To provide assistance and public facilities to eliminate conditions hazardous to the public health and of an emergency nature.
National Program Objective
For the Community Development Fund, a community must meet the Low/Moderate Income NPO as per the Texas Administrative Code. The project must meet all requirements to document one of the following for each activity:
- LMI Area Benefit,
- LMI Housing Benefit, or
- LMI Limited Clientele benefit (requires TDA approval prior to passage of the local resolution).
Funding Information
- CD Fund applications may request no more than $500,000 in eligible project activities, including engineering and administration costs.
- All CD Fund applications must request a minimum of $200,000 in eligible project activities, including engineering and administration costs. Applications that do not support this minimum grant amount will not be considered for funding. Communities with projects that do not meet this minimum request amount may consider partnering with neighboring jurisdictions with similar projects.
- Grant funds may be used for the following costs in support of eligible TxCDBG program activities up to the maximum amount below – if actual costs exceed this amount, matching funds will be assigned to these costs:
- General administration – up to 16% of funds requested for construction and acquisition activities or $55,000, whichever is less
- Engineering services – up to 25% of funds requested for construction and acquisition activities or $75,000, whichever is less
Eligible Activities
TxCDBG eligible activities include:
- Water System Improvements
- WasteWater System Improvements
- Drainage Improvements
- Housing Rehabilitation
- Gas System Improvements
- Road/Street Improvements
- Fire Protection Facilities
- Accessibility Improvements to Public Buildings
- Solid Waste Disposal/Landfills/Transfer Stations
- Community/Senior/Social Service Centers
- Shelters for Persons With Special Needs
Eligible Applicants
- Eligible applicants are non-entitlement units of general local government, incorporated cities and counties not participating or designated as eligible to participate in the entitlement portion of the federal Community Development Block Grant Program. Non-entitlement cities that are not participating in urban county programs through existing participation agreements are eligible applicants unless the city’s population counts toward the urban county CDBG allocation.
- Non-entitlement cities are located predominately in rural areas and are generally:
- cities with populations of less than 50,000 persons;
- cities that are not designated as a central city of a metropolitan statistical area; or
- cities that are not participating in urban county programs.
- Non-entitlement counties are also predominately rural in nature and generally have fewer than 200,000 persons in the non-entitlement cities and unincorporated areas located in the county.
For more information, visit Texas Department of Agriculture.
