The City of Hot Springs invites all interested and eligible parties to submit applications for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Donor Name: City of Hot Springs
State: Arkansas
City: Hot Springs
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/27/2023
Details:
The City of Hot Springs is an entitlement grantee of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds under Title 1 of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1974, as amended. As a grantee of CDBG funds, the City funds eligible affordable housing, community development, public services and economic development projects that benefit low- and moderate-income persons, and meets HUD and City objectives.
Application Review Procedures:
- The City Planning & Development Department is responsible for receipt and pre-screening of
- CDBG applications in order to determine basic eligibility with federal grant guidelines.
- Eligible applications are then reviewed by City departments to examine cost estimates, need, feasibility, opportunities to leverage with other projects, overall benefit, staff capacity, ongoing maintenance requirements, Historic District or Planning Commission review requirements, land use/zoning changes, infrastructure, alignment with plans, and other factors.
- Eligible applications are then reviewed by the Community Development Advisory Committee
- (CDAC) during a public hearing. It is anticipated that this hearing will be held October 3, 2019.
- Each applicant must have an authorized representative at the meeting to present application(s) and answer questions.
- Since annual appropriations may not be announced at the time applications are presented, CDAC may make a priority list recommendation to the City Board of Directors for consideration.
- The Board will hear public comment before submission of a plan to HUD. Applicant contacts will be notified when that meeting is scheduled. Attendance is encouraged, but not mandatory.
- The City Planning & Development Department will then begin NEPA Environmental Reviews on the first projects on the priority list.
- The City’s 2020 CDBG allocation may be less than the list of projects. In that case projects
- After the amount of funding is announced, an Annual Action Plan including the list of projects to be funded will be developed and reviewed at Community Development Advisory Committee and Board of Directors’ meetings. Applicant contacts will be notified. Attendance is encouraged, but not mandatory.
- Board approved and environmentally reviewed applications will then be submitted to HUD for review and approval as part of the 2020 Annual Action Plan and Request for Release of Funds.
- HUD approval is not guaranteed. Under no circumstance will applicants be reimbursed for any costs incurred prior to –or- without HUD final approval.
For more information, visit City of Hot Springs.
