The Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) Unit is accepting preliminary proposals, the first stage in the grant application process, for eligible activities addressing community needs for owner-occupied housing rehabilitation, rental rehabilitation and/or commercial building rehabilitation or public facility improvements through SCDP.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/26/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Community Development activities must meet one of the following National Objectives:
- Benefit to low-to-moderate (LMI) persons/households. LMI is defined as a household’s total income, from all members, which does not exceed 80% of the county median income, adjusted for household size as determined by HUD annually.
- Activities include owner-occupied and rental housing rehabilitation, public facilities, and streetscapes.
- Prevent or eliminate slum and blight conditions.
- Activities include commercial rehabilitation or streetscape (if LMI cannot be used).
- Urgent need (as a result of a disaster)
- Alleviate urgent community development needs caused by conditions, generally as a result of a disaster such as a tornado, which pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community and where other financial resources are not available.
- Activities include disaster recovery where an LMI federal objective cannot be satisfied.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are cities with a population under 50,000 and counties and townships with an unincorporated population under 200,000. To be eligible, an applicant must be in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, regulations and executive orders that pertain to the Community Development Block Grant – Small Cities Development Program.
The SCDP grant program supports community development activities that:
- Encourage and assist local governments to develop comprehensive economic development strategies which promote viable communities by providing economic opportunities for low-to-moderate income Households;
- Encourage and assist local governments to develop comprehensive public facility improvement strategies in conjunction with Rural Development (RD), the Public Facility Authority (PFA), MN Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), and others, to make rural communities more viable, actions must also primarily benefit Low-to-Moderate Income Households;
- Develop and implement strategies, which facilitate the coordination of CDBG Small Cities funding with other federal/state/local community development resources.
For more information, visit MDEED.
