The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is accepting applications for its Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program.
Donor Name: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)
State: Florida
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/20/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding is available for the Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Rehabilitation, and Commercial Revitalization program areas. Non-entitlement units of local government are 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 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
Categories
The program focuses on the following four funding categories:
- Commercial Revitalization
- Economic Development
- Housing Rehabilitation
- 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.
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% of the beneficiaries must be low- and moderate-income persons (total household income is at or below 80% 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 DEO.
