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10 results for “community development block grant” · other

  • Current Progress - 2025

    Tulsa, OK
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    The City of Tulsa's Office of Financial Empowerment and Community Wealth (OFE), officially launched in January 2023 under the Department of Resilience and Equity, provides programs and resources to improve financial stability and reduce economic disparities. The OFE was formally added to the City's General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2026, including two positions: Director and Financial Empowerment Program Assistant, with $330,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding secured for Financial Empowerment Center operations and $95,000 from private local foundations. For fiscal years 2026–2027, the office will receive an additional $150,000 in funding. The Tulsa Financial Empowerment Center, whose planning began in February 2020, operates as part of the city's broader resilience strategy and has leveraged Community Development Block Grant, ARPA, and private foundation grants to support its operations.

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  • Budget & Management | City of Cleveland Ohio

    Cleveland, OH
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The Division of Budget and Management in Cleveland's Department of Finance prepares, implements, and monitors annual operating budgets and financial plans to fund City services. The General Fund Operating Budget, funded primarily by a 2.5% City Income Tax on all workers in Cleveland, supports Safety Forces (Police, Fire, and EMS), Waste and Recycling Pick Up, City Parks, and Neighborhood Resource and Recreation Centers. Enterprise Funds operate as self-supporting services including Water, Water Pollution Control, Cleveland Public Power, the Airport, Cemeteries, Golf Courses, City Parking Facilities, Public Auditorium, and West Side Market. The City also funds capital improvements and infrastructure through debt, restricted funds, and grants, including Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that must support projects eliminating blight and assisting low- and moderate-income residents in housing, public improvements, and land use areas. Budget documents are available for fiscal years 2023 through 2026, along with an interactive budget portal and comprehensive financial reports.

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  • Five-Year Consolidation Plan | 2020-2024

    Scranton, PA
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    The City of Scranton, Pennsylvania prepared a Five-Year Consolidated Plan for fiscal years 2020–2024 (January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024) as a required strategic plan for HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership (HOME), and Emergency Solution Grant (ESG) programs. The plan was amended on November 12, 2020 to incorporate CDBG and ESG CARES Act funds into the FY2020 annual action plan. The Consolidated Plan establishes goals and initiatives to advance decent housing, suitable living environments, and economic opportunities with principal benefit to low- and moderate-income individuals through a collaborative process involving the City, community agencies, housing providers, and development organizations. The document includes demographic maps of Scranton illustrating population density, racial composition, senior population distribution, housing density and tenure, vacancy rates, income levels, and locations of public and Section 8 housing.

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  • Sandra Fisk Vlahanoy City Borough Manager 239 E. Pine St.

    Mahanoy City, PA
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    Mahanoy City Borough, Pennsylvania, has experienced significant population decline from 15,936 residents in 1910 to 3,912 in 2021 due to the collapse of the coal mining industry, resulting in numerous abandoned properties throughout the municipality. To address blight, the Borough established a Blight/Demolition Fund in 2014 funded by real estate taxes (approximately 1.5 mils) and $50,000 annually in earned income tax revenue, supplemented by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations totaling $96,056 in 2021, of which $45,146 was allocated to demolition projects. The Borough faces potential loss of CDBG funding in 2022 due to Act 179 population requirements and has secured additional grant funding, including approval for $133,000 to demolish three properties.

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  • View the Guidelines Here.

    Scranton, PA
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    The City of Scranton's Office of Economic and Community Development released a 2021 CDBG Funding Application FAQ sheet to guide organizations seeking Community Development Block Grant funding aligned with the Mayor's five goals: Blight Remediation, Housing Insecurity, Neighborhood Revitalization, Child Welfare, and Economic Development. Applications must be submitted to OECD's Dropbox by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2020, with incomplete applications subject to disqualification. The 2021 funding represents the "Second Year" Action Plan within the City's five-year Consolidated Plan covering 2020-2024, and all activities must align with HUD's three National Objectives, including benefit to low- and moderate-income persons through area benefit, limited clientele, or housing activities.

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  • City of Wilmington

    Wilmington, DE
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    The Wilmington Community Development & Urban Planning Committee held a revised meeting on May 9, 2024, to consider four agenda items including authorization for the Mayor to file federal housing and community development funding applications (Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships, Emergency Solutions Grants, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS programs), approval of street and alley removal from the official city map, a major subdivision plan for St. Cyprian's Holdings, LLC, and amendments to Chapter 14 regarding historic markers. Public comment was limited to three minutes per agenda item, with the meeting offered both in-person and virtually via Zoom.

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  • Citizen Participation Plan | 2021

    Scranton, PA
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    The City of Scranton, Pennsylvania adopted a Citizen Participation Plan in 2021 to comply with HUD regulation 24 CFR 91.105 and ensure public involvement in federally funded housing and community development programs. The plan governs citizen participation in implementing activities under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), HOME Investment Partnerships Programs (HOME), Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFH), and other formula grant programs. The plan applies to five key documents: the 5-year Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan and amendments, Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), and AFH or Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing plans. The City commits to providing full public access to program information, encouraging participation from low- and moderate-income residents, minorities, non-English-speaking persons, and persons with disabilities, and engaging local institutions, businesses, and community organizations in planning and implementation.

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  • Get Involved: Available Seats on City of St. Petersburg Boards & Committees

    St. Petersburg, FL
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    The City of St. Petersburg is seeking residents to fill multiple vacancies on city boards and committees as of April 23, 2025. Available positions include three seats on the Advisory Commission on Aging (15-member body), one seat on the Arts Advisory Committee, two seats on the Code Enforcement Board, one seat on the Committee to Advocate for Persons with Impairments, and two seats on the Consolidated Plan Application Review Committee. The committees address areas including senior services, arts and cultural activities, code enforcement hearings, disability advocacy, and review of Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnership, and Emergency Solutions Grant applications for public services and affordable housing.

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  • City of Pottsville, Pennsylvania | Official Website

    Pottsville, PA
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    The City of Pottsville website provides information on municipal services and announcements. Current notices include acceptance of letters of interest for an unexpired term on the Pottsville Housing Authority (deadline April 10, 2026), a job opening for a part-time Redevelopment Authority Executive Director (20-30 hours monthly) to lead community revitalization efforts and manage downtown assets, and applications for a Truck Driver/Municipal Worker position (deadline March 25, 2026). Additionally, the city issued a Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact on the Environment dated March 16, 2026, regarding a planned request to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for Community Development Block Grant funds.

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  • 2024 Accomplishments and 2025 Goals Report

    Bloomington, IN
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    The City of Bloomington's 2024 Title VI Accomplishments and 2025 Goals Report, prepared by Title VI Coordinator Audrey R. Brittingham on December 17, 2024, documents compliance efforts under Title VI nondiscrimination requirements. In 2024, the City accomplished publishing an annual ADA Transition Plan for 2024–2025, maintaining a nondiscrimination statement on its website, posting Title VI nondiscrimination notices in all departments, monitoring Census data (though interaction with non-English speakers remains low), and ensuring nondiscrimination language in federally funded contracts including American Rescue Plan Act and Community Development Block Grant projects. For 2025, goals include distributing an annual ADA and Title VI information sheet to departments, continuing website publication of nondiscrimination statements, having the new Mayor sign and post the Title VI nondiscrimination notice, and obtaining current lists of federally funded projects to verify compliance. Department head trainings, which did not occur in 2024, are scheduled for January 2025.

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