Grant Details

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides flexible funding to carry out a wide range of community development activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and improved community facilities/services. Beginning in 1974, the CDBG program is one of the longest continuously run programs at HUD. All CDBG-funded activities must meet one of the following national objectives: (1) Benefit low- and moderate-income persons; (2) Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight; or (3) Meet certain community development needs having a particular urgency.

Funding is available through the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) in the Programs:

• Economic Development
• Neighborhood Revitalization
• Housing Rehabilitation
• Commercial Revitalization

Examples of CDBG-funded projects include:

• Water and Sewer Improvements,
• Rehabilitation of Substandard Housing,
• Street and Sidewalk Improvements,
• Economic Development Activities that Create Jobs for Low-and Moderate-Income People,
• Downtown Revitalization, including Facade Improvements, Streetscaping, and Underground Utilities,
• Park Facilities and Community Centers, and
• Drainage / Stormwater Improvements.

Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus Relief Funding (CDBG-CV)

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has appropriated $5 billion in Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funding nationwide to assist low income families and most vulnerable citizens. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated $3 billion of the $5 billion appropriated by Congress.

CDBG-CV Program Requirements

Program Requirements: 

• Eligible Activities: Acquisition; Public Improvements; Public Facilities; Business Assistance; Microenterprise Assistance; Public Services; Planning; and Broadband Planning and Public Infrastructure.
• COVID-19 Tie: Under the CARES Act, funding is available through the Community Development Block Grant Program for activities which prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
• National Objective: Each activity funded by CDBG must meet one of the following HUD required National Objectives:

1. Provide benefit to low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons. 
2. Prevent or eliminate slum or blight conditions. 
3. Address urgent community development needs, which pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community for which other funding is not available.