30 Dec
2024
California Department of Housing and Community Development – CDBG
Grant Amount: Maximum Grant Amount: not specified
Information
Description
The California Department of Housing and Community Development is accepting applications for the Community Development Block Grant Program.
The primary federal objective of the CDBG program is the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and through expanding economic opportunities, principally, for persons of low- and moderate-income. “Persons of low and moderate income” are defined as families, households, and individuals whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the county median income, adjusted for family or household size.
Eligible Activities:
Community Development (CD)
- Housing: Includes single- and multi-family rehabilitation, rental housing acquisition or homeownership assistance, and activities that support new housing construction.
- Public Improvements: Includes water and wastewater systems, and rural utilities such as gas and electric services.
- Community Facilities: Includes day care centers, domestic violence shelters, food banks, community centers, medical and dental facilities, and fire stations.
- Public Services: Includes staff and operating costs associated with the community facilities.
- Planning and Technical Assistance (PTA): Includes studies and plans for housing, public works, and community facilities that meet CDBG national objectives and provide principal benefit to low-income persons.
- Native American: Housing and housing-related activities. Water, sewer, and housing.
- Colonia: Housing, including single- and multi-family rehabilitation, rental housing acquisition or homeownership assistance, and activities that support new housing construction.
Economic Development (ED)
- Enterprise Fund: Grants for loans to businesses for working capital, land acquisition, equipment purchase, inventory purchase, debt restructuring, and other direct assistance. Grants to support businesses by providing water and sewer services, access roads, and other public facilities. Microenterprise funds may provide credit, general support (e.g., childcare, transportation), or technical assistance for persons developing microenterprises.
- Planning and Technical Assistance (PTA): Studies and plans for economic development activities that meet CDBG national objectives and provide principal benefit to low-income persons.
- Over-the-Counter: Grants for the creation or retention of jobs for low-income workers. May include loans or loan guarantees to businesses for construction, on-site improvements, equipment purchase, working capital, and site acquisition. May also include loans for business start-ups, grants for publicly-owned infrastructure, and loans or grants for small business incubators.