Central Grants and Community Development is now accepting applications for PY36.? The application for Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) can be downloaded through the link below.? If you are interested in a HOME application, please contact the office at 576-8144.
Click here to access the PY36 Application
As part of the?Mayor's Initiatives to Create a Healthy Housing Market, Community Development?oversees The HOME Program, Emergency Shelter Grants, and?Community Development Block Grants for Public Improvements (sidewalks, streetlights, parks).
A copy of the approved budgets for these areas is available for review.
Every year the City opens an application process to apply for HOME, HOPWA, CDBG and ESG grant funding. This Process traditionally starts at the beginning of each calendar year.? If you have any questions regarding the applicatons?please contact Central Grants and Community Development at (203) 576-8144.
?CDBG
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is authorized under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and was enacted in 1974 under the Housing and Community Development Act or HCDA.The primary objective of Title I of HCDA is the development of viable urban communities.These viable communities are achieved by providing the following, principally for persons of low and moderate income.
- Decent housing;
- A suitable living environment; and
- Expanded economic opportunities.
To achieve these goals, the CDBG regulations set forth eligible activities and the national objective that each activity must meet.As recipients of CDBG funds, grantees are charged with ensuring that these requirements are met.?
ESG
The Emergency Shelter Grants Program is authorized in subtitle B of title I (V of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371-11378).The primary objective of ESG is for the rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use as emergency shelter for the homeless, for the payment of certain operating expenses and essential services in connection with emergency shelters for the homeless, and for homeless prevention activities.The program is designed to be the first step in a continuum of assistance to enable homeless individuals and families to move toward independent living as well as to prevent homelessness.
HOPWA
The HOPWA grant is a federally funded program designed to provide States and localities with resources and incentives to devise long-term comprehensive strategies for housing assistance and services for low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.The program provides formula-based grants to eligible metropolitan areas and States based on the number of reported cases of AIDS in the area. HOPWA funds may be used to assist all forms of housing designed to prevent homelessness for persons living with HIV/AIDS, including emergency housing, shared housing arrangements, apartments, single room occupancy (SRO) dwellings, and community residences.Appropriate supportive services must be provided as part of any HOPWA assisted housing.
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