Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

& New Castle County (NCC) Government

Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Funding

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)# 14.218

Primary Objective of the Community Development Block Grant Program:

NCC may undertake a wide range of community-based activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization, economic development, community services, public facilities, and improvements.

NCC has developed programs and set funding priorities in conformance with the statutory standards, program regulations, and other federal requirements.

Specific activities that can be carried out with CDBG funds include acquisition of real property; relocation; clearance and demolition; rehabilitation of residential and nonresidential structures; provision of public facilities and improvements, such as water and sewer facilities (which require reviews by the State single point of contact or a Regional Planning Agency in accordance with Executive Order 12372), streets, and neighborhood centers. Within program limitations, CDBG funds can also pay for public services.

NCC may provide assistance to microenterprises or other for-profit entities when the recipient determines that such assistance is appropriate to carry out an economic development project. Community-based development organizations may carry out neighborhood revitalization, community economic development, or energy conservation activities.

Each CDBG eligible activity must meet one of three national objectives: benefit low- and moderate-income persons*, aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or meet other community development needs having a particular urgency that the grantee is unable to finance on its own.

* In order to qualify for CDBG funding at least 51% of the total persons served (beneficiaries of the activity) must be proven to be low-to-moderate income. Agencies must collect data to determine income eligibility, prove family size, and verify residency

Recipients may only carry out eligible activities as listed in 24 CFR 570.201-207 or the statute.

New Castle County Consolidated Five Year Plan Goals & Priorities

HUD GOALS

Provide Decent Affordable Housing Provide Suitable Living Environments

Expand Economic Opportunities

NEW CASTLE COUNTY PRIORITIES

Housing Priorities:

Expand the Supply of Housing for Affordable Homeownership Housing Rehabilitation for LMI Homeowners

Increase Homeownership Opportunities Expand the Availability of Rental Housing Stock or LMI Households

Support Housing for Person with Disabilities Assist Homeless Populations

Assist Those at Risk of Becoming Homeless

Suitable Living Environment Priorities:

Strengthen Communities by Providing Public and Social Services

Expanded Economic Opportunities Priorities:

Support Programs that Provide Economic Opportunities and Empower LMI Persons to Achieve Self Sufficiency

TARGET POPULATIONS:

Veterans Chronically Homeless and Homeless

Elderly Disabled

Victims of Domestic Violence Youth aging out of foster care

Persons or Households earning less than 80% Area Median Income

Specific Examples of Projects/Services currently funded with CDBG include:

Transitional Housing Operational Support Services for People Living with HIV Summer Camp Scholarships Transportation Services for the Elderly Homeless and Prevention Assistance Programs Resource Centers. in Low/Mod Areas Employment & Training Programs Security Deposit Loan Programs Domestic Violence Programs Information and Referral Services Fair Housing Education Programs Senior Food Security Voucher Programs Summer Employment for Disabled Youth Resources for Disabled Persons Teen Academic Enrichment/Drug Awareness/Crime Preventions Programs

Please contact our office to have your agency added to our Stakeholder's List and to further review the CDBG Program Rules and Regulations. Please visit our website for more Program Development related information.

http://www.nccde.orq/1 091 /Program-Development

Nicole Waters

Housing Management Analyst, CDBG/ESG Program Manager

77 Reads Way

New Castle, DE 19720 -(302) 395-5644 - nwatersPnccde.org