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FY 2019-2020 Funding Recommendations and Annual Action Plan (Application) for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Funds (B)
Explanation
Each year the City of Gainesville receives an allocation of CDBG and HOME Program funds from HUD for local community development, housing activities, and public services. Unless otherwise modified, HUD has provided the total CDBG and HOME Programs allocation for FY 2019-2020 of $1,849,733, which includes $1,319,592 for CDBG and $530,141 for HOME as outlined in Attachment A - HUD 2019 CDBG/HOME Program Allocations. The City's Housing & Community Development Division (HCD) administers the CDBG and HOME funds allocated to outside agencies and City projects.
In accordance with the City Commission’s CDBG/HOME funding priorities, a portion of the CDBG/HOME funds are set-aside for the Block Grant Administration, City Housing Programs, City Codes Enforcement Programs and the Cold Night Shelter Program as outlined in Attachment B - FY 2019-2020 CDBG/HOME Program Funding Set-Asides. The remaining CDBG/HOME funds are made available to non-profit outside agencies through a competitive process for public services and other housing programs. This competitive process for the outside agencies includes application reviews, site visits, and funding recommendations made by the Citizens Advisory Committee for Community Development (CACCD), a 15-member citizen advisory board appointed by the City Commission to make important recommendations for the use of the CDBG and HOME Program funding. On June 18, 2019, the CACCD formulated its recommendations on allocating the CDBG and HOME "competitive" set-aside for non-profit outside organizations which included public participation to receive input from citizens regarding the outside agency funding recommendations (Attachment C - Citizen Engagement Summary). The CACCD's recommendations total $170,000, for CDBG and $60,000 for HOME. C...
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