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| COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM |
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| Background |
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HCD
administers the federal Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Program for Daly City. Since the program’s
creation in 1974, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) has allocated CDBG funds to entitlement
cities such as Daly City each year. All CDBG-funded
activities must meet at least one of the following
three national objectives:
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- Benefit
low and moderate income persons
- Aid
in the prevention of slum and blight
- Alleviate
urgent needs (e.g., disaster relief)
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| Eligibility |
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Nonprofits,
for-profits and governmental entities are eligible
to apply for CDBG funds. In order to target people
with the greatest needs, however, CDBG-funded activities
must benefit a majority of low and moderate income
people. There is a broad range of activities that
are eligible for CDBG dollars. Daly City has five
funding categories that all CDBG-funded activities
must fall under: general administration, capital improvements,
economic development, housing, and public services.
Each year the City awards funds to many public
services subrecipients (e.g. nonprofits)
to meet the diverse and priority needs of Daly City
residents. CDBG funding annually supports the City’s
Residential
Rehabilitation Program , which offers
loans and grants for a variety of home improvement
activities (e.g., roofing, painting, security bars,
etc.) and the Enterprise Development Center, which
provides technical assistance to small businesses
and promotes the creation of jobs.
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| Funding
Cycle |
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The
CDBG funding cycle begins in early December when the
grant application
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becomes available. In December or early January, the
City Council conducts a public hearing to receive
citizen input regarding housing and community development
needs. Applications are due at the end of January.
During February through March, the City reviews and
evaluates the applications. From March through April,
the City prepares a draft One-Year Action Plan, which
contains the preliminary funding recommendations and
is made available for a 30-day public comment period.
In late April, the City Council conducts a public
hearing to receive final comments and approves the
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| HUD
Consolidated Plan |
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In
1995, HUD established the Consolidated Plan process
for local and state governments that received any
one of four federal funding sources: CDBG, Home Investment
Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG),
and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA).
The rationale for the Consolidated Plan was to streamline
and to integrate the planning, application, and reporting
for these four separate federal programs. Under HUD’s
Consolidated Plan regulations, all entitlement cities
such as Daly City must prepare a Five
Year Plan. The Five
Year Plan describes the City’s housing and community
development inventory and resources, needs, priorities,
strategies, and performance measures.
Within
the period covered under the Five Year Plan, HUD requires
the City to prepare a One
Year Action Plan based on the Five Year Plan.
The One Year Action Plan details the City’s priorities,
strategies, and objectives for the coming program
year. In addition, the Action Plan contains the annual
CDBG funding allocations.
At
the end of each program year, the City describes and
evaluates the performance of its CDBG-funded activities
through the Consolidated Annual
Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) . The
City submits the CAPER to HUD in September.
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