Community Development Block Grant Program (Government Grant)

The CDBG program is the Federal government’s primary program for promoting community revitalization throughout the
country. CDBG provides annual grants on a formula basis to more than 1,100 metropolitan cities and urban counties, and
to 49 States and Puerto Rico for distribution to smaller communities that do not receive CDBG funds directly from HUD.
The CDBG program has three National objectives: 1) benefit low- and moderate-income persons; 2) aid in the prevention
or elimination of slums or blight; and 3) meet other community development needs that present a serious and immediate
threat to the health or welfare of the community.

CDBG funds are used for a wide range of community development activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization,
economic development, and improved community facilities and services. Activities that can be funded with CDBG dollars
include, but are not limited to, acquisition of real property, acquisition and construction of public facilities, code
enforcement, reconstruction and rehabilitation of housing and nonresidential properties, homeownership assistance, microenterprise
assistance, and the provision of public services such as employment training, crime prevention, child care,
healthcare, drug abuse treatment, education and fair housing counseling.