Community
Development
Block Grant
CDBG Pre-Application
The Department of Housing and Community Development has recently introduced a pre-application for the 2012 CDBG competitive funding cycle. DHCD is strongly encouraging all potential applicants for the 2012 CDBG competitive round to complete and submit a pre-application as outlined in the attached document. Applicants submitting this pre-application will receive more targeted feedback from DHCD on the eligibility and priority of their project and suggestions for improvements that can be made between now and the March deadline for competitive grants.
Pre-Application >> Word Doc
Community Development Block Grant Recovery (CDBG-R) funds
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Stimulus Act) appropriated
Community Development Block Grant Recovery (CDBG-R) funds to states to carry
out CDBG eligible projects that are ready and will assist in economic recovery.
CDBG-R funds must be used in a manner that maximizes job creation and economic
development benefit. The Virginia Department of Housing and Community
Development (DHCD) will receive $5.2 million in CDBG-R funds to serve the
non-entitlement to the Commonwealth.
The Virginia Community Development Block Grant (VCDBG)
is a federally-funded grant administered by the Virginia Department of Housing
and Community Development (DHCD) since 1982. DHCD provides funding to
eligible units of local government (non-entitlement communities only) for
projects that address critical community needs including housing,
infrastructure, and economic development.
DHCD receives up to $19 million annually for this
"small cities" Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
Currently, more than 280 localities in Virginia who do not receive CDBG funds
directly from the federal government are eligible for VCDBG funding. Each
VCDBG funded project or activity must meet a national objective. Projects may
contain activities which meet multiple national objectives
The three national objectives for CDBG funding are:
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Activities benefiting low- and moderate-income persons;
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Activities which aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and
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Activities designed to meet community needs having a particular urgency.
Virginia's funding is available for community
development planning, through Planning Grants,
and project implementation through Community
Improvement Grants (CIG) . The use of funding and other program
policies are detailed in the VCDBG Program
Design (refer to the FORMS section below to download a copy.)
For further information, refer to the VCDBG Program
Design or contact: pmo@dhcd.virginia.gov or (804) 371-7061.
Related Links
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CDBG Eligible Localities
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Forms
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