The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides annual grants on a formula basis to states, cities, and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons.
Donor Name: Johnson County
State: Kansas
County: Johnson County (KS)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/09/2022
Details:
CDBG Priority Objectives and Needs
The primary goal of Johnson County’s CDBG-CV3 program is to serve low to moderate income populations in response to COVID-19 through eligible public services and public facilities projects meeting a CDBG national objective. Johnson County identified the following needs through a “needs assessment survey” administered in April 2020 in direct response to CDBG-CV3 funding availability.
The “needs assessment survey” identified the following priorities. All eligible applications will be considered, but the following will be prioritized based on community feedback:
- Emergency Assistance (Food, Rent/Utility/Mortgage Assistance)
- Healthcare/Personal Protective Equipment
- Childcare Services
Eligible Activities
- Acquisition of Real Property
- Disposition
- Public Facilities and Improvements
- Clearance Activities
- Public Services
- Interim Assistance
- Payment of Non-Federal Share
- Urban Renewal Completion
- Relocation
- Loss of Rental Income
- Housing Services
- Privately Owned Utilities
- Construction of Housing
- Homeownership Assistance
- Microenterprise Assistance
- Technical Assistance
- Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education
Eligible Applicants
- Eligible applicants are limited to the sixteen cities with cooperative agreements, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and County Departments.
- Activities that propose to resolve problems existing in unincorporated areas of the county must be submitted through a County Department.
- An eligible applicant may submit an application that includes subcontracting with other entities, either public or private, to perform any service, activity or undertaking which the subcontracting entity is authorized by law to perform.
For more information, visit Community Development Block Grant.