The Cobb County CDBG Program Office is soliciting grant applications from nonprofit organizations, cities, and county agencies for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).
Donor Name: Cobb County Government
State: Georgia
County: Cobb County (GA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/05/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. The CDBG Program provides annual grants on a formula basis to Entitlement Communities as a means to support viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and opportunities to expand economic opportunities, principally for low-and moderate-income persons.
The CDBG Program has three national objectives:
- Provide a direct benefit(s) to low to moderate income households
- Prevent or eliminate slum or blight
- Address an urgent need or problem within the community.
Project Period
This funding application is for the period beginning January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
Eligible Activities
CDBG Public Facilities & Improvement Funds are eligible for the following activities:
- Public Facilities & Improvements
- Acquisition
- Commercial/Residential Rehabilitation
- Removal of Architectural Barriers for Accessibility
- Construction/Reconstruction
- Equipment Installation
- Water
- Sewer
- Economic Development Activities
- Construction of a Business Incubator
- Technical assistance to a business facing bankruptcy
- Providing training for low-income persons to enable them to qualify for jobs created by CDBG-assisted special economic development activities
- Housing Activities
- Rehabilitation of Single Family Housing
- Historic preservation
- Lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction.
Common CDBG Public Services activities (list not all inclusive):
- Job Training
- Child Care
- Health Care
- Fair Housing Outreach
- Services for Seniors and Homeless Persons
- Recreational and Educational Programs.
For more information, visit Cobb County.