HUD – CDBG Insular Affairs Program (2014)

By NLADA on July 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

Description: HUD annually allocates CDBG grants funds to four designated areas: American Samoa; Guam; Northern Mariana Islands; and the Virgin Islands. The funds are allocated in proportion to the populations of the eligible Territories. The program is administered by HUD’s Field Offices in Puerto Rico and Hawaii. HUD’s role under the CDBG program is to ensure grantee compliance with Federal laws, regulations and policies.

Funding Title: Community Development Block Grant Insular Areas Program

Agency Name: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Express Language for Legal Aid: No

Target Population: Low- and moderate-income persons

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

How to Apply: HUD does not provide CDBG assistance directly to individuals, businesses, nonprofit or organizations or other non-governmental entities. If you are interested in participating in this program, you need to contact your local municipal or county officials to find out how the program operates in your area. Participation requirements may differ from one grantee to another.

Eligible Applicants: CDBG funds may be used for activities which include, but are not limited to:

Acquisition of real property
Relocation and demolition
Rehabilitation of residential and non-residential structures
Construction of public facilities and improvements, such as water and sewer facilities, streets, neighborhood centers, and the conversion of school buildings for eligible purposes
Public services, within certain limits
Activities relating to energy conservation and renewable energy resources
Provision of assistance to nonprofit and profit-motivated businesses to carry out economic development and job creation/retention activities

Each activity must meet one of the following national objectives for the program: benefit low- and moderate-income persons, prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or address community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community for which other funding is not available. A need is considered urgent if it poses a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community and has arisen in the past 18 months.

Generally, the following types of activities are ineligible:

Acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of buildings for the general conduct of government