Funding Level: $42,694,245 for 75 grantees
Overview: The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program enables local governments to undertake a wide range of activities intended to create suitable living environments, provide decent affordable housing and create economic opportunities, primarily for persons of low and moderate income. Under the Recovery Act, recipients shall give priority to projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days of the grant agreement. Eligible applicants include States, units of general local government that received CDBG Entitlement funding in FY 2008, non-entitlement jurisdictions in Hawaii, and Insular Areas. The State of Florida will be allocated $7.5 million from this appropriation to be used for CDBG eligible activities. Specifically ARRA requires that priority be given to projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days from the date the funds are made available to the state.
For More Information: http://www.hud.gov/recovery/cdblock.cfm
Federal Contact: Department of Housing and Urban Development
State Contact: Florida Office of Economic Recovery