Community Development Block Grant
 IMPORTANT NEWS! Mandatory CDBG Application Workshops Scheduled in Southwestern Utah If you are considering applying for
CDBG funding this program year, you (or your entity's formally
designated representative), are required to attend one of two scheduled
mandatory "How-to-Apply" regional workshops held on November 3rd (in
St. George) and November 4th (in Panguitch).
Please use the link directly below to view/read/print the September-October 2011 edition of our agency's Newsletter that contains detailed information on these workshops (workshop addresses and starting times). Click HERE to view/print the September-October 2011 edition of the Newsletter. (PDF file)
The 2012 program year
is the 31st year that the Governor of the State of Utah elected to
administer the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program, the purpose of which is:
"To assist in developing viable urban communities by providing decent housing, suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income (LMI)." The Five County Association of Governments has been designated by the State of Utah to receive and evaluate applications for (CDBG) funds within the southwest region. All CDBG projects are required by Congressional mandate to meet at least one of three identifiable "National Objectives" in order to qualify for funding. The three "National Objectives" are: 1) low and moderate income (LMI) benefit; 2) aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and 3) urgent health and welfare compliance.
Projects are also reviewed
for compliance with the regionally prepared Consolidated Plan.
Traditionally, the majority of CDBG funds in Southwestern Utah have
been allocated to "brick and mortar" projects such as fire stations,
culinary water systems, wastewater systems, etc.
More recently, a portion of the allocation has been used on projects intended to eliminate architectural barriers which limit access by disabled persons, payment of sewer connection fees, "buy-down" of interest rates for affordable housing projects, technical planning assistance, and low to moderate income housing projects. The prioritization of projects is made by local elected officials who are best suited to determine local needs and priorities than a distant non-elected bureaucrat.
The Small
Cities CDBG Program is available in all of the five county area
(Beaver, Garfiled, Iron, Kane and Washington Counties.) The only
exception is the City of St. George, which is a HUD Entitlement City.
The City of St. George recieves an annual allocation of funding
directly from HUD. Projects within the City of St. George are applied
to the City.
Please contact our Community Development Program Specialist Diane Lamoreaux (see below) for more information on this.
Do you want
to see what some of
the projects that have been funded with
CDBG in the five county region over the history of the program?
Please CLICK
HERE to view the a "History of
CDBG Funding 1982-2010" in southwestern Utah including
the
types of
projects funded, by county, and the dollar amounts in CDBG funding
allocated. This lists presented cover the entire history of this
grant program since it's inception in
1982.
In the document above an underlined hyperlink is provided on many of the listed projects that, when clicked on, will display a picture of that project.
Each
summer notification is
sent by the State of Utah CDBG office to the FCAOG indicating that the
CDBG program will continue for another year. The FCAOG then formally
notifies each jurisdiction in the region of the new program year along
with an announcement of the upcoming dates of the CDBG Application
Workshops.
The Five County Association of Governments, in conjunction with the State of Utah Division of Housing & Community Development, conducts two Application Workshops, more commonly referred to as the "How-to-Apply" workshops. Each jurisdiction which intends to apply for funding for its own project, or to sponsor an eligible subgrantee, such as a not-for-profit organization, is required to have an elected official attend one of the two workshops. Contact Diane Lamoreaux (see below) for information on the How to Apply Workshops and to be placed on the CDBG information mailing list.
All applications that are
received by an announced application deadline (usually in early
December) are reviewed by both FCAOG staff and state CDBG staff for
completeness and threshold eligibility.
Complete, threshold eligible, project applications are then subjected to a comprehensive regional rating and ranking procedure using criteria regional developed and approved by the FCAOG Steering Committee.
All threshold eligible
projects are thoroughly evaluated utilizing a regional rating and
ranking criteria matrix that was developed by the Community Development
program staff and approved each August by formal motion by the
Association's Steering Committee.
The criteria is approved each year prior to the beginning of a new funding cycle for CDBG so that prospective applicants can know before hand how their potential projects will be evaluated if applied for. If you would like to view/print the most current Rating & Ranking Criteria, please CLICK HERE.
For
more information on the CDBG program, please contact:
Diane Lamoreaux, Community Development Program Specialist Phone: (435) 673-3548, extension 105 Fax: (435) 673-3540  Please click on this link to e-mail Diane: dlamoreaux@fivecounty.utah.gov |
