Applications due March 25 for CDBG program

The application deadline is March 25 for federal fiscal 2024 application for Community Development Block Grants.

The federally funded CDBG program helps eligible cities and towns meet a broad range of community development needs in housing, infrastructure, revitalization, economic development and public social services. It supports eligible activities and encourages applicants to develop coordinated, integrated and creative solutions to local problems.

Every CDBG-funded activity must qualify as meeting one of the three national objectives of the program:
• Benefiting low- and moderate-income persons
• Preventing or eliminating slums or blight, or
• Meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency

Entitlement communities are not eligible to apply.

Application guidance is posted on the Community Development Block Grant website on www.mass.gov (scroll down to “Application Information” section).

The federal fiscal 2024 Draft One Year Action Plan has also been posted and should be read before application guidance, as the One Year Action Plan takes precedence over the language in the application guidance.

A public hearing must be held at least two weeks before application submission.

Communities that do not have an account set up in the CDBG online Grants Management System but are interested in applying, should contact Community Development Unit Manager Kathryn McNelis as soon as possible at kathryn.mcnelis@mass.gov.

For questions or more information, contact Kathryn McNelis at kathryn.mcnelis@mass.gov.