Kentucky Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Due Sept. 1

Department for Local Government (DLG) grants to Kentucky counties and cities in eligible locations for neighborhood improvement projects. Funding is intended for projects addressing housing, public facilities and services, community emergency relief, community projects, and economic development. All cities and counties in Kentucky are eligible for participation with the exception of the following entitlement jurisdictions: Ashland, Bowling Green, Covington, Elizabethtown, Henderson, Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Lexington/Fayette Urban County Government, and Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government.

Goals:

1. To improve local economies and the economic well-being of the people of Kentucky while protecting the environment.
2. To provide public facilities to eliminate conditions that are detrimental to public health and safety and thus detract from further community development or which are necessary to meet other essential community needs.
3. To improve the condition of housing and expand fair housing opportunities, especially for persons of low and moderate-income (LMI).
4. To improve the quality of life through funding community projects requested by individual communities to enhance community pride and involvement and perpetuate local identity.
5. To improve the lives of citizens by helping them overcome chemical addictions and avoid the risk of homelessness.
6. To assure that no less than 70% of the total amount of CDBG funds received for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 shall be used for support of activities that benefit persons of low and moderate income.

You can obtain additional information about these program goals here.

Each activity funded under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program must meet at least one of these three National Objectives:

1. Benefit to low and moderate-income persons;
2. Prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or
3. Meeting community development needs having a particular urgency.

Applications may be submitted in the following program areas:

1. Community Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
2. Community Projects
3. Economic Development
4. Housing
5. Public Facilities
6. Public Services

More about each program area can be found here.