CDBG Economic Development Program

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is designed to provide flexible funding to meet various community development needs, especially benefiting low-to-moderate income individuals. It aims to prevent slums and blight, or address urgent threats to community health and welfare. Specific state objectives include enhancing community economic development, improving public infrastructure, and expanding housing for low-to-moderate income and developmentally disabled people. Grants support communities in attracting or expanding private businesses through financial assistance, benefiting both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations by creating or retaining jobs for low-to-moderate-income workers. Public infrastructure support is also available to facilitate private business operations that prioritize this demographic.