Background:
Each year, the Citizens Advisory Committee’s (CAC) recommends allocating the unspent and unobligated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the prior fiscal year. As of June 30, 2021, $178,382.18 remained in CDBG funds. The funds came from the following programs funded in Year 46:
- Family Resources $1,481.49
- Unclaimed COVID-19 Reprogramming $24,953.13
from YR 46
- City Housing Rehab Staff & Supplies $55,916.41
- Planning & Admin $96,031.15
In a typical year, as approved by the CAC, requests for reprogrammable funds are submitted for programs which were not fully funded in the current CDBG year’s allocation. Ordinarily, reprogrammable funds from a prior year are unavailable to public service subrecipients because of HUD’s Public Services Cap, which does not increase in the current program year simply because funds from a previous program year become available. However, due to additional funding that became available during the 2020 program year and certain HUD waivers, it is possible to reprogram prior year funding to public service subrecipients on a one-time basis.
Eligible (active Year 47 CDBG Public Services) applicants were notified of this one time opportunity for funding on December 13, 2021, and requests for funding were due by December 29, 2021.
Reprogramming Requests:
Requests for reprogrammable funds:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters $2,954
- Humility of Mary Homes & Services $5,000
- Project Renewal $11,700
- Non-Profit Affordable Housing Development $40,000
Training
- Housing Rehab/Revitalization Fund $140,000
CAC Recommendation:
At the January 3, 2022 CAC meeting, the committee considered the reprogramming requests. The Committee first voted to determine whether the requests received were eligible. The vote was unanimous that the requests were eligible. The CAC next voted to make the following recommendation, with a shortage of the funding available ($21,271.82) being removed from the housing rehab/revitalization fund:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters $2,954
- Humility of Mary Homes & Services $5,000
- Project Renewal $11,700
- Non-Profit Affordable Housing Development $40,000
Training
- Housing Rehab/Revitalization Fund $118,728.18
Following Council action, the current year’s Action Plan will be amended with notice published in the Quad City Times and submission of the amendment to HUD.