CDBG Small Cities Program
The
Governor's Office for Small Cities administers the Community Development Block
Grant Program for the State of New York. The Community Development Block Grant
Program provides grants to eligible cities, towns, and villages with a
population under 50,000 and counties with an area population under 200,000 to
revitalize neighborhoods, expand affordable housing and economic opportunities
and/or improve community facilities and services.
Funding
for the CDBG Program is provided in annual formula grants directly to entitled
metropolitan cities and urban counties and to States for funding to nonentitled
incorporated Counties, Cities, Towns, and Villages. Section 106 of Title 1
permits States to elect to assume the administrative responsibility for the
CDBG Program for nonentitlement areas within their jurisdiction. Nonentitlement areas are
incorporated Counties, Cities, and Villages with a population of less than
50,000 and Counties with an unincorporated area population of less than 200,000.
Pursuant
to the Federal Fiscal Year 2000 Appropriations Act for the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, the Governor of New York State assumed
responsibility for New York States CDBG Program, the Small Cities Program. The
Governor's Office for Small Cities began administering the Small Cities CDBG
Program for nonentitlement jurisdictions of the State of New York beginning
with Federal Fiscal Year 2000. The Governor's Office for Small Cities (GOSC)
was created under state law within the New York State Housing Trust Fund
Corporation, a public benefit corporation to administer the annual CDBG
allocation from HUD.
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Funding Category: |
Grants to eligible cities,
towns, and villages with a population under 50,000 and counties with an area
population under 200,000 to revitalize neighborhoods, expand affordable
housing and economic opportunities and/or improve community facilities and
services. |
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Target Population: |
Low-income
residents of nonentitlement areas. |
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Funding Available: |
Based on past Congressional allocations, New York
State expects to have approximately $55 million available for the Small
Cities Program in Program Year 2002. The maximum grant
amount for Housing, Public Facilities, and MicroEnterprise grants is $400,000
for towns, villages, and cities, $600,000 for counties and joint applications
and $750,000 for Comprehensive grants. The maximum grant amount for Economic
Development grants is $750,000. Economic Development applications must meet
the minimum threshold of $100,000. |
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Application Information: |
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Contact: |
New York's Governor's
Office For Small Cities, Agency Building 4/6th Floor, Empire State Plaza,
Albany, New York 12223, Phone: 518-474-2057, Fax: 518-474-5247, info@nysmallcities.com ; Syracuse
Office: 620 Erie Boulevard West, Suite 112, Syracuse, NY 13204, Phone:
315-425-9110, Fax: 315-425-7156, Contact - Christopher DeAngelis |
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