The Department of Local Affairs Division of Local Government (DOLA-DLG) administers the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for non-entitlement municipalities and counties to carry out community development activities.
Eligible uses of funds include acquisition, design/engineering, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or installation of public improvements or public facilities. Examples of projects include sewer and water systems, commercial streetscape improvements, community centers, food banks, shelters, health clinics etc.
The funds must be used for activities that either benefit primarily low to moderate income persons; assist in prevention or elimination of slums or blight.
Community Development Block Grant applications are open until February 24, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
Who Should Apply
Eligible Applicants:
- Must be a Unit of General Local Government (City, County, or other municipality)
- Must be located in a non-entitlement area
- Non-entitlement areas include those units of general local government which do not receive CDBG funds directly from HUD.
- Non-entitlement areas are cities with populations of less than 50,000 (except cities that are designated principal cities of Metropolitan Statistical Areas), and counties with populations of less than 200,000.
- Have a project located in at least a 51% low income community OR the project beneficiaries must be at least 51% low income based on local data
- Entities eligible to apply for grants are limited to units of local governments, including counties. These entities may apply on behalf of nonprofits.
The Application Process
- Eligible applicants must meet with their Regional Manager to go over the project and application.
- All applications must be submitted using the online grants portal to be considered for an award (See Apply or Manage Grants "button" below).
- If you do not yet have an account you will need to create one, there is a prompt on the log in page. Log into the system and complete each section of the application.
- You will be able to save and close a completed page of your online application and return to complete it at a later time.
- Certain questions will require the upload of a document. All documents needing to be uploaded are labeled and available below.
Applications are open 11/25/2024 - 2/24/2025 at 5:00 p.m.
- Citizen Participation Plan
- Public Hearing Template
- Project Budget
- Financial Information
- Environmental Worksheet
If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact your Regional Manager or CDBG Program Manager James Spiers.
Reporting & Planning
All of the reporting is found in the CAPER Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, all planning is found in the Consolidated Plan. Both are maintained by the Division of Housing.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Guidebook
This guidebook has been developed by the State of Colorado to assist local governments and subgrantees in the implementation and administration of local public facility, housing, and economic development projects undertaken through funding from the State administered Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.