1. Benefit to low and moderate-income persons including; area benefit activities, LMI population demonstrated with census information, Limited clientele activities, i.e. handicap access, senior citizens activities, battered spouses, homeless persons, illiterate persons, migrant farm workers, Housing activities specifically provided to low/moderate income households and Job creation/retention.
2. Address slum/blight conditions including historic preservation of buildings and demolition of dilapidated structures in a municipality.
3. Urgent community development need possessing a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community were no other resources are available to solve the problem. This category includes aid for natural disasters and emergencies were the request is made at the time of the emergency only.
Other important considerations include timeliness, how ready the project is to proceed and realizing that paying federal prevailing wages is a requirement of CDBG funding in projects over, $2,000.00 and the federal dollars necessitate the whole project run according to federal guidelines even when other non-federal dollars are mixed in the funding your project. This can add significant costs to a project and must be considered. More detailed information and an application are available from the Grants Office at (570) 268-4193. It is best to be in touch early and often but applications are accepted through Monday September 21, 2014.