19- 498 C.M.R. ch. 6, § 1

Current through 2025-03, January 15, 2025

Section 498-6-1 - Program Overview

A. CDBG OBJECTIONS

The objectives of the Maine CDBG Program is to serve as a catalyst for local governments to implement programs which:

1. are part of a long range community strategy;

2. provide the conditions and incentives for further public and private investment;

3. improve deteriorated residential and business districts and local economic conditions; and

4. benefit low and moderate income people.

B. GRANT STRUCTURE

The Department of Economic and Community Development, through the Office of Community Development (OCD), offers several programs designed to achieve the previously stated CDBG objectives. The following is a list of CDBG programs administered by OCD and a brief summary of each program's intent:

1. Community Revitalization Grants: To assist communities with programs which provide financing for local housing, economic development and public facility activities which are part of a community development strategy and which will lead to future public and private investments.

2. Planning Grants: To assist communities in the final development of their CDBG strategies that address specific community development problems.

3. Reserved Grants: To provide funding for the second year of a CDBG grant initially awarded in 1990.

4. Development Fund: To provide financial resources to local governments Which in turn assist businesses create jobs for low and moderate income people.

5. Technical Assistance Grants: To build local and regional community development capacity through workshops, site visits, and other training conducted by the State and regional organizations.

6. Interim Finance Program: To utilize undisbursed monies in the State's Letter of Credit for grants to localities to assist businesses or developers create housing and job opportunities for low and moderate income people through short-term loans.

7. Urgent Needs Grant Program: To enable communities to address community development needs having a particular urgency.

8. Affordable Housing Planning Grants: To enable communities to gather, analyze, and provide information required for the development of projects to promote affordable housing.

C. STATE ADMINISTRATION

The Department of Economic and Community Development, through OCD, pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, as amended, Section 106(d) (3) (a) is permitted to utilize $100,000 plus 2% of its annual allotment from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist in administering the State's Small Cities CDBG Program in accordance with Federal, State and local requirements.

D. PROGRAM TIMEFRAME

The provisions set forth in this Final Statement apply to funds to be awarded in the 1991 grant year which begins with the Community Revitalization Grant application deadline of November 15, 1990 and runs approximately one year to the next Community Revitalization Grant application deadline.

E. PROGRAM BUDGET

The following budget (an page 3) presented on the next page indicates the manner in which CDBG Funds will be allocated among programs for the 1991 grant year. The total budget is comprised of a federal allocation from HUD, along with a state match equivalent to at least 2% of the federal allocation. The amount of the federal allocation is unknown at this time but is expected to be approximately $9,800,000. The only program for which the budget remains uncertain Is the Community Revitalization Grant Program. The budget for this program will be equal to the total budget less the amounts budgeted for all other programs. The maximum amount available for every other program will be that amount indicated in the following budget.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM BUDGET

GRANT YEAR 1991

Total Program Budget 1	$ 9,800,000
PROGRAM	MAXIMUM BUDGET
1. Planning Grant Program	100,000
2. Reserved Grant Program	2,539,960
3. Development Fund	750,000
4. Technical Assistance Grant Program	70,000
5. Interim Finance Program 2	See Below
6. Urgent Needs Grant Program	300,000
7. Affordable Housing Planning Grant Program	150,000
8. Community Revitalization Grant Program 3	See Below

¹ As indicated on page 2, the total program budget is unknown at present. The total program budget is comprised of a federal allocation expected to equal $9,800,000 plus a state match of at least 2% of the federal allocation.

² The budget for the Interim Finance Program is comprised of monies not yet disbursed from each of the other program. These monies are lent on a short term basis. The maximum budget for this program is $5,000,000. This program is capitalized only as loans are issued.

³ This budget for this program Is comprised of the total program budget less the amounts budgeted for programs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 above and state administration described in Section 1(C) of this Final Statement.

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