City of Coeur d'Alene - Community Development Block Grant

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Community Development Block Grant

City of Coeur d'Alene
Entitlement Recipient of the
Community Development Block Grant
from the
Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD)

The City of Coeur d'Alene began receiving a direct allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 2008. These funds have been utilized to improve the lives of Coeur d’Alene residents in a variety of ways, including the following: installation of ADA curb cuts, providing emergency minor home repairs, applying ADA accessibility improvements in homes and around town, and granting modest funding allotments to community organizations. It is important to note that CDBG funds are purposed to benefit low-to-moderate income persons or households and provide benefit for struggling community locales. As a federal program, this program does have strict eligibility requirements, including the National Objectives listed below:

Aid in the prevention or elimination of slum and blight; or
Benefit to low and moderate-income persons;
Meet a certain community development need having a particular urgency.

The City of Coeur d'Alene’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Program receives an average of $300,000.00 each year. Please refer to the current year Action Plan for specific information on a specific years funding and how they will be used. The City determines projects for funding under the grant through a combination of formal and informal processes:

For each year's funding allocation, City Staff identifies projects that would meet goals established in the City's Five-year Consolidated Plan. Those projects are proposed in the City's Annual Action Plan and are presented to the public for review and comment as part of its required and robust citizen participation process.
The City makes available a predetermined amount of grant funding to be awarded through a competitive process. Applications are solicited from the community and reviewed by an ad hoc Committee who makes recommendations to the City Council for final approval.
The City accepts, reviews, and considers requests for funding from community members, organizations, developers, businesses, et al regarding the priorities set forth in the Consolidated Plan. The City has an open door policy regarding discussion of large projects and determination of the priority of funding.

The City of Coeur d'Alene has a consolidated plan that will be updated every 5 years, which outlines the needs for the community and establishes goals and benchmarks for the program. Additionally, an annual action plan will be prepared each year, illustrating what projects/programs will be funded each year.

The City has prepared a robust citizen participation plan which outlines public comment periods and methods for amending the 5-year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan. This City asks Coeur d’Alene residents to please participate and attend public forums and public hearings. The City depends on public feedback and engagement to ensure that these community dollars hit the mark on community needs.

Below you will find links to the above-noted documents, as well as additional useful information. The City has an in-house Community Development Specialist, Michelle Cushing, on staff to administer its CDBG Grant. Michelle is available, by appointment, to answer questions, deliver application help and review, as well as to provide one-on-one technical assistance to applicants regarding funding proposals and eligibility requirements.

Staff Contact Information:

Michelle Cushing
CDBG Community Development Specialist
710 E. Mullan Avenue
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814
mcushing@cdaid.org
208-769-2382

Recent CDBG History:

2019 Funding Award Notice:

The City received its official CDBG funding award notice for Program Year 2019 in the amount of $329,815.

2019 Annual Action Plan:

Built on community feedback via survey, public forum, stakeholder consultations, and the City's guiding 2018-2022 Consolidated Plan, the 2019 Annual Action Plan was available for public review and comment from January 4, 2019 through February 5, 2019. Citizen participation survey results can be found here. This document will guide project selection and funding for the 2019 Program Year. The Mayor and City Council reviewed this draft plan at the Public Forum on February 5, 2019 and approved the draft plan for submittal to HUD, which was subsequently approved by HUD.

2018 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER):

2018 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER): Commonly known as the CDBG’s year-end report, staff presented top-lines from the 2018 CAPER before Mayor and Council at the June 18, 2019 Public Hearing. The draft CAPER was available for public comment June 3- June 18, 2019 with no concluding public comments received at the City’s Public Hearing on June 18, 2019.