Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program - Westchester County (NY)

The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program in Westchester County supports essential community development and housing assistance through three grants administered by HUD. Open to municipalities and non-profits in the Westchester Urban County Consortium, this program funds public facility improvements and community services. The maximum funding request is capped at $800,000. Eligible activities include infrastructure improvements, housing rehabilitation, and economic development loans, benefiting income-eligible clients and areas.

Congress passed Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and under Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 as amended, authorizing the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The program includes three (3) grants administered through Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the purpose of providing essential community development and housing assistance. Westchester County administers the program for cooperating municipalities also known as the Westchester Urban County Consortium (UCC).
The program solicits, on a three-year cycle, worthy applications for projects that are consistent with the approved Consolidated Plan and the annual Action Plan adopted by WUCC. Applicants must be part of the WUCC and can be a non-profit or municipality. Projects funded are construction of public facilities and improvements and community services.
Grant funding and design assistance is available for the implementation of public facilities improvements in income-eligible areas and public service projects for income-eligible clients.
Funding
Maximum cap of $800,000 in requests per applicant.

Eligibility

The UCC currently consists of 31 communities and is open annually for municipal jurisdictions who wish to join the next year.The Westchester Urban County Consortium consists of:Ardsley, Bedford, Briarcliff Manor, Bronxville, Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Elmsford, Greenburgh, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Larchmont, Lewisboro, Mamaroneck Town, Mamaroneck Village, Mount Kisco, New Castle, North Salem, Ossining Town, Ossining Village, Peekskill, Pelham Village, Pleasantville, Port Chester, Rye Brook, Rye Town, Scarsdale, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Tuckahoe and Yorktown.Eligible grant recipients: Municipalities, Public Housing Authorities and Not-for-Profits agencies within the UCC.Eligible activities: Infrastructure improvements, neighborhood facilities expansion and rehabilitation, housing rehabilitation, code enforcement, economic development loans, public services and park rehabilitation.