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a. Hold a workshop on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment
Partnership Act (HOME) application rating and ranking criteria; and
b. Provide directions to staff.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Urban County Standing Committee:
a. Hold a workshop on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment
Partnership Act (HOME) application rating and ranking criteria; and
b. Provide directions to staff.
SUMMARY:
During the Urban County Committee’s September 24, 2026, meeting the Committee directed staff to work with the County’s Homeless Services Coordinator to explore ways to more closely align CDBG funding with the County’s strategic plan. The goal of this workshop is to solicit input from the Committee and broader community about how staff believe the application can be modified for the 2026-27 program to better meet the County’s strategic goals and many community development and public service needs.
DISCUSSION:
The County is in the middle of selecting a new Grant Management System (GMS). The GMS is the public facing system we use to accept applications, reporting, and draw requests from the community. Because of where the County is in this process and when the County needs to issue the 2026-27 applications, it is difficult to make substantial changes to the application currently. The hope is that the new GMS will provide greater flexibility in the design and configuration of the CDBG/HOME application year to year.
Committee staff met with the County’s Homeless Services Coordinator to explore ways that the CDBG and HOME application could be modified to better align with County goals addressing the unhoused. Recognizing the broad nature of the County’s strategic goals and historical funding staff is recommending that for 2026-27, the application only be modified to ask if the application supports efforts to help the unhoused and award 5 bonus points to applications that do so.
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