Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. CDBG OBJECTIVES
The objective of the Maine CDBG Program is to serve as a
catalyst for local governments to implement programs which:
1. benefit low and moderate income
people;
2. are part of a long range
community strategy;
3. improve
deteriorated residential and business districts and local economic
conditions;
4. provide the
conditions and incentives for further public and private Investment;
and
5. foster partnerships between
groups of municipalities, State and federal agencies, regional organizations
and the private sector to address common community and economic development
problems with innovative solutions that maximize resources.
B. METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION
STRUCTURE
The DECD, through the Office of Community Development (OCD),
designs and offers programs that will allow municipalities to achieve the
previously stated CDBG objectives. The purpose of the 1993 Final Statement is
to provide units of local government with a description of the selection
criteria for each program (called a method of distribution that OCD will use to
allocate the CDBG funds among Maine towns and cities. To assist communities in
determining which program(s) will meet their needs, we have grouped the 1993
programs under three broad methods of distribution areas: Community
Development, Economic Development and Planning/Technical Assistance.
1. Community Development Methods of
Distribution
a. housing Assistance Grants: To
provide financing to address acute housing needs of low and moderate income
persons residing in the State of Maine.
b. Public Facilities/Infrastructure Grants:
To provide financing for local infrastructure and public facility
activities.
c. Public Service
Grants: To address human resource needs in a community by providing funding for
operating expenses, equipment and program materials for public service
programs.
d. Emergency
Implementation Grants: To enable communities to address community development
needs having a particular urgency.
e. Reserved Grants: To provide funding for
the second year of a CDBG grant initially determined in the previous
year.
2. Economic
Development Methods of Distribution
a.
Development Fund: To provide financial resources to local governments which in
turn assist businesses to create/retain jobs for low and moderate income
people:
b. Regional Assistance
Fund: To provide financial resources to local governments or regional
organizations which can use the assistance as leverage to obtain funds under
the EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance Program (Title IX) and the EDA Public
Works Program (Title I), Farmer's Home Administration Programs, and Small
Business Programs.
c. Micro-Loan
Program: To provide communities with funds for small loans to assist existing
and new local businesses create/retain jobs for low and moderate income
individuals.
d. Economic
Development Infrastructure Grants: To provide funding to communities where
public infrastructure must be installed or improved to enable an existing or
new business to create/retain jobs for low and moderate income
people.
e. Interim finance Program:
To utilize funds not disbursed in the State's Letter of Credit for grants to
communities to assist businesses or developers create housing and jab
opportunities for low and moderate income people through short-term
loans.
3.
Planning/Technical Assistance Methods of distribution
a. Phase II Planning Grants: To assist
communities in the final development of their CDBG strategies that address
specific community development problems.
b. General Purpose Planning Grants: To
provide funding to communities or community partnerships that have clearly
identified a local community or economic development problem and lack the
resources to develop a strategy for solving that problem.
c. Comprehensive Planning Grants: To enable
Maine's municipalities to develop comprehensive plans to prepare for and manage
their future growth and development.
C. STATE ADMINISTRATION
1. General Administration Allocation: The
DECD, through OCD, pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, as amended (through October 28, 1992), Section 106(d) (3) (A) is
permitted and will utilize $100,000 plus 2% of its annual allotment from the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist in a the State's
Small Cities CDBG Program in accordance with Federal, State and local
requirements.
2. Technical
Assistance Administration Allocation: The DECD, through OCD pursuant to the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (through October 28,
1992), Section 106(d) (5) is permitted and will utilize 1% of its annual
allotment from HUD to provide technical assistance to local governments and
nonprofit program recipients.
D. PROGRAM TIMEFRAME
The provisions set forth in this Final Statement apply to
funds to be awarded in the 1993 grant year which begins with the application
deadline of My 14, 1993 and runs approximately one year to the next application
deadline.
E. PROGRAM BUDGET
The budget on the next page indicates the manner in which
CDBG Funds will be allocated among programs for the 1993 grant year. The total
budget is comprised of a federal allocation from; HUD, along with a State match
equivalent of up to 2% of the federal allocation. The amount of the 1993
federal allocation will be $12,908,000. The maximum amount available for each
program is indicated in the following budget.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM BUDGET GRANT
YEAR 1993
| Total FY 1993 CDBG Program Budget
1 | $12,908,000 |
| Administration | 358,160 |
| Technical Assistance
Administration | 129,080 |
| MAXIMUM BUDGET |
| 1. Housing Assistance Grants | 3,000,000 |
| 2. Public Facilities/Infrastructure
Grants | 3,000,000 |
| 3. Public Service Grants | 300,000 |
| 4. Emergency Implementation Grants | 300,000 |
| 5. Reserved Grants | 2,000,000 |
| 6. Development Fund | 1,000,000 |
| 7. Regional Assistance Fund | 570,760 |
| 5. Micro Loan Program | 375,000 |
| 9. Economic Development Infrastructure
Program | 1,200,000 |
| 10. Interim Finance Program
2 | See Below |
| 11. Phase II Planning Grants | 100,000 |
| 12. General Purpose Planning
Grants | 350,000 |
| 13. Comprehensive Planning Grants | 225,000 |
1 The total program budget is
comprised of a federal allocation of $12,908,000 plus a State match to equal at
least $258,160 (which is 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
programs. 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.
