DECD: Community Development Block Grant: Small Cities

Community Development Block Grant:  Small Cities

"The Key to Connecticut's Community Development Future"

{2008 CDBG Poster}

Connecticut's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, also known as the Small Cities Program, provides funding and technical support for projects that achieve local community and economic development objectives.  The Small Cities Program principally benefits low-and moderate-income persons. This program is only available to Connecticut towns and cities with populations of less than 50,000.

Funding for the Connecticut CDBG program is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the guidelines of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. Eligible Activities must meet one of the following CDBG program National Objectives: benefiting low and moderate-income persons, eliminating slum and blight or addressing an urgent need.

The primary focus of the CDBG program is to benefit low-and moderate-income persons. The Connecticut CDBG program receives and distributes over thirteen million dollars each year. Since the state took over the administration of the CDBG program in 1982, over $325,700,000 has been invested in Connecticut communities.

Communities participate in a competitive application process annually for CDBG funds to implement their proposed community and economic development projects.  To learn more about CDBG Program Information, please follow the attached links:  Small Cities Fact Sheet, 2008-2009 Action Plan, 2005-2009 ConPlan.      

Office Contact:  Veronica Hunter     

Phone: (860) 270-8236

{HUD Logo}