DuPage County: A HUD Entitlement Community
HUD has classified DuPage County as an Entitlement Community. The CDBG entitlement program allocates annual grants to larger cities and urban counties to develop viable communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and opportunities to expand economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons.
Each year, HUD awards each entitlement community a grant, calculated with a formula utilizing several objective measures of community needs, including the extent of poverty, population, housing overcrowding, age of housing and population growth lag in relationship to other metropolitan areas.
HUD awards grants to entitlement community grantees to carry out a wide range of community development activities directed toward revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, and providing improved community facilities and services.
Entitlement communities develop their own programs and funding priorities. However, grantees must give maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low- and moderate-income persons. The funding priorities for DuPage are outlined in the 5-year Consolidated Plan.
CDC Overview - Annual Grants
The DuPage County Community Development Commission (CDC) was established in 1975 as a cooperative effort of DuPage municipalities and the County Board. The primary responsibility of the CDC is to advise the County Board on the following programs:
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - The
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is a flexible program that
provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community
development needs. The CDBG entitlement program allocates annual grants to
larger cities and urban counties to develop viable communities by providing
decent housing, a suitable living environment, and opportunities to expand
economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons. Nonprofit agencies/townships generally apply for this funding.
CDBG Application information: DuPage County IL – Community Services - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Neighborhood Investment - The CDC also has a Neighborhood
Investment, Community-Wide Benefit, Accessibility Improvements, and Planning
Projects category that addresses the needs of low-to moderate-income
neighborhoods by providing funding for capital improvements. This grant is
generally used by municipalities/townships for capital improvement projects that
benefit a defined low to moderate-income service area. The service area must be
primarily residential. Eligibility is determined utilizing either Low-Moderate Income Data or by conducting an Income Survey. Planning projects are the only non-capital
projects in this category.
CDBG Neighborhood Investment Application information: DuPage County IL – Community Development Commission - Neighborhood Investment
Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) - The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program is designed to improve the
quality of existing emergency shelters, make available additional emergency
shelters, help meet the cost of operating emergency shelters, and provide
essential social services to homeless individuals. The ESG program ensures that
the homeless have access not only to safe and sanitary shelter but also to
supportive services and other kinds of assistance needed to improve their
situations. The program is also intended to reduce homelessness through the
funding of preventive programs and activities. Nonprofit agencies apply for this grant.
ESG Application Information: DuPage County IL – Community Services - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) - HOME
is the largest federal block grant to state and local governments designed
exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households. HOME funds
are allocated annually to entitlement communities like DuPage County to fund a
wide range of activities that build, buy, and/or rehabilitate affordable
housing for rent or homeownership or provide direct rental assistance to
low-income people. It is used to support development of rental or owner housing
affordable to low-income persons. The application process is available all year round. There is no deadline date.
HOME Investment Partnership Application Information: DuPage County IL – Community Development Commission - Affordable Housing Financing
Single Family Rehab Program - The Single Family Rehabilitation Program provides CDBG funding up to $15,000
to eligible application-homeowners for home repair and improvements to correct
code violations, address health and safety issues, provide accessibility
improvements and fix system failures. Homeowners apply for this grant. The application process is available all year round. There is no deadline date.
Single Family Rehab Program Application Information: DuPage County IL – Single Family Rehab
CDC Funding Process
Projects funded by the CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs are selected from individual applications submitted by the municipalities, the County, and many non-profit groups. The selection process requires several steps before final approval of projects. Annual applications are generally due to the CDC in October, the CDC completes its recommendations by January, and the County Board takes final action in February. The funds are available to start new activities after the County receives HUD's grant agreement for that funding year. Administration of each project is done through a Subgrantee Agreement with a sharing of responsibility between the Subgrantee and the CDC Staff.
Activities funded by the HOME program are
selected from individual applications that may be submitted by local
governments, non-profit groups, or for-profit housing developers or investors.
Applications are submitted on a rolling basis. There is a three-stage process
of approval. The first two steps are actions taken by the HOME Advisory Group
and include a preliminary set-aside of funds and a conditional commitment of
funds. The final step is approval by the County Board of an agreement between
the county and the recipient of funds.
Additional Grants - No New Applications Being Accepted
Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) - The Community
Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Program was made available
through Public Law 116-136 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
(CARES Act) signed by the President on March 27, 2020. DuPage County is
receiving Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus Response (CDBG-CV)
funds under this Public Law as a result of a Presidential declaration of a
nationwide emergency, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)). This
declaration was in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds can only for projects that clearly prevent, prepare for, and/or respond to
coronavirus. Funding has been awarded to various agencies.
CDBG-CV Application Information: DuPage County IL – Community Services - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
Emergency Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) - The Emergency Solutions
Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) Program was made available through Public Law
116-136 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) signed
by the President on March 27, 2020. DuPage County is receiving Emergency
Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) funds under this Public Law as a result of
a Presidential declaration of a nationwide emergency, pursuant to section
501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5191(b)). This declaration was in response to the COVID-19
pandemic. These funds can only be used for projects to prevent, prepare
for, and respond to coronavirus, among individuals and families who are
homeless or receiving homeless assistance and to support additional homeless
assistance and homelessness prevention activities to mitigate the impacts
created by coronavirus under the Emergency Solutions Grants program as
authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.), as amended. Funding has been awarded to various agencies
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Assistance (CDBG-DR) - DuPage County will be
received Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Grant (CDBG-DR)
in the amount of $31,526,000 in accordance with the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-2). This grant was made
available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to
assist disaster recovery efforts in response to declared major disasters
occurring in DuPage County in April 2013. Funding has been awarded to
various agencies.
CDBG-DR Additional information: DuPage County IL – Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Assistance
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