CDBG Program

Having begun in 1974 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the CDBG program providing communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs.  

 

Entitlement Communities

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 economically, principally for low and moderate-income persons.

The annual CDBG appropriation is distributed between States and local jurisdictions, respectively called "non-entitlement" and "entitlement" communities. Entitlement communities are comprised of central cities of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), metropolitan cities with populations of at least 50,000, and qualified urban counties with a population of 200,000 or more (excluding the populations of entitlement cities). States distribute CDBG funds to non-entitlement localities not qualified as entitlement communities.

HUD determines the amount of each grant by using a formula comprised of several measures of community need, including the extent of poverty, population, housing overcrowding, age of housing, and population growth lag in relationship to other metropolitan areas.

 

Citizen Participation

A grantee must develop and follow a detailed plan that provides for and encourages citizen participation. This integral process emphasizes participation by persons of low or moderate income, particularly residents of predominantly low and moderate-income neighborhoods, slum or blighted areas, and areas in which the grantee proposes to use CDBG funds. The plan must provide citizens with the following: reasonable and timely access to local meetings, an opportunity to review proposed activities and program performance, timely written answers to written complaints and grievances, and a plan for how the needs of non-English speaking residents will be met when a significant number of non-English speaking residents can be reasonably expected to participate in public hearings.

 

Eligible Activities

Over a 1, 2, or 3-year period, as selected by the grantee, not less than 70 percent of CDBG funds must be used for activities that benefit low and moderate-income persons. In addition, each activity must meet one of the following national objectives for the program: benefit low and moderate-income persons, prevent or eliminate slums or blight, or address community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community for which other funding is not available.

 

Lake County Consolidated Application

The City of North Chicago, City of Waukegan, and Lake County conduct joint application training sessions necessary to the consolidated application process.

 

Consolidated Plan

The Consolidated Plan is an integrated document that describes the collaborative efforts of each entitlement jurisdiction within the context of the entire County.  The investments are presented according to the 5 year goals that are necessary to impact the needs of the community.   Each jurisdiction is presented independently, allowing each jurisdiction to respond to their individual needs within the community with its CDBG funds.

 

Annual Action Plan

The Annual Action Plan details how each entitlement jurisdiction allocate funding sources during the program year throughout the community.  The program year starts May 1 and ends April 30 of each year.  The funding sources come from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development which are the following: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program, the American Dream Down payment Initiative (ADDI) Program, the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) Program, and the additional funds provided throughout the year from the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) and the Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Program.  These programs are used for the development of viable communities by providing decent safe and sanitary housing, suitable living environment, expanding economic opportunities, and providing homeless assistance activities principally for persons of low and moderate income.  The City of North Chicago does not provide direct funding for the ADDI Program, ESG Program, SHP Program, nor the S+C Program.  These funding sources are available through the Lake County Community Development Division.

Lake County
Community Development Division
500 W. Winchester Rd. Unit 101
Libertyville, IL 60048
Phone: 847.377.2475
Fax: 847.984.5745