Community Development Block Grants
The CDBG and HOME Programs are the Federal Government's primary programs for promoting community revitalization throughout the country, providing annual grants on a formula basis to approximately 1,000 metropolitan cities including College Station.
CDBG funds are used for a wide range of community development activities directed toward neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and improved community facilities and services. Any project obtaining CDBG funding is required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to meet at least one of three national objectives:
- Benefit Low- and Moderate-Income Persons
- Aid in the Prevention or Elimination of Slums or Blight
- Meet Urgent Community Development Needs
HOME funds are used - often in partnership with local non-profit groups - to fund a variety of activities that build, purchase, and/or rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership or provide direct rental assistance to income qualified people.
Public Facility Funding
Public Facility funds are used to expand, improve and/or add public facilities and infrastructure when and where needed for designated low to moderate income areas of the city. Improvements include streets, parks, neighborhood centers, community centers, and sidewalk projects.
Recently funded CDBG Public Facility Projects include:
- Lincoln Center Bus Shelter
- Holleman Dr. Sidewalks
- Park Place Sidewalks
- Georgie K. Fitch Park Trail
Please refer any input you have on future public facility or infrastructure projects to the Community Development Division at (979) 764-3570.
Public Service Agency Funding
Federal regulations allow for up to 15% of the City's annual Community Development Block Grant to be allocated to fund local public services. The City of College Station City Council continues to support the allocation of the maximum allowable funds.
The City of College Station allocates these funds to local agencies through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process. The Public Service Agency Funding Review Committee is made up of six Council appointed volunteers. The six member committee is tasked with reviewing applications from eligible programs, making site visits to the agencies, ranking the applications and finally recommending funding allocations to the City Council.
The Public Service Agency Funding Review process begins in the Winter with a pre-application workshop where any agency in the community that is interested in applying for CDBG funds is required to attend and learn more about the process. Applications are received by City staff and reviewed for eligibility. The process then takes approximately nine weeks with the committee meeting on a weekly basis in public meetings to discuss the applications and ending with a public hearing where the programs are ranked, and the committee formally adopts the funding recommendations to be made to each City Council. The committee is asked to fund no more than twelve agencies each year but can choose to fund less or more depending on the applications.
The deadline for receipt of completed applications was in March. If your organization is interested in applying for the following year, please call the Community Development Division at 979.764.3570.
Once adopted by the City Council, the recommendations are included in the City's Annual Action Plan, which is a report done to notify the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) how the City proposes to spend its grant dollars in the coming year. After approval from HUD, the funds are made available to the agencies beginning October 1st. Funding is on an annual basis, and the allocated funds must be used no later than September 30th of the fiscal year. Funded agencies are required to report to each city on a quarterly basis to ensure that they are providing the services and serving the number of clients that they proposed in their application. The city staff monitors the reports and the agencies' files to ensure the accuracy of information.
Agencies applying must have or be in the process of receiving 501(c)(3) tax status from the Internal Revenue Service. Requests must be in the form of program specific operating funds which will serve primarily low and moderate income persons (at least 51%). Agencies accepting funds agree to comply with Federal Regulations 24 CFR 570 and 2 CFR Part 200.
For more information, please contact the Community Development Division at 979.764.3570.
2025 Median Income Limits
# in Household Max Income (60%) / Max Income (60%)
1 $37,200 / $49,600
2 $42,480 / $56,650
3 $47,820 / $63,750
4 $53,100 / $70,800
5 $57,360 / $76,500
6 $61,620 / $82,150
7 $65,880 / $87,800
8 $70,140 / $93,500
This list supersedes all other lists of prior dates.
The left column (Household) refers to the number of people in the home. The two columns on the right refer to the maximum combined income allowed per year by HUD guidelines in order to qualify for a Community Development program at 60% and 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI). If you have questions regarding this information, please call 979.764.3570.
Source: HUD