Community Development Block Grant Programs

Eligible activities for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding must meet one or more of the national objectives set by HUD and benefit the low- and moderate-income persons of Miami-Dade County.

CDBG funds are designed to support projects that:

Benefit low and moderate income persons;
Are integrated into a long-range community strategy;
Leverage further private and public partnership, and;
Enhance deteriorated residential and business districts.

The projects to be funded through the various programs are classified into four categories:

Public Facilities and Capital improvements
Economic Development
Public Services
Housing

CDBG program funds can be used to build community facilities, roads, parks; to repair or rehabilitate housing, to provide new or increased public services to local residents or to fund initiatives that generate or retain new jobs.

Applications for funding should focus on addressing the high priority needs in the County’s Eligible Block Groups. Map of Eligible Block Groups ranked by vulnerability.

Community Development Block Grant funded public service activities are typically categorized under the Low-Mod Income (LMI) Benefit National Objective as Low-Mod Clientele (LMC) activities. Limited Clientele (LMC) activities must benefit a specifically targeted group of persons, of which 51 percent must be Low-Mod Income. In order to meet the LMC criteria, the activity must:
- Serve at least 51 percent Low-Moderate Income persons, as evidenced by documentation and data concerning beneficiary family size and income;
- Have income-eligibility requirements which limit the service to persons meeting the LMI income requirement, as evidenced by the administering agency’s procedures, intake/application forms, income limits, and other sources of documentation; and
- Serve primarily LMI persons
CDBG funds may be used to pay for labor, supplies, and material as well as to operate and/or maintain the portion of a facility in which the public service is located. This includes the lease of a facility, equipment, and other property needed for the public service.