Community Development Block Grants now open
for applications
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 24, 2020) ? The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs today announced that the first round of?Community Development Block Grants for 2020 is now open.
The following programs are accepting applications this round:
Proposal submission will be collected via the new Electronic Grants?Management System (eGMS). Submission instructions can be found at www.in.gov/ocra/cdbg.
Round one proposals are being accepted until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, April 3, 2020. However, we encourage you to submit by 4 p.m. ET as there will be no technical support available after that time. Final applications are due by Friday, May 22, with funding awards announced on July 16
Funding for all CDBG programs comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is administered by OCRA. The state of Indiana distributes CDBG funds to rural communities to assist units of local government with various community projects like: improving infrastructure, downtown revitalization, public facilities improvements, and economic development.
For further information on these programs, contact the assigned Community Liaison for your region.
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Under the leadership
of Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, who also serves as the Secretary of Rural
Development, the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs? (OCRA) mission
is to work with local, state and national partners to provide resources and
technical assistance to assist communities in shaping and achieving their
vision for community and economic development. For more information, visit
ocra.in.gov.
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