Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program
The Department will allocate approximately $26 million of Federal Fiscal Year 2009 funding for the Commercial Revitalization ($1.3 million), Housing Rehabilitation ($9.1 million) and Neighborhood Revitalization ($10.4 million) categories. In addition, approximately $142,000 will be available for Planning and Design Specifications grants. In order to be eligible to apply in these categories, applicants cannot have an open grant in any of the three program categories or an open Planning and Design Specifications grant. The Department also has approximately $5.2 million available in the Economic Development category for job creation/retention activities. In the event that funds in this category remain available after the application deadline, applications in the Economic Development category will be reviewed and eligible applications will be awarded subgrants on a first-come, first served basis.
