The 2017 CDBG General Purpose Grant application period closed on June 1, 2017. Click here to see a summary of the applications received this year. Funding requests came to more than $18 million. The award amount available in 2017 is approximately $9 million. CDBG staff are currently reviewing the applications and will announce awards in mid-September.

Click here to see the 2017 application handbook, if you are thinking of applying next year. This is provided for informational purposes only.

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) General Purpose Grants are made available annually through a competitive application process to assist Washington State small cities, towns and counties in carrying out significant community and economic development projects that principally benefit low- and moderate-income persons. The Washington State CDBG Program is funded by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Examples of eligible General Purpose Grant activities include:

• • Public facilities, such as water, wastewater and streets

• • Community facilities, such as community centers, fire stations, homeless shelters and child care facilities

• • Economic development, such as microenterprise assistance and public infrastructure

• Affordable housing and housing rehabilitation

Approximately $9,000,000 is available for CDBG General Purpose Grants in 2017. The maximum amount is $750,000.

Eligible applicants are Washington State cities and towns with less than 50,000 in population or counties with less than 200,000 population not participating in a CDBG Entitlement Urban County Consortium.

Special purpose districts, public housing authorities, port districts, community action agencies, economic development councils, other non-profit organizations, and Indian tribes are not eligible to apply directly to the state CDBG Program for funding, but may be a partner in projects and subrecipient of funding through eligible jurisdictions.

Projects must principally benefit low- and moderate-income persons, or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.

Local governments may submit only one application each annual funding cycle, unless one of the applications is for local micro-enterprise assistance.

• CDBG Home Page
• CDBG Specialty Grants
• Consolidated Plan and Action Plan

2017 General Purpose Grant Application Summary (PDF)

2016 General Purpose Grant Awards (PDF)

Guidance Materials (PDF)
CDBG Fact Sheet (PDF)
Management Handbook & Forms - Construction
Management Handbook & Forms - Non Construction
HUD LMI data for non-entitlement communities (PDF)
HUD LMI Interactive Map
2017 CDBG Funding Cycles (PDF)
Drinking water and wastewater funding summary (PDF)
Public Works Board
Infrastructure Assistance Coordinating Council (IACC)
Municipal Research Services Center of Washington
SAM - System for Award Management
US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Kaaren Roe
Section Manager
Kaaren.Roe@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: 360-725-3018

Phyllis Cole, Project Manager
General Purpose Grant Applications
Phyllis.Cole@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: 360-725-4001

Laurie Dschaak
Project Manager
Laurie.Dschaak@commerce.wa.gov]
Phone: 360-725-5020

Arlene Escobar
Project Manager
Arlene.Escobar@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: 360-725-2725

Jeff Hinckle, Project Manager
Public Services and Planning Activities
Jeff.Hinckle@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: 360-725-3060

Sheila Lee-Johnston
CDBG State Expert
Sheila.Lee-Johnston@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: 360-725-3009

Genny Matteson, Project Manager
Housing Activities
Genny.Matteson@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: 360-725-3093