PY 2010 Action Plan Executive Summary for CDBG, HOME & ESG
The PY 2010 Action Plan Executive Summary can be viewed here or the Spanish version can viewed here .. The 30-day Public Comment Period ends on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. All comments are due in writing to the CDBG Program Office either by email or by mail to:

CDBG Program Office
ATTN: PY 2010 Action Plan
127 Church Street, Suite 270
Marietta, Georgia 30060

PY 2009 CDBG, HOME & ESG Final Allocations
PY 2009 Final Allocations for CDBG , HOME , and ESG are now available online! Click on the links to view the PY 2009 allocations.

2009-2010 Emergency Food and Shelter Program [Phase 28]
The 2009-2010 Emegency Food and Shelter Program [Phase 28] application can be found here . All applications must be submitted [or postmarked] by Thursday, November 19, 2009. If you have any questions, contact Chris Pelkey at cpelkey@cobbcountycdbg.com or at (770) 528-4600 extension 233.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [ARRA] of 2009:

Neighborhood Stabilization Program [NSP2] To View Cobb County's Draft NSP2 Grant Application Click Here

Community Development Block Grant - Recovery [CDBG-R] Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan [PY 2006-2010] PY 2008 Action Plan Click here for more
Para la Versión española, Haga clic aquí

Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program [HPRP]. Click here for more information.

Upcoming Public Hearings:
TBA

The Cobb County CDBG Program Office administers a variety of programs through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The major programs administered are:

• Community Development Block Grant [CDBG] Program:
  Funds Public Facilities and Public Services to improve the social, economic, and physical environment of low and moderate income persons, as well as special need individuals residing in Cobb County. Funds are primarily awarded to non-profits or County agencies


• HOME Investment Partnership Act [HOME] Program:
  Aims to increase the supply of affordable housing for low and moderate income and special need families through the First-Time Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance, Acquisition and Development of New Housing, or the rehabilitation of dilapidated housing in Cobb County. Funds are primarily awarded to non-profits who specialize in affordable housing activities.


• Emergency Shelter Grant [ESG] Program:
  This program provides emergency shelter, supportive services and homeless prevention activities for homeless or at-risk families and individuals in Cobb County.
  
  
• Justice Assistance Grant [JAG] Program
  The Justice Assistance Grant program provides funds that allow states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.


• Federal Emergency Management Association – Emergency Food & Shelter Program [FEMA-EFSP]
  The Emergency Food and Shelter Program supplements and expands the work of social service agencies in an effort to help people with economic emergencies by providing funds to be used to pay for overdue utilities, rental assistance, mortgage assistance and to prevent homelessness.


• Neighborhood Stabilization Program [NSP]
  HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program will provide emergency assistance to state and local governments to acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within their communities.


• The Community Services Block Grant [CSBG] Program
  Program provides funds to local agencies and nonprofit organizations for a wide range of services designed to help ameliorate or improve the causes and conditions of poverty in Cobb County.


• Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant [EECBG] Program
  Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, this Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy [DOE] and provides federal grants to units of local government, Indian tribes, states, and territories to reduce energy use and fossil fuel emissions, for improvements in energy efficiency, and creation and retention of jobs. Cobb County was awarded $5,288,500 in EECBG funds. http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/
  
  
  
• Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-Housing Program [HPRP] - [Funds not available]
  Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [ARRA] of 2009, the purpose of the HUD-sponsored HPRP is to provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless—many due to the economic crisis—and to provide assistance to rapidly re-house persons who are homeless as defined by section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 11302]. Cobb County was awarded $1,377,048 in HPRP funds. Click here for Cobb County's Substantial Amendment
  



• Community Development Block Grant - Recovery [CDBG-R] Program:
  Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [ARRA] of 2009, the CDBG-R program provides supplemental funding for Public Facilities and Public Services to improve the social, economic, and physical environment of Cobb County's low and moderate income persons through the creation/retention of jobs and promotion of energy efficency. Cobb County was awarded $874,428 and the City of Marietta was awarded $185,097 for a total of $1,059,525 in CDBG-R Program funds. Click here for Cobb County's Substantial Amendment



• The Community Services Block Grant Program - Recovery Act [CSBG-ARRA]
  Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [ARRA] of 2009, the CSBG-ARRA Program provides supplemental funds to local agencies and nonprofit organizations for a wide range of services designed to help ameliorate or improve the causes and conditions of poverty in Cobb County. The County was awarded $649,306 in CSBG-ARRA Program funds.



• Emergency Food & Shelter Program - Recovery Act [EFSP-R]
  Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [ARRA] of 2009, the EFSP-R Program supplements and expands the work of social service agencies in an effort to help people with economic emergencies by providing funds to be used to pay for overdue utilities, rental assistance, mortgage assistance and to prevent homelessness. Cobb County was awarded $227,012 in EFSP-R Program funds.



• Edward Byrnes Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program - Recovery Act [JAG-R]
  Part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [ARRA] of 2009, the JAG-R provides supplemental funding to assist state and local law enforcement [including support for hiring] to combat violence against women, to fight internet crimes against children, to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to assist victims of crime, and to support youth mentoring. Cobb County was awarded $767,563 in JAG-R Program funds.