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Paducah to pursue CDBG entitlement status; staff lays out five‑year consolidated plan timeline
Summary
City staff reported that Paducah will become a CDBG entitlement community and must adopt a five‑year consolidated plan and one‑year action plans; staff estimated a first-year allocation of about $469,100 and set an Aug. 16 submission deadline to HUD.
City staff told the commission that Paducah meets criteria to become a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement jurisdiction and that obtaining entitlement will provide a regular, formula‑based annual allocation from HUD.
“We are becoming an entitlement community, which means we will no longer have to apply for these individual grants at the state level,” City staff member Hope said. Under entitlement, HUD allocates funds directly to the city rather than the city competing…
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