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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 for grants through the state.
Hope said the city must prepare a five‑year consolidated plan and an annual action plan that document housing and community development needs, market conditions, strategic priorities and an anti‑poverty strategy. Staff said the consolidated plan requires a housing needs assessment, a nonhousing community development needs assessment, a strategic plan and an annual action plan.
Staff estimated Paducah’s first-year entitlement allocation at about $469,100, subject to congressional appropriations and HUD processing. The timeline presented calls for data collection and stakeholder interviews in May–June, two required community meetings, a 30‑day public comment period in July and an early‑August presentation to the commission, with an Aug. 16 submission deadline to HUD.
Commissioners asked whether entitlement guarantees funds and how it differs from previous competitive awards through the state. Hope said entitlement provides a set annual amount and is not a competitive application process through the state; previously the city submitted competitive applications for individual CDBG grants through the state coalition. She added that existing competitive grants from the state may still be sought by other local entities but would route through county fiscal court if necessary once Paducah becomes an entitlement community.
Commissioners asked staff to proceed with data collection and stakeholder outreach under the expedited timeline.
