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Deltona staff to add short‑term general‑fund assistance to bridge CDBG timing gap; call for coordinated local services directory and summit
Summary
Staff reported gaps in social‑services timing when CDBG public‑service funds become available late in the year; the commission endorsed adding modest general‑fund support in next year’s proposed budget and asked staff to maintain a single directory of local services and consider an annual social‑services summit.
City staff reviewed Deltona’s social‑service landscape and told the commission that federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public‑service money typically becomes available late in the municipal budget cycle, which leaves a shortfall for emergency assistance late in the calendar year.
Staff said the city currently partners with nine food pantries, multiple nonprofit actors that assist with utilities and services, and county providers that…
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