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CDBG committee approves 2025–26 funding recommendations and home‑repair projects, including Liberty Hill partnership
Summary
The City of North Charleston CDBG committee on March 20 approved staff recommendations for 2025–26 CDBG and HOME funding, advancing a slate of public‑service and home‑repair providers to the council.
The City of North Charleston Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) committee on March 20 approved recommendations for the 2025–26 CDBG and HOME program funding cycles, moving a slate of public‑service and home‑repair providers forward for council consideration.
Committee staff summarized the recommended awards and noted prior funding histories. The committee recommended continued emergency‑repair funding for Operation Home and Habitat for Humanity and listed other public‑service agencies; staff said most listed public‑service agencies have been funded for three to four years. Committee staff also highlighted a strong application from a free clinic and food pantry (identified in the record as SHIFA) that included partners such as Labcorp, Roper St. Francis and Lowcountry Food Bank; staff noted the clinic provides prenatal care in addition to food assistance.
For HOME‑program home funding, the committee recommended Tri‑County Weatherization and a local organization identified in the transcript as Her Independence to continue work, and noted Metanoia is working with the Liberty Hill community on a new‑construction homeownership project on Wright Street.
The committee moved and seconded the recommendation list and recorded unanimous approval in committee. A committee member thanked staff (Ms. Henry) for providing organization descriptions that aided review. The committee adjourned after approving the recommendations.
What the committee did not do at the March 20 meeting was finalize council appropriation; the recommendations advance to the council/finance process for formal allocation and contract awards. Committee minutes recorded the approvals as unanimous.
Key organizations and programs cited in committee discussion (as presented by staff): Operation Home; Habitat for Humanity; Tri‑County Weatherization; Her Independence; Metanoia (new construction/homeownership project with Liberty Hill); SHIFA (free clinic and food pantry) with partners including Labcorp, Roper St. Francis and Lowcountry Food Bank.
Committee context: staff indicated the recommended groups provide emergency repair, weatherization, prenatal and primary clinic services and food assistance; one applicant (SHIFA) had strong community partners and a multi‑partner model. The committee asked no substantive changes on the floor and advanced the slate as presented.
