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Committee recommends forwarding HUD entitlement program allocations to full council
Summary
Worcester Public Health and Human Services Committee Chair Councilor Luis Ojeda on Tuesday recommended that the committee forward four resolutions to the full City Council seeking adoption of the city’s fiscal year 2026 HUD entitlement program allocations, including CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG.
Worcester Public Health and Human Services Committee Chair Councilor Luis Ojeda on Tuesday recommended that the committee forward four resolutions to the full City Council seeking adoption of the city’s fiscal year 2026 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entitlement program allocations, including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, HOPWA and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG).
The recommendation matters because those federal funds (combined roughly $6 million annually, staff said) support housing, homelessness services, neighborhood infrastructure and nonprofit human services across Worcester; committee members and community advisory committees said the grants are central to local housing stability and youth programs.
Greg Baker of the city’s Economic Development division told the committee the entitlement cluster totals roughly $6 million and noted a small overall decline from the prior year: “We did receive a 4% reduction in CDBG,” he said,…
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