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Mesa staff outline CDBG five-year plan; federal budget draft could affect next fiscal year
Summary
Mesa City Council staff told the council at its May 8 study session that the city’s five-year consolidated plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds is based on level funding from last year and that any reductions proposed in the President’s draft budget would not affect the city’s CDBG plan for fiscal year 2025–26.
Mesa City Council staff told the council at its May 8 study session that the city’s five-year consolidated plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds is based on level funding from last year and that any reductions proposed in the President’s draft budget would not affect the city’s CDBG plan for fiscal year 2025–26.
The consolidated plan matters because CDBG funds support local social-service safety-net programs, housing rehab and other community projects that the city routes through nonprofit partners and city divisions.
Michelle, a city staff member working on the grants process, said, “what is proposed in front of you today is based on level funding from our previous year.” She told the council the federal continuing resolution currently funds programs at prior-year levels and that the U.S. Department of…
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