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Oakland Park applies for CDBG funds, awards $15,000 each to two nonprofits for local services
Summary
The commission authorized submission of the city's Community Development Block Grant application to Broward County, nominated Glenwood Garden Park improvements as the infrastructure project and voted to award two $15,000 public service allocations to Light of the World Clinic and Women in Distress.
The commission moved to submit Oakland Park’s 51st-year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to Broward County and allocated the city’s public service awards to two local nonprofits.
Sierra Marrero and grants manager Claudell Rose explained that the city’s infrastructure portion of the CDBG application would seek roughly $200,000 toward work at the Glenwood Garden Park site at Northeast 30th Street and 13th Avenue. The proposed CDBG-funded scope is initial construction work such as a perimeter wall and stormwater undergrounding to support future park development.
Commissioners were also presented with ranked nonprofit applications for the public-service portion of the grant. The independent rankings—scored out of 22 points—placed Light of the World Clinic first (21.83) and Women in Distress second (20.58), followed by the Center of Independent Living of Broward (20.42) and Feeding South Florida (17.83). The commission voted to award two public-service grants of up to $15,000 each to Light of the World Clinic and Women in Distress.
Light of the World Clinic CEO Sandra Berry told the commission the clinic has served Oakland Park residents for decades and described services for uninsured and low-income patients; “I’m proud to say that…we have grown to imagine if you will what would you do if you had no health insurance,” she said. Susan Evans of Women in Distress described rising domestic violence caseloads and urged continued local support; “Unfortunately domestic violence is increasing right now,” she said during public comment.
The resolution to submit the CDBG application and to accept HUD’s final appropriation, if awarded, passed unanimously. Commissioners noted there are competing funding pressures at state and federal levels and asked staff to follow up on grant timing and next steps if the county award is made in October.
