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St. Paul staff report NCDA conference takeaways, warn of HUD funding uncertainty for CDBG, HOME and ESG
Summary
City grants staff briefed the HRA on takeaways from the National Community Development Association conference and outlined potential impacts if the federal budget remains under continuing resolution, including delays to HUD allocations affecting roughly $6.7 million in CDBG, $1.8 million in HOME and about $570,000 in ESG for St. Paul.
Deputy Director and CFO Nicole Green and the city’s grant management team reported key takeaways from the National Community Development Association (NCDA) conference and warned that a federal continuing resolution could delay final HUD allocations for St. Paul’s entitlement grants.
Beth Ulrich, grants program administrator in Planning and Economic Development (PED), said NCDA provides legislative updates, technical assistance and training that help jurisdictions manage complex HUD programs such as the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). Ulrich said NCDA helped coordinate member responses to a last‑minute congressional bill provision that would have increased consolidated plan reporting obligations; NCDA’s intervention helped get the provision removed.
Deputy Director Green told commissioners the federal fiscal 2025 budget remained…
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