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Evansville board OKs about $1.07 million in 2025 CDBG contracts for housing, social services and youth programs
Summary
The Board of Public Works approved roughly $1.07 million in 2025 CDBG-funded contracts across multiple nonprofits and programs, including a $400,000 emergency home-repair contract and $150,000 in down-payment assistance. City staff said the agreements support HUD-required planning and program operations.
The Board of Public Works on Nov. 13 approved a series of City of Evansville Department of Metropolitan Development (DMD) contracts funded primarily through the city’s 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations, totaling approximately $1,071,845.
DMD staff (Speaker 3) described the awards as part of the city’s 2025 CDBG allocations to support homelessness prevention, housing, youth programming and other social services. “This is one of our 2025 CDBG allocations for HUD, for Advantage for YouthBuild,” Speaker 3 said during discussion of the YouthBuild contract.
The largest single award was $400,000 to Memorial Community Development Corporation for an emergency home-repair program for low- and moderate-income Evansville homeowners. Other notable awards included $150,000 to Hope of Evansville for down-payment…
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