Titusville city staff on Tuesday presented the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2024–25 annual performance report and opened the floor to nonprofit applicants seeking 2026–27 funding. Neighborhood Services manager Terry Franklin reported last year’s grant allocation was $307,980, with $39,700 spent on public services and $336,700 on neighborhood revitalization; staff said roughly $335,189 is being carried forward on projects already under way.

Aging Matters sought $16,445 to continue Meals on Wheels service in Titusville, saying the funds would provide 2,860 meals at $5.75 each. "As of September 2025, Meals on Wheels program has delivered more than 128,900 meals to homebound seniors," the Aging Matters representative said, describing a local lunch site at St. James AME Church and a countywide wait list that includes about 30 Titusville seniors.

Brevard Women’s Center requested $16,000 to operate a Titusville safe house that the speaker said sheltered 24 families (55 individuals) so far in 2025 and provides advocacy, counseling and follow-up services. Brevard Alzheimer’s requested $7,200 for nonemergency transportation but had no representative at the hearing; a 'Grandparents Raising Grandchildren' program applied for $7,000 and was also not present. Matthews Hope Ministries asked for $30,000 to support a mobile outreach team that currently visits Titusville twice weekly. North Brevard Charities presented a broader workforce- and housing-stability program and initially requested $42,000 (a speaker later said the organization would accept $26,000 if necessary).

Council members noted the total requested was about $118,000 while the city’s usable public-service allocation is roughly $42,000 (the 15% cap on CDBG public services was discussed). Vice Mayor Cole floated a pro rata distribution — giving each applicant about 35–36% of its request — as an initial discussion point, but several members urged staff to complete program rankings and to provide asset-mapping data before decisions. "I would like to see if we could get a hold of the asset mapping that Parish Healthcare is doing," one council member said, asking staff to include those data in the funding recommendations.

Terry Franklin and other staff cautioned that CDBG rules limit what can be paid for from federal funds (for example, construction of a shelter is not an allowable CDBG activity, though operational costs may be funded in some cases) and noted many applicants receive matching funds from Brevard County and neighboring jurisdictions. Franklin told the council the RFP process requires a program budget breakdown from applicants and that staff will negotiate with agencies; she also recommended a minimum feasible award of $5,000 so funded programs remain viable.

A public commenter raised a policy tension between resurfacing projects and social services, criticizing the use of CDBG funds for repaving in neighborhoods while people remain unhoused. The commenter praised neighborhood-services staff but said federal CDBG rules limited local options.

Staff will return in January with funding recommendations and the council will make final allocations after staff completes rankings and negotiations.

Ending: The hearing on the CDBG report and nonprofit presentations concluded when the council moved to the next agenda item; staff said recommendations and negotiated budgets would come back to the council in January for final allocation decisions.