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Board approves FY2025–29 consolidated plan as community groups warn of proposed HUD cuts and local service impacts
Summary
The Board approved the county’s FY2025–29 consolidated plan and FY2025–26 action plan for HUD funding while hearing multiple public pleas to preserve Families and Communities Together (FACT) family resource center funding amid concerns about possible federal funding cuts next year.
The Orange County Board voted to approve the FY2025–29 consolidated plan and the FY2025–26 annual action plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships and Emergency Solutions Grant funds. Julie Bidwell, director of OC Housing and Community Development, told the board that current federal allocations for 2025–26 are largely flat, but that the president’s proposed FY2026 federal budget would eliminate both CDBG and HOME, a change that…
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