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City staff outline CDBG, HOME, ARPA and opioid settlement spending and timelines

Holyoke City · February 6, 2026
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City community development staff briefed boards on federal and settlement funding: CDBG annual planning, HOME and HOME‑ARP allocations, ARPA project accounting and a competitive round of opioid-settlement grants; staff noted specific funding amounts, deadlines and next steps for applicants.

Alicia Zoller, administrator for the Office for Community Development, gave a program-by-program briefing for board members on funding sources they may work with.

CDBG: Zoller said staff are preparing the FY2026 annual plan to submit to HUD and are currently planning at FY2025 funding levels because FY2026 federal allocations were not finalized. She said the office received 20 proposals this solicitation round totaling about $8.6 million in requests and that an entitlement near $1.5 million this year would be fortunate if realized. "This year we have $8,600,000 in requests," Zoller said, noting the city will make recommendations via the…

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