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City reports $20.5M in FY2025 competitive grants and a pending $88M CDBG disaster recovery award

Fort Lauderdale Budget Advisory Board · February 19, 2026

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Summary

Grants staff summarized FY2025 awards, sources and a portfolio now reported at $128.5M; staff said an $88M Community Development Block Grant (disaster recovery) is pending HUD action and would raise the portfolio above $200M if incorporated.

Grants staff summarized the city’s grants activities, application strategy and results for fiscal year 2025. They said the city applied for 70 grants totaling roughly $112 million and received 35 awards totaling about $20.5 million in FY2025. The awards they named include an $8.8 million FAA grant to rehabilitate executive‑airport runway pavement, a $3.0 million transportation resiliency grant for Breakers Avenue improvements, a $1.1 million award for an emergency operations center safe room and generator (fire rescue), and a $250,000 mental‑health/substance‑use housing award for facility‑based treatment tied to homelessness initiatives.

Staff reported the active grants portfolio at approximately $128.5 million, with the largest component being housing and community development entitlement grants (~$40M). They noted a CDBG disaster‑recovery grant of roughly $88 million was not yet incorporated in the report because the city was finalizing items with HUD; if added, staff said the total active portfolio would exceed $200 million. Staff explained the grants program’s process — departmental lead on applications, centralized OMB reporting, pre‑application review and quarterly monitoring — and said entitlement funds and competitive grants are tracked separately in their reporting.

Board members asked about competitiveness and benchmarking. Staff said they track awards against peer municipalities and seek agency feedback on unsuccessful large federal applications; Coral Springs benchmarking was cited as an example. On entitlement vs. competitive grants, staff said the report separates formulaic entitlement funding from competitive awards and that grant matches and program conditions are documented prior to application.

What happens next: staff will provide more detailed breakdowns and the HUD action on the CDBG disaster‑recovery award; departments will continue to align grant applications to commission priorities and the CIP.