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Delaware County presents FY2026 CDBG annual action plan, sets public comment period
Summary
County finance staff and Civic Uplift presented the FY2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan. The county proposed carrying forward existing projects, reported a $580,338 available budget (allocation $434,811 plus $145,527 carryover), and opened a public comment period from June 23 to July 22.
Delaware County officials presented the FY2026 annual action plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement program at a public hearing and opened a public comment period.
Justin Nawabi, the county’s director of finance, and Carolyn Thurman, founder and principal of Civic Uplift, described the purpose of the CDBG program (a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development entitlement grant), national objectives that projects must meet, and eligible uses such as infrastructure, public facilities, economic development, housing preservation and limited public services. They emphasized limits on public services (capped at 15% of the annual allocation) and on planning/administration (capped at 20%).
For fiscal year 2026 the county reported an annual allocation of $434,811 and a projected carryover of $145,527, creating total available resources of $580,338. Officials said they will initially fund the same projects included in the 2025 action plan and add the 2026 allocation to those project buckets while they develop a pipeline of new projects. That approach aims to move funds expeditiously in the county’s early years as an entitlement grantee while using performance reporting next year to refine priorities.
Thurman said the consolidated plan’s priority needs include community infrastructure and facilities, support for stable neighborhoods, economic opportunity, and effective program management. Staff said they had reached out to local jurisdictions; six communities are currently participating in the county program (Marysville Township, Orange Township, the Village of Ostrander, the Village of Shawnee Hills and the City of Powell), and other jurisdictions can join if they notify the county by July 2.
The commissioners thanked staff for the presentation and confirmed the public comment period will run June 23 through July 22, with the full action plan posted on the county economic development website. No members of the public spoke during the hearing.
