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Staff urges timely closeout of current grants; notes $3 million CDBG cap could limit community awards
Summary
Staff recommended closing current grants promptly to preserve eligibility for the next CDBG cycle, said CATF language will remain in the draft for flexibility and noted the CDBG program cap has increased to $3,000,000, reducing the number of communities that can be funded in a cycle.
Staff told the committee that closing out current grants is important so local jurisdictions remain eligible for the next CDBG funding cycle and can score well on future applications. The staff member said the draft will keep CATF language to retain flexibility for a one-day event and that scoring considerations should be part of future application planning.
The staff member said the overall program cap has increased and paraphrased the effect in plain terms: the pot is larger but that typically means fewer communities will be funded in any given cycle. The staff said "they've also increased the cap. Now it's a $3,000,000 cap on CDG," (transcript said "CDG"), a reference to the CDBG program; committee members discussed the implication that increased per-cycle caps can reduce the number of awardees.
