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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear MassPlanners – I’m sending this on behalf of my colleague Patrica Roushanaei – please direct questions to Patricia via the email below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="FFY_2025_Application_Training"></a><b>FFY 2025 Application Training<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Wednesday, January 15th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) anticipates the availability of funding for the following Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025 Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant (MA CDBG) program components:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="Community_Development_Fund_/_Mini-Entitl"></a>Community Development Fund / Mini-Entitlement Program<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The MA CDBG program provides federal funds on a competitive basis to municipalities with a population of less than 50,000 that are not designated by HUD as entitlement areas. Communities may apply to the Community Development Fund or the
Mini-Entitlement Program for a variety of projects including rehabilitation of housing stock, improvements to infrastructure, stabilization of neighborhoods, planning, public social services and downtown related projects.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An information session providing application guidance will be held at the following time and held virtually using Microsoft Teams. This session will provide an introduction to EOHLC’s new on-line application format including how to register
as a user in the system and how to navigate through the system in order to complete and submit an application. Application guidance materials will be available online at
<a href="https://www.mass.gov/service-details/community-development-block-grant-cdbg">
www.mass.gov/service-details/community-development-block-grant-cdbg</a>. Those wishing to participate in the Application Training should use the meeting ID and Passcode found in this
<a href="https://www.mass.gov/doc/ffy25-cdbg-application-training-notice/download">
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<p class="MsoNormal">The CDBG on-line application is expected to be released on or about Monday, January 27, 2025. Questions regarding the training should be sent via e-mail to
<a href="mailto:Patricia.Roushanaei@mass.gov">Patricia.Roushanaei@mass.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Chris Kluchman, FAICP (she/her)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Director, Livable Communities Division</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), 100 Cambridge Street, Ste 300</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">Boston, MA 02114</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none">chris.kluchman@mass.gov</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#006FC9;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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