Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Consolidated Plan

Public Comment for Environmental Review for Children's Advocacy Center

The non-profit Friends of Josephine County Children's Advocacy Center has applied for development of a new office building for the advocacy center. The new development will occur at 202 NW A Street, Grants Pass Oregon. Currently the site is a vacant lot across from City Hall. The new center will afford more accommodations for the agency to provide the necessary support services for abused children of both the county and city. The location affords easier accessibility for all agencies who support the center. HUD requires an Environmental Review before development may begin. Public Comment begins Tuesday January 17 and ends February 1, 2023. The review document may be viewed below and at the Community Development Department, 101 NW A Street, Room 202. Please direct all comments to Anne Ingalls at aingalls@grantspassoregon.gov by 5:00 pm Wednesday, February 1, 2023.

View Notice of FONSI and RROF

View HUD Environmental Review document: 

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Request for Public Input for Community Needs and Priorities - PY 2023-2024
Survey will open February 6, 2023.

Each year the City of Grants Pass receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to be used for projects which predominately benefit low- to moderate income persons, prevent/eliminate blight, or meet urgent community needs which pose a serious threat to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens.

Every fifth year the City adopts a 5-Year Consolidated Plan which guides use of the CDBG funds over the next five years. Each year the City prepares a 1-Year Action Plan to allocate annual grant funds for specific activities to address identified needs.

The City of Grants Pass is beginning the annual process for developing and adopting the 2023-2024 Year 4 Annual Action Plan to fund activities and projects to address the priorities identified in the 2020-2024 5-Year Consolidated Plan. This process follows timelines specified in the City's Citizen Participation Plan and federal law.

Normally the City would hold a public meeting Open House/Workshop where the public would attend and put forth their ideas and suggestions of the Needs and Priorities of the community. Due to the continuing health issues, no public meeting will be held this year. As last year, the City has prepared a Survey to complete to ascertain the community needs and priorities. These ideas and suggestions will help develop the 2023-2024 Year 4 Annual Action Plan.

Please take some time to fill out the Survey which will be available February 6, 2023. We will consider all ideas, suggestions for the 2023-2024 Year 4 Annual Action Plan. The city appreciates your time and input. 

Deadline for completing Survey will be April 10, 2023.

Survey

Public Hearing for Community Needs and Priorities - PY 2023-2024

Each year the City of Grants Pass receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to be used for projects which predominately benefit low- to moderate income persons, prevent/eliminate blight, or meet urgent community needs which pose a serious threat to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens.

Every fifth year the City adopts a 5-Year Consolidated Plan which guides use of the CDBG funds over the next five years. Each year the City prepares a 1-Year Action Plan to allocate annual grant funds for specific activities to address identified needs.

The City of Grants Pass is beginning the annual process for developing and adopting the 2023-2024 Year 4 Annual Action Plan to fund activities and projects to address the priorities identified in the 2020-2024 5-Year Consolidated Plan. This process follows timelines specified in the City's Citizen Participation Plan and federal law.

The City Council will hold a public hearing on the Community Needs and Priorities on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 6:00 pm to consider the comments/suggestions from the results of the Survey posted on February 6, 2023 for those activities the public felt were most in need within the community. The suggestions and comments will be incorporated into the 2023-2024 Year 4 Annual Action Plan.

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PY 2023-2024 Year 4 Annual Action Plan

The City of Grants Pass will begin the annual process for developing and adopting the Year 4 Annual Action Plan to fund activities and projects that address the priorities identified in the 5-Year Consolidated Plan early spring 2023. The process follows timelines specified in the City's citizen participation plan and federal law.

The Draft 2023-2024 Year 4 Annual Action Plan (AAP) will be available for public review and comment from June 7, 2023 to July 7, 2023.The City Council will hold a public hearing on August 2, 2023 to consider public input and review and adopt the draft PY2023-2024 Year 4 AAP. The AAP will be submitted to HUD for approval on August 14, 2023. 

The final approved AAP will be available to view after the Council Hearing on August 2, 2023.

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PY2021 Year 2 CAPER

PY 2021 Year 2 Draft CAPER

Each year the City has 90 days from the end of each program year to submit their annual report to HUD that summarizes the City's performance and accomplishments for the program year. This report is the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). It includes the resources made available, the investment of those resources, the geographic description of the resources, the families and persons assisted, the actions taken to affirmatively further fair housing, and other actions indicated in the Strategic Plan and Action Plan.

Before the City Council holds a public hearing to receive comments on the CAPER and acknowledge the draft CAPER before submittal to HUD, the draft CAPER is open for review and public comments for 15 days. The Public Comment Period for the PY2021 Year 2 CAPER was November 2 to November 17, 2022. 

After the public comment period, the City Council held a public hearing for acknowledgment of the draft PY2021 Year 2 CAPER on December 7, 2022. After review and acknowledgement of the draft CAPER the Council acknowledged and instructed city staff to submit the document to HUD for their review and approval. Submittal to HUD occurred on December 16, 2022. The acknowledged and adopted PY2021 Year 2 CAPER may be viewed below.

PY2021 Year 2 CAPER Public Hearing - December 7, 2022

Public Comment Period November 2 - November 17, 2022

Weatherization/Rehabilitation Program

CLOSED application period August 1, 2022 to Sept 30, 2022

The City of Grants Pass, through its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), will be offering a Weatherization/Rehabilitation program to low-income homeowners residing within the city, giving them, an opportunity to apply for CDBG grants to help them with accessibility, weatherization repairs, or rehabilitation of their homes.  SEE  ⇚ Left Sidebar for Application and FAQs


2020 -2024 5-Year Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan

The City of Grants Pass began the process of developing and adopting its new 5-Year Consolidated Plan for Program Years 2020-2024 as well as the 2020-2021 Year 1 Annual Action Plan (Plans) to fund activities and projects addressing the needs and priorities to be identified in the new 5-Year Consolidated Plan in early 2020. The process followed timelines specified in the City’s Citizen Participation Plan and federal law. The City adopted the Plans at their August 5, 2020 meeting. HUD approved the Plans on December 29, 2020. 

Assessing the Needs and Priorities of the Grants Pass community through public outreach to the community was the first step in the process. A public Workshop/Open House was planned to gather comments and input of the community’s needs and priorities, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all public meetings were canceled. In place of the public workshop, a Survey was made available on-line to gather input and suggestions as to what are the most important needs and priorities for the community. The public hearing before the City Council planned for April 20, 2020 to review those comments and suggestions was held remotely on that date and the Survey comments and suggestions were reviewed at that hearing. The Council continued the hearing to May 4, 2020 to give the public more opportunity to send in comments or suggestions. The City Council reviewed all additional comments and suggestions at their May 4, 2020 remote hearing. The Survey deadline date was extended to May 29, 2020 and all additional comments or suggestions were incorporated into the new Consolidated Plan.

The new 2020-2024 5-Year Consolidated Plan and the 2020-2021 Year 1 Annual Action Plan were available for public comment on June 10, 2020 and were posted on this page. The 30-day comment period ran until July 9, 2020. During that time written comments and/or suggestions were forwarded to Adam Shults or Anne Ingalls.

The comment period ended on July 9, 2020 with a few comments regarding keeping in mind the Parks Master Plan and open spaces as well as housing for seniors. The City Council held their final public hearing on the Plans on August 5, 2020 at 6:00 pm at City Hall and adopted the new 5-Year 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Year 1 Annual Action Plan. The Plans were submitted to HUD for their review approved by HUD on December 29, 2020. With HUD's approval, the City can begin the new program year for 2020-2021. The adopted Plans are listed below. 

Adopted 2020-2024 5-Year Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Year 1 Action Plan

Adopted Amended Citizen Participation Plan

Please view the Notice for the Comment Period and Council hearing on August 5, 2020.

Please view the Survey

Notice of the Needs and Priorities hearing before the City Council.

CDBG Program Overview

In 2015, the City of Grants Pass, as the principal city of a new metropolitan statistical area, was invited to participate in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as an entitlement community. This means the City receives a direct annual funding allocation. This program is administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The over-arching goal of the CDBG program is to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, especially for low- and moderate income persons. At least 70% of the City’s CDBG expenditures must be for activities that primarily benefit members of our community that are considered to be low- to moderate income.

The CDBG program provides HUD funds directly to the City that can be utilized to implement projects that achieve one of the following objectives: benefit low and moderate income persons, prevent/eliminate blight, or meet other urgent community needs that pose serious and immediate threat to health, safety or welfare.

The program includes the following main funding program areas: Affordable Housing and Homeless Prevention, Public Facilities and Community Development, Public Services (limited to 15% of annual CDBG award) and Economic Development.

The City Council adopted the Consolidated Plan and the first 2015-2016 (Year 1) Action Plan on August 5, 2015. Annual Action Plans have been adopted for additional program years.

Summary of Annual Process

The annual process begins each spring with outreach to obtain public input on (a) the most important needs and priorities to be addressed with CDBG funds for the next program year and (b) how the prior year’s activities addressed the needs of the City’s lower income households.

That input is used to inform and develop the draft Annual Action Plan and any necessary amendments to the 5-year Consolidated Plan. Once the draft plan has been developed, there is a 30-day minimum public comment period, followed by a public hearing, typically in late July or early August. The Annual Action Plan is then adopted and must be submitted to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by mid-August, at least 45 days before the start of the program year. The program year begins on October 1. Once HUD staff has reviewed and approved the plan, the city can begin the process to initiate projects and activities specified in the Annual Action Plan. Currently, most activities are carried out by sub-grantees who enter into agreements with the City to conduct the types of projects and activities specified in the plan.

There is also an annual review process which begins in November to evaluate achievements outlined in the prior year’s Annual Action Plan. This results in an annual performance and evaluation report.

Plans and Reports

Consolidated Plan (Five-Year)

Annual Action Plans

CAPER - Comprehensive Annual Performance and Evaluation Report

Citizen Participation Plan

Fair Housing

As a recipient of CDBG funds, the City is required to certify it Affirmatively Furthers Fair Housing. This includes an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI). The AI identifies impediments to fair housing choice and actions to overcome the impediments.

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Contact Us

  1. Bradley Clark

    Community Development Director

    Email Bradley Clark
    541-450-6060

    Anne Ingalls

    Email Anne Ingalls

    541-450-6083

    Hours
    Mon-Wed 9-5, Thurs 9-1

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