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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - Missouri FY26 Competitive Cycle is sponsored by Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED). The CDBG program provides federal funding to small cities and counties to improve infrastructure, support community facilities such as senior centers and community centers, and strengthen local economies in ways that primarily benefit low-to-moderate income persons while address…
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Community Development Block Grants Competitive Cycle | Department of Economic Development Community Development Block Grants Competitive Cycle FY26 CDBG Competitive Cycle Application is now open and will close July 31, 2026 at 5 p. m. Updated application guidelines are now available.
This category allows communities to apply for improvements to nearly any publicly-owned facility or infrastructure, as well as the clearance of vacant, dilapidated buildings. This program helps Missouri communities construct facilities that will serve a large portion of the public with a variety of services.
With education and health/well-being programs taking priority, communities can utilize this program to construct senior centers, day care centers, rural health clinics, telecommunications, and 911 services, among others. This program helps Missouri communities strengthen its local economy by improving local public infrastructure, streets, drainage, and bridges.
Reliable and sustainable infrastructure helps support the business community as well as residents. These grants help Missouri communities with demolition of vacant, dilapidated structures (primarily residential) in blighted areas and that present safety hazards.
Eligibility requirements: Applications that prove a need for the facility to serve a large portion of the public and implement a variety of services and programs will receive consideration. Education and health/well-being programs are priorities. The facility must establish its ability to sustain the operation long after construction is complete.
The Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit Program and USDA Rural Development are programs where CDBG funds may match a larger project. At least 51% of the population of the beneficiaries served must be low to moderate-income persons.
Community facilities, including senior centers, day care centers, community centers, youth centers, 911 services, rural health clinics (facilities without state funding), telecommunications, and others designed to provide a service or group of services from one central location for a prescribed area of residents or users. This may include the infrastructure necessary to support the facility, as well.
A local government or non-profit agency must own the facility. It is the responsibility of the city/county applicant to ensure the non-profit status of the entity seeking assistance. The non-profit organization must have adequate operating funds and management structure to successfully operate the facility.
Current limit is $500,000 or $5,000 per benefitting household. Program Benefits/Eligible Uses: Grants may be used for construction for publicly owned infrastructure. Operation and maintenance activities are not eligible.
The maximum amount any applicant can apply for is $500,000 or $5,000 per household. Communities participating in this activity must, at a minimum, determine blighted structures by applying existing dangerous building ordinance, building code level of violation or applicable occupancy or habitability designation or code violation in a manner consistent with their ordinance.
Program Benefits/Eligible Uses: Eligible uses of the funds are demolition, plus necessary professional services such as asbestos inspection and demolition inspection. Current limit is $200,000 for residential only and $300,000 including commercial.
Any community attempting to qualify a project under the LMI Area Benefit (LMA) National Objective by Census must use the 2016-2020 LMI Data - Local Government Low- and Moderate-Income Summary Data, available on HUD’s website . Data may be accessed on the right hand column of the website by selecting “Local Government Summaries” for municipal- and county-level data, or one of the other dataset links for other defined Census geographies.
CDBG Low- and Moderate-Income Data New Low- and Moderate-Income Summary Data (LMISD) based on the 2016-2020 American Community Survey (ACS) are now available in spreadsheet form. A new interactive map application is posted. 1.
Review the FY26 CDBG Competitive Cycle Application Guidelines 3. Create an application and add Collaborators 4. FY26 Application submission date TBD 5.
Applications will be reviewed for completeness and accuracy by CDBG Staff 6. Address application inaccuracies sent via Submittable 7. To submit program documents, please upload files to the CDBG Box Account.
For general questions, contact the CDBG office: CDBG Phone: ( 573)751-3600 2016-2020 LMI Data - Local Government 2016-2020 LMI Data - All Block Groups FY26 CDBG Competitive Cycle Application Guidelines
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Small cities and counties in Missouri. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - Missouri FY26 Competitive Cycle is funded by Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Missouri. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program - FY26 Competitive Cycle is sponsored by Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Provides federal funding to small cities and counties (non-entitlement areas) in Missouri to improve infrastructure, support community facilities, and strengthen local economies, primarily benefiting low-to-moderate income persons. Categories include Community Facilities, General Infrastructure, and Demolition.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program (Missouri) is sponsored by Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED). Missouri's CDBG Program provides federal funding to small cities and counties to improve infrastructure, support community facilities such as senior centers and community centers, and strengthen local economies in ways that primarily benefit low-to-moderate income persons while …
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