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Hold a public hearing and inform the public of a comment period from June 9 - July 15, 2025, to receive citizen participation and comment regarding the five-year 2025-29 Consolidated Plan draft and the proposed activities under the FY 2025-26 Annual Action Plan describing use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and the use of HOME American Rescue Plan (ARP) program funds (1st of 2 Public Hearings).
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DATE: June 3, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Tiffanie McNair, Executive Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: A public hearing and approval of comment period for the FY 2025-29 Consolidated Plan/Year-One FY 2025-26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investments Partnerships (HOME) Program, and the use of FY 2021-22 HOME ARP Program funds.
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The City of Killeen will receive entitlement funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY 2025-2026 Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) in the amount of $1,350,070.00 and $545,001.73 in Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) activities. Additionally, the city has re-programmable CDBG funds from FY 23-24 in the amount $31,308.18 from CDBG Admin and Planning, $42.89 from Community Engagement Unit, and $9,024.02 from the Reunification Program for a total of $40,375.09. The City is also administering remaining HOME American Rescue Plan (ARP) Program grant funds allocated during FY 21-22.
The FY 2025-26 grant cycle began on February 26, 2025, with the first Community Planning Meeting and concluded with the deadline for submitting Annual Funding Applications (AFF) on April 11, 2025. The process included a required in-person Pre-App Technical Workshop for first-time applicants on February 20, 2025. Pre-Applications were made available to interested organizations from February 24 to March 7, 2025. The AFF was made available to pre-application eligible entities for both the ...
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