The Department of Community Affairs, Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, received $7,530,194 in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In order to receive this supplemental CDBG funding, the Department was required to amend its 2009 Annual Action Plan for the Small Cities CDBG Program. The Action Plan was submitted to HUD in June 2009 and was approved by HUD on August 13, 2009. This Action Plan outlined the distribution of the funding and specified the local governments that would receive funding. Requirements related to the regular Florida Small Cities CDBG Program apply to this funding.

The Department must amend the Action Plan that was approved due to factors that resulted in two local governments not being eligible for the funding. The Department plans to use the same methodology for awarding the grants, which results in two new local governments becoming eligible.

An amended Draft Action Plan is being posted to the Department’s website at:

http://www.floridacommunitydevelopment.org/cdbg/index.cfm.

Comments on the Draft will be accepted from September 2 through September 28, 2009.

Comments may be submitted by email: Jackie.dupree @dca.state.fl.us or Fax: (850)922-5609. They may also be mailed to:

Florida Small Cities CDBG Program

Department of Community Affairs

2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100