Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)

The CDBG program is of interest to homeowners, municipal officials, non-profit agencies that provide services to seniors and low income clients, public works contractors and home improvement contractors.


Summary:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides Camden County with annual direct grants that revitalize neighborhoods, expand affordable housing and economic opportunities, and/or improve community facilities and services, principally to benefit low-and moderate-income persons.

Purpose:
Since 1979 CDBG has been the backbone of improvement efforts in Camden County, providing a flexible source of annual grant funds that, with the participation of local citizens, devote to the activities that best serve particular development priorities, provided that these projects either:

• Benefit low-and moderate-income persons
• Prevent or eliminate slums or blight
• Meet other urgent community development needs. The CDBG Entitlement Communities program provides Camden County with approximately $2.8 million annually.

As one of the Nation's largest Federal grant programs, the impact of CDBG-funded projects can be seen in the housing stock, the business environment, the streets and the public facilities of the County. Although the rehabilitation of affordable housing has traditionally been the largest single use of CDBG funds, the program is also an increasingly important catalyst for economic development activitities that expand job and business opportunities for lower income persons and neighborhoods.

Please contact our office at: (856) 757-6660 or via e-mail at glewis@camdencounty.com.

Community Development Office
Courthouse, Lower Level
520 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08102
(856) 757-6660
Fax: (856) 757-6658

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