PETER J. MILLER, Director of Community Development
WESTFIELD – Community Development Director Peter J. Miller said applications for the regular round of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for FY21 are due on March 12.
Miller said the city received its annual award of $369,295 to fund public services that offer food security, homelessness assistance and prevention, and provide child care and support for people with disabilities, among others.
In addition to public services, Westfield’s 2021-2022 CDBG program funds municipal infrastructure projects and capital requests from July 1 to the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 2022.
“We’re encouraging some of these agencies to consider any kind of capital needs that they have as well as facilities requirements to address social distancing guidelines in the new normal we’re about to embark on for the foreseeable future,” Miller said.
Applications are available on the city website at www.cityofwestfield.org and must be submitted with all required documents by 4 p.m., Friday, March 12 to the Community Development Department, attn. Peter J. Miller, Director, 59 Court St. in Westfield.
Miller said staff will meet to review applications next week and will meet with the Mayor Donald F. Humason Jr. to discuss recommendations the week of March 30.
The 2021 Action Plan draft will be available the first week of April, and comments will be accepted through April 30. A public hearing will be held on the draft the week of April 19.
The final plan will be submitted to the Housing and Urban Development office for approval in early May, and funded activities will start on July 1.
Miller said emergency funding is ongoing for COVID relief for small businesses, rental assistance, and housing rehabilitation for low to moderate income homeowners. He said there is still a chance that more COVID funding will come in for these programs this year.
