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Topic 1 Topic 1 ConnectHome ConnectHome Topic 2 Topic 2 Nation Webinar Nation Webinar Topic 3 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 4 Topic 5 Topic 5 Topic 6 Topic 6 Using CDBG for ConnectHome Topic 7 Topic 7 Topic 8 Topic 8 1 Using CDBG

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ConnectHome Nation Webinar ConnectHome Nation Webinar

Using CDBG for ConnectHome

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Agenda

WebEx Instructions Introductions James Höemann, HUD Using CDBG Funds for Broadband Bill Callahan, Connect Your Community Using CDBG funds to support ConnectHome training and Internet adoption support Q & A

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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A Brief History of CDBG

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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CDBG Grant Relationships

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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The Two Musts of a CDBG Activity

  • Must demonstrate compliance with one of the statutory

national objectives.

  • Must be an eligible activity:
  • Entitlement grantees – regulations
  • State grantees – statute and the definition developed within the
  • method of distribution

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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CDBG National Objectives

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Eligible Activities for Broadband

  • Public facilities and improvements (Buildings for the general

conduct of government are not allowed)

  • Reconstruction and rehabilitation (Housing)
  • New construction of housing (Is it allowed?)
  • Public services (15% statutory cap)
  • Activity carried out through a private or public non-profit
  • Economic development
  • Planning only or in connection with an activity (State’s Only)

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Consolidated Plan & Action Plans

  • Strategic planning document for the grantees program
  • One-year action plan (added in subsequent years)
  • Based on the needs of the community
  • Citizen input and stakeholder consultations:
  • January 1, 2018 – public and private organizations, including

broadband internet service providers and organizations engaged in narrowing the digital divide

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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What Next?

  • WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO
  • Answer the basic questions:
  • Is this an eligible activity?
  • Can it demonstrate national objective compliance?
  • Link the activity to the Consolidated Plan
  • Make a case for broadband

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Contact

James Höemann Deputy Director State and Small Cities Division U.S. Dept. Housing and Urban Development 202.402.5716 James.E.Hoemann@hud.gov

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Using CDBG funds to support ConnectHome training and Internet adoption support

Bill Callahan, Director Connect Your Community, Cleveland

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Basic computer and Internet skills training and Internet adoption support activities for low and moderate income residents clearly are permissible uses of CDBG funds.

Between 2004 and 2017 the City of Cleveland allocated nearly $500,000 in CDBG grants for community computer training programs.

One recent CDBG grant supports digital literacy training for Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority residents who've just had broadband installed in their units as the result of a ConnectHome partnership.

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5 Topic 6 Topic 7 Topic 8 Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5 Topic 6 Topic 7 Topic 8 Digital literacy training and support is eligible for CDBG support as a “public service activity”.

CDBG grantees (cities, states) can allocate up to 15% of their total CDBG resources to a wide range of public services for low and moderate income residents, including job training, education, senior citizen services and many others.

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Caution! Two things for housing authorities and their partners to bear in mind when seeking local CDBG funding for ConnectHome training and support:

  • 1. Because of the 15% “cap” on using CDBG funds for public services of all

kinds, and the overall dwindling of CDBG funds over the years, local competition for CDBG public service dollars may be stiff.

  • 2. CDBG funding is usually provided to community programs on a

reimbursement-only basis. This means your program may have to “capitalize” your program's costs for several months before actual funding begins.

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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Because of the “15% cap” and the competition for scarce CDBG public service dollars for all kinds of uses in your community...

getting some of these dollars for ConnectHome will probably require strong support from your local officials.

In Cleveland, 100% of CDBG funding for community computer programs came from local City Council members' “ward allocations” – I.e., CDBG funds earmarked for Council members to target to programs and projects they like in the neighborhoods they represent. (This is a Cleveland thing!)

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Using CDBG

Agenda James Hoemann

  • Dep. Director,

State and Small Cities Division, HUD

Bill Callahan

Director​, Connect Your Community

Q&A

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ConnectHome Nation Webinar ConnectHome Nation Webinar

Q & A

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