In the last five years, $2,725,283.00 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding has been invested in the Fayetteville community. Also over the past five years, the CDBG program has maintained the staff size and reduced total administration cost by $21,383.00 while continuing to increase program activities and administer the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Economic Development Initiative Grant and the Recovery Act Funds for the City of Fayetteville. Approximately 5,482 persons were assisted through the CDBG program in the past five years.
The CDBG program is a flexible program that began in 1974 and provides communities with resources to address community development needs. This program is one of the longest continuously run programs at HUD. Over the past five years, Fayetteville has provided the following community investments:
| Arts Live Theatre | 29,603 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of NWA | 8,500 |
| Credit Counseling of Arkansas | 11,911 |
| Donald W. Reynolds Boys and Girls Club | 17,372 |
| Economic Opportunity Agency | 10,848 |
| Elizabeth Richardson Center | 10,041 |
| Fayetteville Housing Authority | 102,898 |
| Fayetteville Public Library | 13, 500 |
| Habitat for Humanity | 115,678 |
| Housing Rehabilitation Program | 1,506,848 |
| Just Communities | 8,683 |
| Legal Aid of Arkansas | 23,428 |
| LifeSource International | 45,509 |
| Life Styles | 68,397 |
| NWACC | 33,025 |
| NWAEDD | 37,508 |
| NWA Free Health Center | 23,734 |
| Ozark Guidance | 10,000 |
| Peace at Home | 49,675 |
| Redevelopment | 220,405 |
| Seven Hills Homeless Center | 100,000 |
| Taxi | 21,000 |
| Transportation | 13,000 |
| Youth Bridge | 67,651 |
| You Can | 69,637 |
| Yvonne Richardson Center | 72,081 |
| 1932 Garland | 34,351 |
CDBG funds in the amount of $396,000 were provided for public services through the Subrecipient Grant Program. Non-profits that provide services to low-and-moderate income residents of Fayetteville received this funding. The services provided reached many within the community, including but not limited to, senior citizens, youth, the disabled, domestic violence victims, those with mental health needs and the homeless. CDBG created or retained approximately 223 jobs in the past five years. (These are not permanent full-time jobs. These reflect specific CDBG rehabilitation projects and awards to sub-recipients to cover salaries specific to the CDBG funded programming).
CDBG provides the flexibility to fund a myriad of activities, fill gaps where needed, and leverage and attract additional resources to projects. This combination of CDBG with other resources adds to our local economy through the purchase of goods and services and adds to the betterment of the lives of our local citizens through improved neighborhoods and lives.
