CDBG 49th Program Year Proposed Action Plan Legal Notice

LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF EAST HARTFORD
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
49th YEAR
September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024

ACTION PLAN

The Town of East Hartford has developed its ACTION PLAN for the use of 49th Year (2023-2024) entitlement funding in the estimated amount of $567,228.

The following objectives will give maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low and moderate income individuals and families and/or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight. In order to obtain citizens’ views on these objectives, in addition to this notice, in person and virtual public hearings were held on March 13, 2023 at 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM. All comments and proposals received as a     result of this process were considered in determining the following summarized version of the 49th Year Action Plan:

PUBLIC SERVICES
CRT - East Hartford Family Shelter                                                     $29,100
Funding to supplement the operating budget at the East Hartford Family Shelter for the homeless located at 381-385 Main Street. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.201(e),
meets HUD national objective criteria under 24 CFR 570.208(a)(2)(i)(A).

Friendship Center                                                                                 $ 33,950
Funding to supplement the operating budget of the Friendship Center’s free hot meal program. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.201(e), meets HUD national objective criteria under 24 CFR 570.208(a)(2)(i)(D).

Interval House, Inc.                                                                            $ 3,880
Funding to support staffing for domestic violence shelter and counseling services for low and moderate income East Hartford clients. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.201(e) meets HUD national objective  criteria under 24 CFR 570.208(a)(2)(i)(A).

Nutmeg Big Brothers, Big Sisters                                                        $ 3,880
Funding to supplement staffing costs for services to East Hartford’s at risk youth that are low and moderate income. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.201(e), meets HUD national objective criteria under 24 CFR 570.208(a)(2)(i)(B).

Senior Support Services                                                                   $ 4,462
Funding for the delivery of services to East Hartford’s elderly population. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.201(e), meets HUD national objective criteria under 24 CFR 570.208(a)(2)(i)(A).

Arts for Learning CT, Inc.                                                                  $ 2,425
Funding to support staffing for an afterschool art program for East Hartford’s youth  population that are low and moderate income. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.201(e), meets HUD national objective criteria under 24 CFR 570.208 (a)(2)(i)(B).

PROJECTS
Housing Rehabilitation                                                                    $194,000
Funding for limited housing rehabilitation of one to four unit owner-occupied properties inhabited by low and moderate income families. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.202(a)(1), meets HUD national        objective criteria under 24 CFR 570.208(a)(3).
 

Streetscape                                                                                    $182,086
Funding for physical improvements in the Central Business District and along major arteries, in low to moderate income areas, including, but not limited to, bus shelters, trash receptacles, sidewalk                 replacment, and benches. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 270.201(c), meets HUD national objective criteria under 24 CFR 570.208(a)(1)(i).

ADMINISTRATION
Program Administration                                                               $113,445
Oversight, management, monitoring and coordination of the Community Development Block Grant Program. Eligible activity under 24 CFR 570.206.

TOTAL                                                                                             $567,228
This Action Plan is available for public review in the East Hartford Grants Administration Office (50 Chapman Place), the Town Clerk’s Office (740 Main Street) and at the Raymond Library (840 Main Street). They can also be viewed on the Town’s web site: https://www.easthartfordct.gov/grants-administration. The Action Plan is scheduled to be voted on by the East Hartford Town Council at its May 16, 2023   meeting (7:30 PM in the Community Cultural Center Auditorium, 50 Chapman Place). If there are no substantive changes, this notice will serve as the Final Action Plan.

Additional information on the Action Plan and the Community Development Block Grant Program is available by calling the Grants Administration Office, (860) 291-7306 (TDD/TDY users call Relay Connecticut 1-800-842-9710 or 7-1-1), Community Cultural Center, 50 Chapman Place, East Hartford, CT 06108, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. ALL COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH 4:30 PM ON MAY 12, 2023.

Diane McDougald,
Assistant Grants Administrator