*****CITIZEN PARTICIPATION DOCUMENTATION*****

Citizen Participation documents required to be submitted in the Your Uploaded Documents tab

• Affidavit of publication of public hearing notice-OR- copy of public notice from newspaper
  (A sample Public Hearing Notice is available in the Library Tab or in Your Uploaded Documents Tab.)
• Applicant’s adopted Grievance Procedure
  (A sample Grievance Procedure is available in the Library Tab or in Your Uploaded Documents Tab.)

Public Hearing

At least one public hearing must be conducted by the city/town or county applicant prior to submitting the CDBG application. The hearing notice must be published at least 5 days before the hearing date.

The public hearing is to obtain citizens’ views on community development and housing needs and to receive input on proposed projects under consideration for CDBG funding. Required Public Hearing Handouts are located in the Library Tab.

Questions #1 - 18:  Refer to Citizen Participation Guide located in the Library Tab, as necessary.

Question #19: Reminder to upload the applicant’s adopted Grievance Procedure.

 *****TITLE VI CERTIFICATION*****

TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 STATES: No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”

Questions #20-21: Refer to the Ethnicity and Race Instructions located in the Library Tab to find this information.

Questions #22-28: Answer these questions using the demographic information identified in questions 20 and 21.

 *****READINESS*****

The following questions ask the applicant to identify how grant funds will be used to respond to the Coronavirus, how they were prioritized to benefit LMI persons and how the applicant intends to prevent duplication of benefit.

Questions #29-35:  Self-explanatory.

The following documents must be submitted with the application:  

Public Hearing Notice Affidavit of Publication (The affidavit of publication -OR- a copy of actual hearing publication from newspaper). See sample language for the hearing notice in the Library Tab.

Grievance Procedure (A new local government procedure does not need to be adopted, but do not assume the CDBG program has a copy of your jurisdiction’s procedure on file from a prior application).

CDBG-CV1 Funding Request Worksheet (This document identifies all of the consortium members (if applicable), jurisdiction allotments and a budget overview of activities and subrecipients (if applicable).

Project Information Worksheet (This document lists applicant, project location and subrecipient information (if applicable)).

The following documents may be submitted when available, but must be received prior to contract execution: 

NEPA - Attachment 6-G (Determination of Exemption & Determination of Categorical Exclusion – not subject to Section 58.5)