CDBG Funds

FARMINGTON — Most of the community development block grant money Davis County will receive for fiscal year 2013-14 will be shared with organizations offering emergency food and housing assistance.

OGDEN — Weber County commissioners have approved a contract to provide down payment assistance for low-income first-time homebuyers.

FARMINGTON — Representative after representative from different nonprofit organizations approached the Davis County Commission expressing their need for a slice of the federal dollars the commission has at its finger tips.

But with $742,000 available in Community Development Block Grant funds for fiscal year 2012-13, and nearly $1.43 million in requests from 23 groups and organizations, elected leaders anticipate there may be some disappointment.

The $700,000 disparity in what organizations want and what the commission has to allocate was part of the underlying theme of the

OGDEN — The Weber County Commission invites the public to a hearing regarding the 2012 Community Development Block Grant program.

CLEARFIELD — The city reorganized federal grant funds to use leftover money from other projects for work on 100 North.

HOOPER -- City engineer Tracy Allen briefed the city council about the possibility of applying for a Community Development Block Grant.

CLEARFIELD -- Officials made changes to funding programs that will allocate more money to a planned infrastructure project and give qualified residents a monetary boost to help them buy homes.

Every year, the city receives funds from the community development block grant, a federal program meant to help low to moderate income families. The city had already approved its plans for the $209,829 it received this year.