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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development

Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii

Federal program · program number 14.228 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “State CDBG”

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Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)
Typical award
State grant amounts are determined by formula. Of the 50 grants allocated to states under the State CDBG program in FY 2024, the average (mean) grant amount is $18,776,274. Grant amounts range from $ $2,677,355to $...
Deadlines
Nov 15, 2025 to Aug 16, 2026 For formula grants in the 2025 fiscal year, Annual Action Plans associated with the Consolidated Plan must be submitted based on a grantee's program year, but no later than August 16, 2026.

How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.

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What it pays for

The primary objective of this program is the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. Each activity funded must meet one of the program's National Objectives by: Benefiting low- and moderate-income families; aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or meeting other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available.

Who can apply

Forty-nine State governments and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico receive funds from HUD under this program. The District of Columbia is funded under the CDBG Entitlement Program. The State of Hawaii does not participate and HUD allocates the state's share of funds to the three Hawaii non-entitled counties. Funds are allocated to each state based on a statutory formula. States must distribute the funds to units of general local government in nonentitlement areas. Recovery Housing Program funds are allocated according to a provision and funding formula separate from the Housing and Community Development Act funding formula and that does not include every State.

Match

Statutory Formula: Title 24, Part 570, Subpart A,Public Law 93-383.State grant amounts are determined by formula.For state administration of the program, after an initial allowance of $100,000 with no match, states may take an additional allowance of up to 3% of the grant amount but must match such expenditures on a dollar for dollar basis. There is no matching requirement for the non-entitlement counties in Hawaii.

Who in Tennessee has won this program

25 awards to Tennessee groups since 2022. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
State of TennesseeNashville$37M spent that year2025
Second Harvest Food Bank of East TennesseeMaryville, Blount County$1M spent that year2023
Jackson Energy AuthorityJackson, Madison County$773K spent that year2023
City of SavannahSavannah, Hardin County$531K spent that year2024
City of MilanMilan, Gibson County$354K spent that year2025
City of HendersonHenderson, Chester County$343K spent that year2025
City of McminnvilleMcminnville, Warren County$299K spent that year2025
City of Lenoir CityLenoir City, Loudon County$254K spent that year2025
City of TullahomaTullahoma, Coffee County$254K spent that year2023
Sevier County, TennesseeSevierville, Sevier County$172K spent that year2024
City of BaxterBaxter, Putnam County$160K spent that year2023
City of Smithville, TennesseeSmithville, DeKalb County$138K spent that year2025

Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and Tennessee Housing Development Agency and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation pass it on: watch those agencies for applications, not the federal agency. 189 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
County of PutnamCookevilleTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$8.8M2026
County of HamiltonChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$3.5M2026
County of HamiltonChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$3.5M2026
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TennesseeNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$2M spent that year2025
County of HamiltonChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$1.8M2026
Mid-South Food BankMemphis, Shelby CountyTN Dept of Economics and Community Development$1.5M spent that year2025
City of WaverlyWaverly, Humphreys CountyTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$1.4M2026
Bradley County GovernmentClevelandTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$1.4M2026
Town of Tracy City Town HallTracy CityTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$1M2025
City of DucktownDucktown, Polk CountyTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$1M2025
Scott County, TNHuntsvilleTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$1M2026
Town of WhitevilleWhitevilleTennessee Department of Economic and Community Development$1M2026

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Official program listing (SAM.gov) Program website