DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Phone: (610) 865-7085
Fax: (610) 865-7330
TDD: (610) 865-7086
FY 2012 CDBG/HOME Activity Descriptions
CDBG Activities:
· Southside Recreation Coordinator – Partial salary of Recreation Coordinator for South Bethlehem and program costs.
· Southside Parks and Playgrounds – Improvements to Madison, McNamara, Yosko and the Skate Plaza.
· Street Overlays – Various street overlays in low/mod income areas
· Community Action Development Corporation of Bethlehem – Funds to CADCB for micro-enterprise development
· Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley – Funds to CACLV for financial counseling and homeownership counseling to City residents
· Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living – Funds to LVCIL for homeownership counseling for disabled Bethlehem residents
· Embrace Your Dreams – Youth Program that teaches life skills through tennis and golf
· Acquisition and Demolition – Funding for the purchase of blighted properties
· Fire Truck – Partial funding of fire truck for Schweder Fire Station
· Community Police Officers – Partial payment of 3 Community Police Officers serving South Bethlehem
· Police Drug Surveillance Overtime – Payment of overtime for Police Officers for Drug Surveillance in South Bethlehem
· Housing Rehabilitation Staff/Delivery Costs – Staff costs for the Housing Rehabilitation Program
· Economic Development – Staff/Delivery costs
· Program Administration – Costs to administer the CDBG and HOME Programs
· North Penn Legal Services – Funding for Fair Housing Education
· Community Development Consulting – Funding for technical assistance
HOME Activities:
· Housing Development Corporation – development of 36 affordable rental units at St. Stanislaus
· Habitat for Humanity – Acquisition and/or infrastructure improvements for up to 5 homes
· Valley Housing Development Corporation – Acquisition and rehabilitation of 44 units at four existing low-income housing tax credit developments
· HOME Admin – Administrative costs associated with the program