What is the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)?

The Community Development Black Grant (CDBG) Program supports community development activities to build stronger more resilient communities. CDBG is a federal funded program by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City of Dayton is a HUD entitlement community that is awarded grants to carry out a wide range of community development activities directed towards revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, and providing improved community facilities and services. To support community development, activities are identified through an ongoing process and awarded based on funding priorities. Over the next 8 years The City of Dayton has identified housing to be the CDBG funding priority. 

CDBG activities may address needs such as:

• Infrastructure
• Economic Development Projects
• Public Facilities installation
• Community Centers
• Housing Rehabilitation
• Public Services
• Clearance / Acquisition
• Microenterprise Assistance
• Code Enforcement
• Homeowner Assistance

What has CDBG done for our communities?

Click here to learn more about the projects that CDBG has funded for our communities (PDF)

This presentation highlights the different projects that The City of Dayton, Montgomery County and The City of Kettering have funded with CDBG funds in celebration of the last 50 years of CDBG.

2024-2025 CDBG Subrecipients

• Miami Valley Meals (Prepared Meal Program) – Awarded $225,000.00 to support the prepared meal program serving low-income individuals and families. This program aims to achieve reduction of food waste and insecurity by transforming surplus food into nutritious meals to help combat food waste while providing essential sustenance to those facing insecurity in the Dayton area. 
• Daybreak (Lindy’s Employment Initiative) – Awarded $207,000.00 for a 12-week job training program that serves nutritious meals to youth staying in Daybreak’s emergency shelter. Youth completing the program will have skills needed, and be more likely, to obtain competitive employment which will increase the workforce pool and lessen the strain on our community to provide for basic needs. Our youth will benefit by gaining job skills in an environment that is specifically structured to work with homeless youth. Throughout the 12-week period, youth will increase their employability skills, feel confident that they can obtain and maintain a job, & eventually become self-sufficient.
• Dayton Children’s Hospital (Youth Programming in Burkhardt/Springfield) – Awarded $150,000.00 to provide youth focused programming to provide skill development and mentoring as well as improving mental health outcomes.
• Five Rivers MetroParks Foundation (Island MetroPark Splash Pad Project) – Awarded $150,000.00 to replace the current splash pad at Island Metro Park and increase water play features, creating new, exciting opportunities for interactive play; introduce nature-based elements to what has been a traditional play area; improve ADA accessibility; eliminate chemical costs; reduce annual labor and electricity costs; and will utilize fresh water, making it much healthier for users.
• Miami Valley Urban League (EMERGE – Educate, Motivate, Elevate, Relate, Gain, Entertain youth program) – Awarded $102,107.00 to engage high school-aged youth (in or out of school) to increase self-sufficiency through: (1) Opportunities to re-engage with education and improve educational outcomes through informal learning and skill development training. (2) Individualized pathways to employability through exposure to in-demand business industries. (3) Supportive programming to increase academic progress and competencies to build self-confidence and a commitment to long-term learning and employability.
• Omega Community Development Corporation (Hope Zone Pass Preparing & Supporting Scholars Pilot Program) – Awarded $100,000.00 to implement a literacy initiative for K-3rd grade students at Fairview Elementary and groom rooms at Fairview Elementary, EJ Brown Middle School, and Thurgood Marshall High School.
• WestCare Ohio (East End Youth Development Services Program) – Awarded $75,000.00 for youth development services, benefiting low and moderate income person by providing high-quality afterschool/summer activities to meet the needs of children and families at Ruskin Elementary School (K-6th grade). Programming includes structured classes and activities that complement the academic curriculum while expanding students’ social, emotional, artistic, and physical development.
• Co-Op Dayton (Westside Makerspace) – Awarded $65,400.00 for a social enterprise incubator and community empowerment hub focused on building cooperative models for Black, blue collar, and other disenfranchised communities in Dayton, OH - with the intention of creating scalable models that can be replicated across the Midwest and around the country.