Community Development Block Grant - Corona Virus (CDBG-CV)

* The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA) is administering several COVID-19 relief programs, including the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the Community Development Block Grant – Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) program. * The CDBG-CV program has approximately $4 million available for competitive grants for the Federal Fiscal Year 2020 grant cycle, with a maximum of $850,000 per community. * Eligible applicants include Alaskan municipal governments, with non-profits able to apply as co-applicants. * The CDBG-CV program aims to support community development projects, including building and improvements of public facilities, that prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and benefit low and moderate income persons. * Application materials and additional information are available on the DCRA website, with awards expected to be made in Summer 2022. * The DCRA is also distributing Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to local governments, with individual agreements to be provided to each Non-Entitlement Unit (NEU).