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ADVOCACY
Park and recreation agencies should
utilize Community Development
Block Grant funding to support
programming, improve outdated
facilities or build new facilities in
under-resourced communities.
Revitalizing Your Community
With Federal Dollars
Taking advantage of the Community Development Block Grant Program
By Elyse Gentile
he Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department began utilizing
the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program in
the mid-1990s to revitalize under-resourced communities throughout
the metro area. As part of the department, Sue Wood supported
projects that refurbished old facilities, added onto existing centers, purchased
equipment, and ran summer programs, such as the Play in the Park Program.
More recently, Wood, now the director of Moore (Oklahoma) Parks and Recreation,
has been utilizing the funds to build a new pickleball court next to the
agency's senior center and enhance an income-adjusted neighborhood with
two new pavilion parks in Moore. She is now in the process of securing CDBG
funds to add to the agency's family and youth center splash pad.
around, " says Wood.
Created in 1974,
the CDBG
Program provides annual grants
to states,
a formula basis. CDBG's goal
is to revitalize
drive economic development, and
cities and localities on
neighborhoods,
T
" The Community Development
Block Grant Program is one of the
best government grant programs
around that helps turn property,
facilities and programs in lowincome
areas into some of the
best parks and recreation facilities
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improve community facilities and
services based on three national
objectives:
* Principally
benefit
lowmoderate-income
persons
* Aid in the prevention or elimination
of slums or blight
* Meet an urgent need by addressing
conditions that pose a serious and
immediate threat to the health and
safety of community members
Many agencies currently using
these funds do so as part of
the Entitlement Community Program,
which receives 70 percent
of all CDBG funding. However,
funding is available to all communities
through the Non-Entitlement
Community Program.
and

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