Last Week to Provide Input on Goleta’s Community Development Block Grant Year-End Report and Reallocation of Funding

Public Review Period Closes September 19

 The window is closing to provide comment on the City’s draft Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER is a required year-end report that provides an assessment of the City's performance in meeting housing and community development goals in the adopted 2021-2022 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan. This past year, more than 2,000 people were assisted with CDBG funding from the City.

Comments on the draft CAPER, available at https://tinyurl.com/yc82d828, are being accepted during a 15-day public review period that began September 5, 2022, and ends September 19, 2022, at 12:00 pm. Comments should be submitted to: City of Goleta, Neighborhood Services Department, Attn: Shanna Dawson, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA 93117 or emailed to [email protected].

The City Council will hold a public hearing on these matters on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at its regular Council meeting which begins at 5:30 p.m. An agenda will be available ahead of time at www.CityofGoleta.org/GoletaMeetings.

About the Community Development Block Grant

On an annual basis the City receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the CDBG program which is intended to be used to assist low-income citizens, people experiencing homelessness, youth and seniors with essential services such as medical and dental care, food security, counseling, homelessness prevention, case management and other needs.

The City also uses the majority of its CDBG allocation on capital projects that will benefit low- to moderate-income people and the disabled. Projects have included renovating City facilities and parks to meet Americans with Disability Act (ADA) access standards, installing sidewalks in areas where they are lacking, and adding crosswalks.

For more information on the City’s grant programs go to: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/apply-for/grants.