State Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Federal Funding to Georgia State Program: Five Year Overview 2008 $40.1 million 2009 $39.9 million 2010 $43.6 million 2011 $36.6 million 2012 $34.5 million CDBG Dollars At Work: Building, Strengthening Georgia's Communities Commercial/Industrial Infrastructure. Since 2008, the State CDBG Program has funded 57 projects where the installation of commercial and industrial infrastructure initiated economic development in Georgia's rural, non-entitlement areas. These projects are benefiting Georgians by creating or retaining 5,850 jobs, 70.75 percent of which are available to low to moderate-income citizens. Public Buildings (non-governmental). During the past five years, the State's CDBG program has funded the creation, expansion or rehabilitation of 40 public facilities - including youth centers, shelters for the disadvantaged, senior centers, health centers and similar projects. More than 51,272 citizens are being served by these facilities, of which 90.92 percent are low- to moderate-income. Infrastructure/Emergency Relief. The State's CDBG program combines local government investments with CDBG funds to finance infrastructure that provides: (1) public water to replace contaminated wells; (2) public sewer to remove sewage from homes, yards and neighborhoods; and (3) drainage and street improvements to prevent neighborhood flooding and provide passable streets. In the past five years, Georgia's State CDBG program has funded 302 public infrastructure projects serving 78,867 persons, 88.33 percent of whom have low- to moderate-incomes. Since 2008, CDBG funds have also been used to finance 45 disaster assistance projects benefiting 89,892 citizens. Neighborhood Revitalization. In the past five years, the State CDBG Program has financed hundreds of housing activities. CDBG also funds homebuyer assistance through repayment deferrals and forgivable loans. CDBG has funded the removal of 88 blighted units and funded the rehabilitation of over 321 units. CDBG grants are also providing direct homeowner assistance for 28 units. CDBG housing activities provide 100% benefit to low-to moderate-income citizens. A Closer Look At The 2012 Fiscal Year's Allocation By Project Amount Amount Type Requests % Awards % Requested % Awarded % Multi-Activity 5 3.23% 2 2.27% $3,983,000 5.46% $1,600,000 3.82% Econ Dev* 14 9.03% 14 15.91% $5,540,462 7.59% $5,540,462 13.24% Housing 11 7.10% 6 6.82% $4,775,387 6.54% $2,495,836 5.97% Public Facilities ** 125 80.65% 66 75.00% $58,693,007 80.41% $32,198,669 76.97% Total 155 100.00% 88 100.00% $72,991,856 100.00% $41,834,967 100.00% *Figures above for economic development include the economic development and redevelopment set-asides. Since awards are made throughout the year the EIP/Redevelopment information is from the July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 period. **Public facilities include water, sewer, water/sewer, streets/drainage, recreation centers, multi-infrastructure, workforce development centers, senior centers, adult daycare, youth centers, domestic violence prevention centers, daycare centers, health centers, learning centers, infrastructure/building construction and other related projects. Leverage of Other Resources and Construction Jobs Leverage as of October 2012 and Prior Year EIP $303,927,807 Leverage $ per CDBG $ $7.26 Construction Jobs Estimate for 2012 Grants*** 617 ***The Construction Jobs Estimate is based on the approved CDBG-R methodology. Summary Statistics Average Award Amount Total Awarded Total Beneficiaries $465,077 41,834,967 31,306 Total Low-Mod Beneficiaries 28,407 October 2012 People Benefited Through State CDBG Financed Economic Opportunities, Revitalization, and Public Infrastructure and Services Catoosa Dade Whitfield Murray Walker Fannin Gilmer Towns Rabun Union White Habersham Chattooga Floyd Gordon Bartow Pickens Lumpkin Dawson Hall Cherokee Forsyth Stephens Banks Franklin Hart * 1992 forward Number of people 0 1 - 999 1,000 - 5,999 Polk Haralson Carroll Heard Jackson Madison Elbert Paulding Douglas Coweta Cobb Gwinnett Barrow Clarke Oconee DeKalb Walton Fulton Rockdale Clayton Newton Morgan Henry Fayette Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam Oglethorpe Wilkes Lincoln Greene Taliaferro McDuffie Warren Hancock Glascock Columbia Richmond 6,000 - 14,999 15,000 - 699,999 Troup Meriwether Pike Lamar Monroe Baldwin Jones Jefferson Burke Washington Harris Upson Talbot Bibb Crawford Twiggs Wilkinson Johnson Jenkins Screven Muscogee Taylor Chattahoochee Marion Schley Macon Stewart Webster Sumter Quitman Randolph Terrell Lee Clay Calhoun Dougherty Early Baker Miller Mitchell Peach Houston Bleckley Laurens Emanuel Treutlen Candler Bulloch Effingham Dooly Crisp Pulaski Wilcox Turner Dodge Ben Hill Wheeler Montgomery Toombs Telfair Jeff Davis Appling Evans Tattnall Long Bryan Liberty Worth Colquitt Irwin Tift Coffee Berrien Atkinson Cook Lanier Bacon Wayne Pierce Ware Brantley McIntosh Glynn Seminole Decatur Grady Thomas Brooks Lowndes Clinch Charlton Camden Echols Chatham Map prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs. October 2012