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Community Development
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Entitlement Status National Objectives
When a Metropolitan City is guaranteed 1. Benefit low and moderate - income
certain sums of money to assist in devising persons
innovative approaches to improve the
physical, economic, and social conditions in 2. Address slum and blight
low- income areas.
3. Address a particular urgent
community development need
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Eligible activities: Eligible activities, cont'd.
• Acquisition and disposition • Completion of urban renewal projects
$245,400 for the Boynton Senior Center on — $43,170 for the Wilson Center & other park projects
Federal Ave. — $79,615 for Sara Sims playground equipment
— $386,600 on land acquisition for the Heart of • Construction of housing for Community Based
Boynton Development Organization (CDBO)
• Clearance and demolition Mew Center
• Code Enforcement i� Be � After
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Other Eligible Activities:
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• Interim assistance to arrest severe
deterioration or alleviate emergency 21 affordable, single - family homes financed
conditions [e.g., hurricane, flooding, earthquake] through:
City block grant funding, Boynton Beach CRA, Habitat for
• Relocation assistance fin conjunction with a CDBG Humanity of S. Palm Beach County & Boynton Beach Faith -
assisted activity /project) Based Community Development Corporation.
— Assistance to the residents of Boynton Terrace in the
a mount of $38,600 due to demolition Before After
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Economic & Community Development Economic & Community Development
Activities Activities, cont'd.
• Employment training, creation, and retention • Infill Housing in the • : = r;. :.-':
in the amount of $638,431. A portion of the Cherry Hills community -" ' ' = '
funding was given as matching grants in as part of the Affordable . „ - ?
partnership with Palm Beach County. Housing Development ,.. -
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Homebu er assistance -4 : , ,
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Housing Rehabilitation Activities Public Facilities & Improvements
The City has spent over a half million Federal dollars, • This includes the acquisition, installation,
supplemented with over 3.8 million dollars of State construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure
funding. [e.g., water /sewer lines, streets, and sidewalks]
• Lead -Based paint testing and abatement
• Removal of Architectural Barriers • The acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of
• Housing rehabilitation for homeowners of single- neighborhood facilities and facilities for persons with
family, detached houses located within the City limits special needs [e.g., homeless shelters, group homes and
of Boynton Beach hallway houses]
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Public Services Public Services, coned.
• Health care and substance abuse services
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— $198,369 for domestic abuse /bullying prevention programs for the Fair housing counseling in the amount of $107,546
City's youth
• Child care
— $596,975 in emergency services to include a food bank, shelter, ' ..rt
mortgage /rent assistance, utility bits, medication and transportation $189,834 for summer camp
assistance. Other services include job counseling, job skills training, scholarships for City residents
advocacy, and nutritional education.
• $90,930 for student and youth
— $31,500 to aid in the prevention of homelessness
mentoring programs
• Crime prevention
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Fiscal Year 2015/2016
The City expects to receive $472,711 ►^�
Recommended allocation: Thank l a n k yo u
• $70,906 for public services
• $94,542 for administration Community Improvement Division
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• $307,263 for other eligible activities http: / /www.boynton- beach.org/ departments /community_improvement
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— Infrastructure
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