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Grant and Funding Programs
In service to Massachusetts' residents and municipalities, the Division of Community Services offers programs, funding, and technical assistance to support the advancement towards self-sufficiency of low-income households and the revitalization of our cities and towns.
Bridge Financing (BF)
The Bridge Financing Program provides up to $2 million in short-term financing (eighteen months or less) to bridge funding timing gaps for ready-to-go projects that meet CDBG requirements.
Community Development Action Grant (CDAG)
The Community Development Action Grant Program (CDAG) provides funding to communities for projects that build local economies, eliminate blight, create jobs and produce workforce and affordable housing that would not occur by private enterprise alone.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
The Community Development Block Grant Program is a federally funded, competitive grant program designed to address revitalization efforts and the needs of low- and moderate-income residents by supporting housing, community and economic development activities in small cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth.
Community Development Block Grant - Recovery Act Program (CDBG-R)
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated $9.1 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to Massachusetts for distribution through the Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The money will be granted to non-entitlement cities and towns.
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
The Community Services Block Grant is a federally funded, poverty reduction program that was created to promote and provide an array of services and activities to encourage self-sufficiency and to make permanent improvements in the lives of low-income families and individuals.
Economic Development Fund (EDF)
The Economic Development Fund, a component of the Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant Program, provides funding for projects that create and/or retain jobs, improve the local and/or regional tax base, or otherwise enhance the quality of life in the community.
Gateway Plus Action Grant
Funding to 18 Gateway Cities to support local strategic planning efforts to increase diversity of housing options, increase economic opportunities, foster and strengthen civic engagement, and revitalize neighborhoods.
Individual Development Account (IDA)
The Individual Development Account is a state funded pilot program that provides funds for low to moderate income wage earners to reach self sufficiency and ultimately achieve homeownership.
Massachusetts Downtown Initiative (MDI)
The primary mission of the Massachusetts Downtown Initiative is to make downtown revitalization an integral part of community development in cities and towns across the Commonwealth.
Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS)
Neighborhood Housing Services Program assists residents and public/private entities to reinvest in urban neighborhoods in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Quincy, and Springfield by rehabilitating housing and making it affordable for low and moderate-income families.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)
NSP2 is a competitive grant program from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to be awarded by federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Massachusetts intends to apply for $14 million to be used primarily for the acquisition and rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed properties in eligible, strategic, and targeted communities not served by NSP1. NSP1 is a $54.8 million grant program from the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) awarded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to Massachusetts and four of its cities. These NSP funds are to be used primarily for the acquisition and rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed properties.
Peer to Peer Technical Assistance Program
The Peer-To-Peer Technical Assistance Program provides small grants to municipalities for short-term problem solving or technical assistance projects.