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Community Development Block Grant Program funds help strengthen Maryland’s communities by expanding affordable housing opportunities, creating jobs, stabilizing neighborhoods and improving overall quality of life. Congress created the Community Development Block Grant Program under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The primary objective is to develop viable communities, provide decent housing and a suitable living environment, and to expand economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) oversees the Program. The Program is comprised of two parts. The Entitlement Program is directly administered by HUD and provides Federal funds to large metropolitan entitlement communities. The States and Small Cities Program provides Federal funds to the States and Puerto Rico (with the exception of Hawaii) who then distribute funds to non-entitlement counties, small cities and towns. Congress allocates funds to the program annually. The Entitlement Program receives approximately 70% of the allocation and the remaining 30% is distributed to the States and Small Cities Program. Maryland's Community Development Block Grant Program is administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. The State receives an allocation from the Department of Housing and Urban Development each July. DISCLAIMER: Some of the information may be tied to the Department’s bond funded loan programs and should not be relied upon in making an investment decision. The Department provides comprehensive quarterly and annual financial information and operating data regarding its bonds and bond funded loan programs, all of which is posted on the publicly-accessible Electronic Municipal Market Access system website (commonly known as EMMA) that is maintained by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and on the Department’s website under Investor Information. More information accessible here: http://dhcd.maryland.gov/Investors/Pages/default.aspx

This dataset provides grantee information for the second round of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) formula funding (referred to as NSP2) authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The NSP provides emergency assistance to state and local governments for the acquisition and redevelopment of foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within their communities. The ARRA provided a second round of funds in 2009. NSP2 provides grants to states, local governments, nonprofits and a consortium of nonprofit entities on a competitive basis. The Recovery Act also authorized HUD to establish NSP-TA (Technical Assistance), a $50 million allocation made available to national and local technical assistance providers to support NSP grantees. NSP2 grantee areas are comprised of the 2010 U.S. Census Tract boundaries.

This dataset provides grantee information for the third round of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) formula funding (referred to as NSP3) authorized under Section 1497 of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The NSP provides emergency assistance to state and local governments for the acquisition and redevelopment of foreclosed properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within their communities. Section 1497 of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, also known as the Dodd-Frank Act, provided a third round of funding in 2010. NSP3 provides grants to states, local governments, nonprofits and a consortium of nonprofit entities on a competitive basis. Grantee target area data provided through this service was created from user generated areas drawn by grantees using the NSP3 online map tool at available at https://www.huduser.org/NSP/NSP3.html.

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Use this application to identify whether a business is physically located inside a parcel, square, or lot that is within or abuts a retail priority area. The Great Streets Retail Small Business Grant provides funding for small businesses in designated retail priority areas to make capital improvements in their business and create new job opportunities for District residents. Eligible businesses operate from a physical location in a Great Streets corridor (Retail Priority Area) and are for-profit retail or service-oriented businesses, or nonprofit arts and humanities organizations. Please direct grant application question to great.streets@dc.gov.

Neighborhood Business Work's loan program provides gap financing, i.e. subordinate financing, to new or expanding small businesses and nonprofit organizations in Sustainable Communities throughout the State. DISCLAIMER: Some of the information may be tied to the Department’s bond funded loan programs and should not be relied upon in making an investment decision. The Department provides comprehensive quarterly and annual financial information and operating data regarding its bonds and bond funded loan programs, all of which is posted on the publicly-accessible Electronic Municipal Market Access system website (commonly known as EMMA) that is maintained by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and on the Department’s website under Investor Information. More information accessible here: http://dhcd.maryland.gov/Investors/Pages/default.aspx

,DMPED is using economic data to drive positive change and build good government for District of Columbia residents. They are focusing on collecting and compiling information about the city, in particular on D.C.’s economic development priorities that create more pathways to the middle class: jobs, quality affordable housing, and community-focused development.,This site is an online version of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development’s weekly dashboard. This dashboard is also transmitted to the City Administrator, the Mayor, and other senior staff, so they can be aware of economic trends and context. It includes only data that is public, so certain indicators that DMPED uses are not included.,

Philadelphia Business Lending Network (PBLN) Incentive Grant Program is an initiative to enable undercapitalized business owners to get a loan for business startup, growth, or purchase of commercial property. This program builds on the innovative Philadelphia Business Lending Network to provide additional funds in the form of grants, up to $35,000, up to 50% of loan amount, to qualifying low-to-moderate income small businesses who obtain loans through the members of Philadelphia Business Lending Network.