Economic Development Grant Program
This funding program provides financial assistance to businesses and agricultural cooperatives in Kansas for infrastructure improvements and other expenses, with the goal of creating or retaining jobs for low- and moderate-income individuals.
The Kansas CDBG Economic Development program provides funding for projects that assist for-profit businesses or agricultural cooperatives with infrastructure improvements, land acquisition, site preparation, building construction or renovation, machinery, equipment, lease payments, inventory, payroll, and other working capital items. The program aims to create or retain low- and moderate-income jobs, with at least 51 percent of jobs considered LMI. Applications are evaluated based on project feasibility, job creation/retention, and project leveraging. Applications are accepted from January 29, 2024, to December 2, 2024.
Award Range
Not specified - $750,000
Total Program Funding
$2,000,000
Number of Awards
Not specified
Matching Requirement
Yes - 50% of the total project cost
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
All incorporated cities or counties in Kansas that do not receive an annual CDBG entitlement allocation from HUD are eligible to apply to the Kansas CDBG program. Successful applicants are called Grantees. (The following communities receive entitlements and are ineligible to participate in the state program: Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Overland Park, Shawnee, Topeka, Wichita, and all of Johnson County.) The business operation assisted by the CDBG funding must also be in a non- entitlement area of the state. Under the Economic Development category, a private for-profit business or an agricultural cooperative participates with a city or county in the application process. (Under the Infrastructure category, two business entities may participate in the application and grant. See Sections 8.0 and 8.1 for details.) The city or county, however, is the legal applicant. The private for-profit business or cooperative must provide financial information and a business plan as part of the application process. If the application is approved, the funds are channeled through the local governmental unit to the entity involved. Similarly, loan payments pass through the city/county to the state or to a specially created local revolving loan fund.
Geographic Eligibility
Riley, Douglas, Leavenworth, Shawnee, Sedgwick, Ford, Ellis, Finney, Seward
Application Opens
Not specified
Application Closes
Not specified
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