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7 <br /> NEIGHBORHOODS DIVISION <br /> The Neighborhoods Division is composed of the Federal Fund Management, <br /> Neighborhood Health & Housing (NHH), Neighborhood Services & Enforcement (NSE), <br /> and South Bend Animal Resource Center(SBARC) teams. The staff works on a wide <br /> breadth of programs and services: homeowner and rental housing repair, services <br /> to the homeless, new housing construction, vacant and abandoned demolitions, <br /> environmental/trash issues, and addressing animal endangerment, to name a few. <br /> FEDERAL FUND MANAGEMENT <br /> The annual allocation process for federal entitlement funding—covering the following <br /> grants Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), <br /> and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)— includes requests for proposals, <br /> review of eligibility, recommendations for awards, and required steps for submission <br /> to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). While potential <br /> recipients apply in one calendar year, the funding and contracting occur later in the <br /> following calendar year.The following six graphs represent requests for funding the City <br /> received per grant and the amounts awarded per category.The requests for funding for <br /> PY 2024 were received in PY 2023. <br /> o. <br /> , S <br /> 1 <br /> I 1 <br /> A duplex was built at DeMaude Ave and California Ave using CDBG funds and provides <br /> additional affordable rental housing in the community. <br /> NEIGHBORHOODS DIVISION ANNUAL REPORT 2024 <br />