New Mexico Community Development Block Grant Funds

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For Rural Communities of Less than 50,000 Persons

HUD community Development Block Grant funds flow from HUD to the New Mexico Department of Finance & Administration every year. A block grant is a federal grant made by formula every year, so that grantees are given discretion to undertake specific activities.

Funding is determined by a formula based on need as determined by US Census data released every 10 years. In 2002, rural New Mexico received $16.0 million. In 2003, New Mexico is expected to receive slightly more, approximately $16.5 million. At least 10 percent of the State of new Mexico's CDBG funds, or $1.6 million, are set aside for colonias projects.

As shown in the chart above, CDBG funds flow each year from HUD to the State of New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration. Funds are then distributed to local and county governments in rural New Mexico.

All rural incorporated cities and towns, as well as the 33 counties in New Mexico, obtain rural CDBG funding in this manner. Water Associations organized under the Sanitary Projects Act or the Water and Sanitation District Act may also apply for CDBG funds through the state. Nonprofits must apply through a municipality or county. The metropolitan cities of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces & Rio Rancho obtain funding directly from HUD.

Please contact the state or your local county government for more information on CDBG funding.