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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> In the last five years, the County of Hawaii received and expended Community Development <br /> Block Grant (CDBG) funds totally$11,835,634. These funds were used throughout Hawaii <br /> County for public improvements and public services. Such projects includes the development <br /> and improvements of public facilities, street and sidewalk improvements, water and sewer <br /> improvements, senior centers and youth facilities, and the development of parks and <br /> recreational facilities, among others. CDBG funds also provided services for senior and youths, <br /> transportation and health services, employment training, services for abused and neglected <br /> household members, and services for the disabled and the elderly, among others. Other CDBG <br /> funded projects provided for housing activities, such as construction, rehabilitation, homebuyer <br /> assistance, lead-based paint testing and abatement, among others. CDBG funds were also used <br /> on the non-funded federal mandates such as the American with Disability Act to remove <br /> architectural barriers for accessibility compliance to public facilities, street and sidewalk <br /> improvements, senior centers, and the renovations of parks and recreational facilities, among <br /> others. <br /> The community has benefitted directly and indirectly from the use of CDBG funds. The <br /> beneficiaries of these project accomplishments include elderly persons, the disabled and <br /> homeless populations, at risk youths, low and moderate income persons and families, and low <br /> and moderate income areas. <br /> The reduction or elimination of CDBG funding would severely and adversely impact the many <br /> seniors, disabled, youth, homeless, abused and neglected households, among others, of the <br /> community of Hawaii County. <br />