CBN Members Recommended for FY2027 CDBG and HOME Investments
The City of St. Louis - Community Development Administration (CDA) today announced its proposed Fiscal Year 2027 funding recommendations, directing more than $17.4 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and $2.3 million in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds toward affordable housing, home repair, public services, economic opportunity, neighborhood stabilization and community improvements across the City.
The recommendations reflect the priorities established by CDA at the beginning of the FY2027 competitive funding cycle, with significant investments in youth and families, homelessness services, public facilities and improvements, economic development, and neighborhood stability.
Read the Full 2027 CDBG Awards Announcement
More than $3.3 million in proposed public service funding would support a broad network of organizations serving youth, seniors, families, people experiencing homelessness, returning citizens and residents seeking employment. Programs provide food assistance, childcare and recreation, senior services, transitional housing and shelter, housing stability, reentry services, job training and placement, and other critical supports.
Proposed investments include continued support for Peter & Paul Community Services’ Jugan Shelter at its new campus, Food Outreach food access services, St. Louis Area Agency on Aging elderly services; expanded recreation through the City’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Forestry; Employment Connection workforce and reentry programs, and youth and senior programs operated by organizations throughout St. Louis.
CDA is also proposing more than $1.3 million for public improvements and community facilities, including $500,000 for the Carr Square Community Center; $309,525 for Preservation of Affordable Housing’s Clinton-Peabody’s Phase II redevelopment; and $500,000 for Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club’s capital campaign to build a new campus serving Dutchtown, Gravois Park, Marine Villa, Mount. Pleasant, and Bevo.
Many of the proposed investments also build upon programs and capacity strengthened through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). As temporary ARPA resources wind down, CDA continues to use annual federal funding to sustain successful housing, neighborhood and community development efforts while supporting long-term programs serving St. Louis residents.
FY2027 Proposed CDBG and HOME Funding Awards
The following are CDA’s proposed CDBG and HOME funding awards for Fiscal Year 2027.
Total Proposed Funding: $19,839,607
CDBG — $17,471,654
HOME — $2,367,953
Interim Assistance — $1,920,000
St. Louis Development Corporation
Interim Assistance — $500,000
Land Reutilization Authority
Property Maintenance & Vacancy Support — $1,000,000
Department of Parks, Recreation & Forestry
Operation Brightside — $420,000
LMI Homeowner Assistance — $3,750,184
The Housing Partnership
Down Payment Assistance — $172,500
City of St. Louis Building Division
Healthy Home Repair Inspections — $350,000
Mission: St. Louis
Healthy Home Repair Program — $850,000
Energy Efficiency & Weatherization — $100,728
Community Development Administration
Home Repair Program Loan Pool — $2,276,956
Code Enforcement — $228,000
City Counselor's Office
Problem Properties — $228,000
Housing Production
Community Development Administration
Affordable Housing Production & Preservation — $2,000,000 CDBG / $2,137,953 HOME
Rehabilitation Administration — $1,050,000 CDBG / $205,000 HOME
Subtotal — $3,050,000 CDBG / $2,342,953 HOME
Economic Development — $400,000
Justine Petersen
Microenterprise Lending & Training Program — $400,000
Public Improvements — $1,309,525
Preservation of Affordable Housing
Clinton-Peabody Phase II — $309,525
Carr Square Tenant Corporation
Carr Square Community Center — $500,000
Gene Slay's Girls & Boys Club of St. Louis
GSGBC Capital Campaign — $500,000
Planning & Administration
St. Louis Development Corporation
Capacity Building for Minority Contractors — $100,000
Community Development Administration
CDA Administration — $2,119,831 CDBG / $25,000 HOME
Comptroller's Office
Federal Grants Administrative Support — $45,000
Planning & Urban Design Agency
PDA Administration — $1,000,000
City Counselor's Office
Legal Services Support Program — $229,500
Public Services — $3,319,614
Carondelet Community Betterment Federation
CCBF Food & Nutritional Services — $95,437
Employment Connection
ReEntry — $175,000
Competitive Employment Program — $90,000
Green Jobs — $150,000
Seed St. Louis
Building Gardens, Growing Communities — $95,000
Tower Grove Neighborhoods CDC
ARCH by HomeScreen — $50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri
Youth Mentoring & Wraparound Support — $175,000
City Seniors, Inc.
Food Pantry — $40,000
Senior Services — $140,000
Covenant House Missouri
Transitional Living Program — $70,000
Genesis Shelter Program — $60,000
Criminal Justice Ministry
CJM Foundations First Housing (Housing-First Reentry Support) — $150,980
CJM First Services (Reentry Navigation Hub) — $49,687
Department of Parks & Recreation
Expanded Recreation — $308,000
Food Outreach
Public Service – Food Access — $160,000
Gene Slay's Girls & Boys Club of St. Louis
GSGBC Operations — $155,000
Guardian Angel Settlement Association
Housing Stability — $50,000
Food Pantry — $50,000
Senior Services — $50,000
Childcare — $50,000
Hope House STL
Transitional Housing Program — $160,000
Interfaith Residence (Doorways)
Comprehensive Flex Housing — $150,000
Midtown Community Services
Youth Development & Empowerment — $35,000
Mission: St. Louis
Beyond Jobs — $100,510
Beyond School — $140,000
Northside Youth and Senior Service Center
Northside Senior Meal Program — $100,000
Peter & Paul Community Services
Jugan Shelter — $100,000
St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment
Prison 2 Prosperity (P2P) — $80,000
St. Louis Area Agency on Aging
Elderly Services — $200,000
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Save Our Sons and Sisters Job Placement — $90,000
The 2027 CDBG Funding Cycle Timeline is as follows:
July 1, 2026 – Post Timeline
July 17, 2026 – Funding Priorities Published
July 24, 2026 – Issue CDBG Non-Housing Production RFP
July 30, 2026 – Public Hearing and RFP Overview: Timeline, Process, Eligible Applicants & Uses
August 13, 2026 – Virtual Capacity Building Training: Best Practices in Financial Management, Reporting, and Recordkeeping
August 24, 2026 – CDBG Proposals Due to CDA
October 2, 2026 – Funding Recommendations Posted to CDA Website
October 2, 2026 – Annual Action Plan Posted for Public Comment
October 2, 2026 – Introduction of Board Bill
By October 9, 2026 – Board Bill Submitted to the Mayor’s Office for E&A Approval
Week of October 16, 2026 – HUDZ Committee Meeting No. 1
Week of October 23, 2026 – Board of Aldermen Second Reading
Week of October 30, 2026 – Board of Aldermen Perfected Reading
Week of November 6, 2026 – Board of Aldermen Final Reading
November 6, 2026 – Public Hearing No. 2 (Funding Awards)
November 13, 2026 – Final 2026 Annual Action Plan Submitted to HUD
