Kitsap County has posted funding recommendations and opened a 30-day written comment period for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership (HOME), HOME American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP), Homeless Housing Grant Program (HHGP), Affordable Housing Grant Program (AHGP), and Community Investments in Affordable Housing (CIAH) funding. To view the recommendations, click on the links below. The CDBG and HOME recommendations are also included in the Draft 2024 Action Plan, view the plan here.
30-day Written Public Comment Period Now Open
The Kitsap County Block Grant Program welcomes written public comment September 15 through October 16, 2023. Please submit all comments via email to
HSGrants@kitsap.gov
Comments can also be sent by mail to:
Kitsap County Block Grant Program
345 6th St Suite 400
Bremerton, WA 98337
Public Hearings
A public hearing to review and approve the 2024 funding recommendations and 2024 Draft CDBG HOME Action Plan will be held during the Kitsap County Board of County Commissioners’ regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, October 23rd, 2023 at 5:30pm in the Commissioners Chambers, at the Kitsap County Administrative Building, 619 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA. The public is encouraged to attend. This will be an in-person meeting but the meeting can also be accessed online via Zoom. The meeting access link, as well as related materials, will be available to the public prior to the meeting at
www.kitsapgov.com by clicking on Commissioner Meeting Agendas and selecting the Board Meeting Date for October 23, 2023.
The City of Bremerton will take separate action on the City of Bremerton HOME projects at their Bremerton City Council meeting on October 25, 2023 at 5:30pm. This meeting can be accessed via Zoom. Please go to the Bremerton City Council website at
www.bremertonwa.gov for more information on accessing the meeting.
NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE: The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is the legislative body of Kitsap County which administers these grant programs. As the legislative body, the BOCC approves the funding wards and the annual CDBG/HOME Action Plan. The BOCC also serves on the Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority dba Housing Kitsap Board as provided under state law. Because all three county commissioners sit on the Housing Kitsap board, it is impossible for them to all recuse themselves from approving grant awards. Housing Kitsap submitted applications for the 2024 grant cycle. The BOCC does not receive financial benefit as board members for Housing Kitsap but understand the perceived conflict of interest and therefore appoint citizens to serve on the Grant Recommendation Committee to review Coordinated Grant Applications and make funding recommendations. The BOCC receives the recommendations for consideration and final approval.
Key Dates Include:
• April 13 - Pre-Application form available
• May 23 - Open public comment on Policy Plans
• May 26 - Pre-Application forms Due
• June 1 through 28 - Pre-Application Appointments
• June 7 - Close public comment on Policy Plans
• June 26th & 27th - Technical Assistance training via Zoom
• June 29 - Grant Applications Open online @ Noon
• July 27 - Grant Applications due @ Noon
For the complete schedule click on the link
2024 Coordinated Grant Application Schedule
