Community Development Block Grant Programs

SmallBusinessCentral tracks services funded by Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) programs. CDBG-funded programs are required to benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) San Franciscans. There are three ways CDBG-funded projects can meet this requirement:

1. Low- and Moderate-Income Area Benefit: Support a business located in a low- and moderate-income neighborhood.

2. Low- and Moderate-Income Microenterprise Development: Support a microenterprise owned (or that are being developed) by a low- and moderate-income small business owner. A microenterprise is a business with 5 or fewer employees, including the owner.

3. Low- and Moderate-Income Job Creation or Retention: Support a business with services that will directly create or retain jobs primarily for low- and moderate-income persons.

Your agency's compliance with the low- and moderate-income benefit requirement is established during the setup of your CDBG-funded project before the fiscal year, in coordination with your program manager. This determination is subsequently recorded in SmallBusinessCentral. When entering client services, the low- and moderate-income benefit type data field will be populated with the project's benefit requirement.

There Can Be Only One!

A CDBG-funded project can only have one low- and moderate- income benefit type. For example, if your project is required to support a business located in a low- and moderate-income area, your project cannot meet the requirement by assisting a micorenterpise or by supporting a business with services that creates or retain jobs.