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10 <br />Faith-Based Organizations <br />The City will accept and review HHSG applications from faith-based organizations that <br />meet the application requirements and request funding for eligible activities as defined <br />in this manual. The City will not provide special accommodation for faith-based groups <br />and will consider their applications like secular agencies and non-profit organizations. <br />The City will only allocate HHSG funding for projects that offer services on a <br />nondiscriminatory basis. <br /> <br />For applications funded through HUD, please review CFR Title 24, Subtitle A, Part 5, <br />Subpart A, § 5.109 Equal participation of faith-based organizations in HUD programs <br />and activities: <br />https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/subtitle-A/part-5/subpart-A/section-5.109. <br /> <br />Citizen Participation Plan <br />The City of Pleasanton adopted a Citizen Participation Plan in July 1996 (as required by <br />HUD) to establish procedures for distributing and administrating federal grant funds. <br />The plan was updated in August 2019. <br /> <br />Eligible Activities and Objectives <br />Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) <br />Each year, the City of Pleasanton receives an entitlement grant of federal Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the U.S. Department of Housing and <br />Urban Development (HUD). As a CDBG entitlement jurisdiction since 1994, the City, to <br />receive its annual CDBG funding allocation, enters into a contract with HUD to agree to <br />implement the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and related CDBG <br />program regulations in 24 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) 570. All CDBG allocations <br />are subject to the regulations detailed in OMB Circulars A-110 & A-122. <br /> <br />Information on the CDBG program is available on the HUD website: <br />https://www.hudexchange.info/trainings/basically-cdbg/. <br />Page 22 of 43