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Budget and Accounting Telephone: (602) 262-4723 The Neighborhood Services Department receives two-thirds of its funding from federal, state and local grants, and one-third from city general purpose funds. In the past nine years the department budget has more than tripled, to $50.3 million for fiscal year 2008-2009.
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City of Phoenix CDBG Congressional Briefing Booklet Telephone: (602) 256-3378 Below you will find the City of Phoenix CDBG Congressional Briefing Booklet. To download, click on the link. |
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Grants Administration Telephone: (602) 262-7845 E-mail Contact: barbara.bellamy@phoenix.gov Grants Administration monitors all programs funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, the major source of funding for the department, as well as many other grant resources. The CDBG program was created to revitalize neighborhoods and housing in primarily low- and moderate-income areas, provide facilities and services, and promote economic development. The Grants Administration Section manages the annual request for proposals process for public services and facilities, and hosts the annual CDBG week celebration and awards.
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Human Resources Telephone: (602) 495-5459 The Human Resources Section handles department personnel and payroll matters for more than 200 staff. The number of employees in the Neighborhood Services Department has remained constant over the past years and is a reflection of the city’s commitment to neighborhood stabilization and improvement. |
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Information Systems Telephone: (602) 262-6915 The Information Systems staff supports more than 230 employees and maintains more than 750 personal computers, laptop computers, printers, scanners, servers and other devices on two floors of the Phoenix City Hall and at eight remote locations. The section also creates and supports solutions to business processes as web applications, client-server application, intranet, internet, and custom reports. |
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Neighborhood Initiative Area Program Telephone: (602) 495-0474 The Neighborhood Initiative Area (NIA) program focuses city resources in targeted areas for neighborhood revitalization. These resources include code enforcement, blight abatement, housing development, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and training and social programs. Criteria for selection of NIAs included existing city commitments and staff assignments, potential for resource leverage, neighborhood organization capacity, and potential for success.About the Neighborhood Initiative Area (NIA) Program GoalsThe Neighborhood Services Department’s (NSD) mission is to improve the physical, social, and economic health of Phoenix neighborhoods. In light of the city’s long-standing commitment to improve distressed areas, NSD developed the NIA program, which was approved by the City Council in 1993. The program is designed to focus resources in targeted areas to provide concentrated and comprehensive neighborhood revitalization. Components of neighborhood revitalization include:
SelectionThe following criteria are considered in selecting the areas:
StrategyNSD selected five neighborhoods for concentrated revitalization activities. The idea is to develop a plan with the area residents so they can define “success.” The goal is to complete all facets of the plan.
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Recognition of Outstanding CDBG Funded Programs Due to a history of dwindling CDBG resources, Phoenix has relied more and more on increasing the impact of the CDBG dollar by leveraging other resources and using partnerships to make lasting improvements in its communities. The City recognizes outstanding partnerships, programs and accomplishments every year during its observance of National Community Development Block Grant Week. The recipients are described in the Awards Section of the City of Phoenix Community Development Block Grant Congressional Briefing Booklet.
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The Future of the CDBG Program The CDBG program has been our Nation's premiere tool for revitalizing our neighborhoods and creating decent housing and economic opportunities since 1975. It has allowed us the local flexibility to structure and carry out projects and neighborhood improvement in the most effective way possible, based on very active citizen participation. CDBG has been the glue that holds other federal community based programs together. However, the CDBG program has suffered consecutive cuts totaling $3 million dollars since 2004. This is causing unprecedented losses in services and is seriously hampering our ability to generate partnerships and other funding to effectively change communities. More information can be found in the Congressional Briefing Section of the City of Phoenix Community Development Block Grant Congressional Briefing Booklet. To find out more what can be done to support the CDBG program, please visit www.ncdaonline.org online.
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