ClosedAtlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Kentucky 2026 CDBG Community Projects — Human Service & Crisis Facility Pathway
Kentucky's CDBG Community Projects pathway offers up to $850,000 per community for qualifying human-service facilities. Official DLG pages currently conflict between September 1 and September 2, 2026, so Atlas flags September 2 as an immediate same-day verification/submission date rather than inventing a deadline time.
FundingUp to $850,000 in CDBG funding per community.
DeadlineOfficial-source conflict: Kentucky DLG's program-specific page says September 1, 2026; DLG's current Federal Grant Application Deadlines overview says September 2, 2026. Neither page states a submission time. Treat September 2 as an immediate same-day outside date and confirm the live portal/instructions before submission.
Last verifiedSeptember 2, 2026
Required next actionAct immediately on September 2, 2026. Confirm the live DLG submission portal or controlling instructions because two official DLG pages conflict between September 1 and September 2 and neither states a clock time; if the application remains available, submit as early as possible. Preserve documentation of the deadline discrepancy.
Broad Eligibility
All Kentucky cities and counties may apply except entitlement communities. Healthcare and human-service organizations that are not eligible local-government applicants should evaluate whether an eligible city or county can sponsor a qualifying community project serving low-income residents or another eligible human-service need.
Atlas Analysis
A time-sensitive cross-sector infrastructure pathway with direct relevance to community health and safety when a local government is the applicant. Kentucky specifically identifies senior centers, crisis centers, fire stations and facilities serving low-income people as examples. Current DLG pages conflict on the closing date: the Community Projects page says September 1, 2026, while the Federal Grant Application Deadlines overview says September 2, 2026. Atlas is preserving that conflict transparently and treating September 2 as an immediate same-day outside date pending portal confirmation; no submission time should be invented.
Kentucky’s 2026 CDBG Community Projects program funds local-government projects that address human-service needs, including senior centers, crisis centers, fire stations, and facilities serving low-income residents. The Department for Local Government lists a maximum of $850,000 per community.
Eligible applicants are Kentucky cities and counties other than entitlement communities. Healthcare, behavioral-health, aging, and human-service organizations cannot generally apply directly, but they may be part of a qualifying project advanced by an eligible city or county when the proposed facility satisfies CDBG rules.
Deadline verification alert
Two current official Kentucky DLG pages conflict on the 2026 closing date. The program-specific Community Projects page says applications are accepted through September 1, 2026, while DLG’s current Federal Grant Application Deadlines overview lists Community Projects through September 2, 2026. Neither page states a submission clock time. Atlas is therefore keeping this record actionable on September 2 while clearly flagging the discrepancy rather than silently choosing the earlier date or presenting an unverified time.
Immediate action: any applicant still pursuing this round should confirm the live submission portal or DLG instructions immediately and submit as early as possible on September 2. This is a facility and community-development pathway, not a stand-alone clinical-technology grant.
Official sources: Kentucky DLG Community Projects and Kentucky DLG Federal Grant Application Deadlines.
Source verificationOfficial government source · dlg.ky.govAtlas last verified this record September 2, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
