Abington Township, PA

Click here to view the FY 2024 CDBG Subrecipient Grant Application. 

The draft timeline is as follows (and is subject to change):

• January 22, 2024: Public training (delivered on-line live at 10 AM)
  • Click here to view a recording of the training session.
  • Click here to view the presentation slides. 
• February 15, 2024: Public Needs Hearing at 10 AM (Public Hearing #1)
  1. Join by computer, tablet or application: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85422837760
  2. Join by telephone: 1-929-436-2866 and entering the meeting ID number 854-2283-7760 when prompted.
  3. Meeting ID: 854-2283-7760
• March 15, 2024: Application submission deadline (4pm EST)
• April 2024: Applications reviewed for eligibility, scored according to rubric, and recommendations made to Commissioners
• May 1-31, 2024: Public Display of Draft Annual Action Plan
• May 15, 2024: Public Hearing #2
• June 13, 2024: Presentation of Final Plan for Approval by Board of Commissioners
• August 15, 2024: Deadline for Submission to HUD

Abington Township runs a competitive application process for organizations wishing to request CDBG funds. For the 2023 Program Year, applications are now open and are due Friday, March 17, 2023, before 4 PM.  Late submissions will not be considered.

Click here to view the application. 

Click here to watch a training session on how to complete the application. 

As a HUD CDBG entitlement community, the Township of Abington prepares a Five Year Consolidated Plan. The Consolidated Plan is a strategic plan to implement federal programs for housing and community development within the Township. The Township is currently operating under the Five-Year Consolidated Plan for FY 2020 beginning October 1, 2020, through FY 2024, ending September 30, 2025.  These plans are developed with residents and organizations who live and work within the Township. The collaboration among the local and regional community is necessary to ensure that projects are relevant and reflect the needs of the community the CDBG program seeks to serve. Only projects that meet the needs identified in the Consolidated Plan will be considered for CDBG funding.

The needs identified in the Consolidated Plan are addressed through the development of an Annual Action Plan (AAP).  The AAP is developed each year (program years run from October 1 to September 30) with the goals, objectives, desired outcomes, public engagement, demographics, existing conditions and projects as identified in the Five-Year Consolidated Plan. The AAP is a requirement of participating in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

Each year, two publicly advertised meetings are held to solicit input for the AAP.  The first is structured to gain ideas on specific projects and activities. This meeting will be held in-person and via zoom on February 22, 2023.  More info is here.  The second is to review the proposed AAP projects toward final approval and submission to HUD.  This hearing is anticipated to be held in June 2023; details will be forthcoming.

The CDBG program requires that each activity funded meet one of the three national objectives, which are:

1. Benefit to low- to moderate- income households or persons;
2. Aid in the prevention of the elimination of slum or blight;
3. Having to meet a particular urgent need.

The Township’s most effective use of the CDBG funds has been to benefit households or persons of low‐ to moderate‐ income. HUD annually calculates estimates of median family income for every area of the country. These estimates are used to calculate various income limits, which are defined as percentages of median family income, and vary by the number of persons in a household. HUD uses income limits to define low‐income status and resulting eligibility for many of its housing assistance programs. For more information, please see the Median Family Income and Income Limits Methodology documents here: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html#2022_documents.

Abington Township is included in HUD’s “Philadelphia‐Camden‐Wilmington, PA‐NJ‐DE‐MD MSA”. The FY 2022 Income Limits Summary set by HUD on June 15, 2022 are:

The Township of Abington is an older established community that has approximately 98% of its buildable lands developed. The Township has primarily focused the use of its CDBG funds on the reuse and rehabilitation of its aging housing stock and public improvements. Housing and Public Improvement have been the two main areas that the Township has supported with its allocation of CDBG funds.

Currently, the needs and goals identified by the Township can be summarized as:

Full analyses of these strategic priorities are conducted every five (5) years and are contained in these reports:

• DRAFT FY 2020‐2024 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI)
• DRAFT FY 2020‐2024 Five Year Consolidated Plan and FY 2020 Annual Action Plan

The following is a list of activities that have been funded by the CDBG Program over the years: 

1. Street Reconstruction, Demolition
2. Housing Rehabilitation (both owner and rental)
3. Business Improvements (grants for jobs)
4. After School and Summer Program
5. Planning Studies; New Construction
6. Accessibility Modifications
7. Flooding and Drainage Improvement

The Township is routinely monitored both in‐person and remotely for its various federally and state administered grant programs. In 2022, the Township was monitored on‐site by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the Township Summer Meals Program (funded through the PDE Summer Food Service Program) and remotely by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Township’s administration of the Community Development Block Grant COVID‐19 (CDBG‐CV) program to ensure that both grants were administered properly.

NOTICE OF DISPLAY OF PLANS AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR
AMENDMENT TO FY 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLANS FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF ABINGTON, PA

Notice is hereby given that the Township of Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has amendments to the FY 2019 Annual Action Plan. In accordance with the regulations and requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), these plans will be on public display for a period of 30 days, beginning October 1, 2024 until October 30, 2024 at the following locations:

PHYSICAL COPY: The Township of Abington
1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001

 ELECTRONIC COPY: https://www.abingtonpa.gov/cd

These plans are available for public inspection during normal business hours of operation. Written or oral comments will be accepted until October 30, 2024.  Comments may be directed to Ms. Kimberly Hamm, Director of Community Development, 1176 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001, emailed to khamm@Abingtonpa.gov, or phone at (267) 536-1019.

A public hearing will be held on October 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM at the Township Building, 1176 Old York Road, Board Room, Abington, PA 19001 and by virtual conference call. There are two ways for the public to virtually participate in the meeting. Residents can access the meeting online, by a computer, iPad, iPhone or Android at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85796156785. This link will enable residents to hear the meeting, see presentations, and make public comment. There will be no video capabilities. Residents who are unable to join online can listen to the meeting by calling 1-929-436-2866 and entering the meeting ID number 857 9615 6785 when prompted.

Any person requiring an interpreter for the hearing impaired or the visually impaired should contact Ms. Hamm at least five-(5) calendar days prior to the meeting and an interpreter will be provided. In   addition, hearing-impaired persons may call Pennsylvania Relay at 711. Any non-English speaking person wishing to participate the public hearing should contact Ms. Hamm at least five (5) calendar days prior to the meeting and a language interpreter will be provided. Cualquier persona que no habla Inglés que deseen asistir a la audiencia pública deben comunicarse con la Sra Hamm cinco (5) días calendario antes de la reunión y un intérprete de lenguaje se proporcionará.

The purpose of the public hearing is to present the following amendments to the FY 2019 Annual Action Plan:

FY 2019 Annual Action Plan – Cancel CV-Small Business Assistance and reallocate the CDBG-CV funds to the existing CV-Food Pantry activity for a new budget total of $209,104.51 and CV-Household Direct Assistance activity for a new budget total of $361,000

The Township intends to submit these documents to HUD on or before December 1, 2024.

The plans will be submitted to the Township’s Board of Commissioners on November 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM, at which time these documents will be presented for approval at the regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners’ Meeting.

All interested persons, groups, and organizations are encouraged to attend this public hearing and will be given the opportunity to present oral or written testimony concerning the proposed plans and use of Federal funds.

Honorable Thomas Hecker, President
Township of Abington Board of Commissioners

Click here to view the presentation slides. 

• Notice of Public Hearing on Application for the CDBG-DR Program
  • A public hearing was held on August 6, 2024, at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call. 
• Notice of Public Hearing on Application for the DCED HOME Program
  • A public hearing was held on June 5, 2024, at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call.
• Notice of Display of Plan and Public Hearing FY 2024 Annual Action Plan for the CDBG Program
  • A public hearing was held on May 15, 2024, at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call.
  • Click here to view the DRAFT FY 2024 Annual Action Plan. 
• FY 2024 CDBG Needs Hearing and FY 2021/2022 Substantial Amendment
  • A public hearing was held on February 15, 2024, at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call.
    • Click here to view the draft Substantial Amendment for FY 2021 and FY 2022 CDBG Program. 
    • Click here to view the presentation slides from the Proposed CDBG Annual Action Plan Amendments Hearing.
    • Click here to view the presentation slides from the 2024 Annual Action Plan Needs Hearing.
• Notice of Display of Plans of the FY 2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
  • Click here to view the FY 2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
• Notice of Display of Plans and Public Hearing for Amendment to FY 2022 CDBG Funds for the Township of Abington, PA

  • Click here to view the draft Substantial Amendment to the FY 2022 CDBG Program document. 

  • Click here to view the presentation slides for the Proposed 2022 CDBG Annual Action Plan Amendment.

• Notice of Display of Plans and Public Hearing for FY 2023 Annual Action Plan and Amendment to FYs 2019 and 2021 Annual Action Plans for the Township of Abington, PA
  • A public hearing was held on June 16, 2023 at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call.
    • Click here to view the presentation slides. 
  • Click here to view the draft FY 2023 Annual Action Plan for the CDBG Program.
• Notice of 2023 Annual Action Plan Needs Public Hearing
  • A public hearing was held on February 22, 2023 at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call
    • Click here to view the presentation slides. 
  • Click here to watch a training session on the 2023 CDBG application. 
• Notice of Display of the FY 2021 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
  • Click here to view the FY 2021 CAPER. 
• Notice of Display of Plans and Public Hearing for Amendment to FY 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 CDBG Funds for the Township of Abington, PA
  • A public hearing was held on September 21, 2022 at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call.
  • Click here to view the draft Substantial Amendments document. 
• Notice of Display of Plans and Public Hearing for FY 2022 Annual Action Plan and Amendment to FY 2018 CDBG Funds for the Township of Abington, PA
  • A public hearing was held on June 15, 2022 at 10 AM, in-person and by virtual conference call.
  • Click here to view the draft FY 2022 Annual Action Plan.
• Notice of Substantial Amendment to Abington Township's FY 2018, FY 2019, and FY 2021 Annual Action Plans
  • A public hearing was held on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 10 AM via Zoom webinar.
• Notice of Display of the FY 2020 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
  • Click here to view the FY 2020 CAPER. 
• Notice of Display of Plans and Public Hearing for FY 2021 Annual Action Plan and Amendment to FY 2014 CDBG Funds for the Township of Abington, PA
  • A public hearing was held on July 29, 2021 at 6 PM via virtual conference call.
  • Click here to view the draft FY 2021 Annual Action Plan for the CDBG Program
• Public Hearing Notice Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
  • A public hearing was held on May 27, 2021 at 6 PM via Zoom Webinar.
• Notice of Display of Plans and Public Hearing for FY 2020-2024 Five Year Consolidated Plan, FY 2020 Annual Action Plan, and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice for the Township of Abington, PA
  • Click here to view the FY 2020-2024 Five Year Consolidated Plan and FY Annual Action Plan
  • Click here to view the FY 2020-2024 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
  • A public hearing was held on April 29, 2021 at 10 AM via Zoom Webinar.
• Notice of Substantial Amendment to Abington Township's FY 2019 Annual Action Plan, Inclusion of Cares Act Funding, and Amendment to the Citizen Participation Plan
  • Click here to view the proposed amendment.
  • Click here to view the amendment to the Citizen Participation Plan.
  • A public hearing was held on March 25, 2021 at 10 AM via Zoom Webinar.
• Notice of Display of the FY 2019 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
  • Click here to view the report.

Update: This project has been completed.  

3/7/23 Update: Work will commence on the Old Welsh Road sidewalk improvement project on or about Thursday, March 9, 2023, weather permitting. Work will include but is not limited to; replacement of old sidewalk and curb with new wider sidewalk, replacement of disturbed steps and railings, and restoration of disturbed property. This project is expected to be completed in approximately four weeks. 

G & B Construction will be performing the work between 7 AM and 3 PM, Monday through Friday. Access may be limited at times, however, all effort will be made to alleviate any inconvenience during working hours. All emergency vehicles, school buses, postal delivery, and refuse vehicles will have access. 

A neighbor meeting on the Old Welsh Road Sidewalk Improvements project was held on August 18, 2021 at 7 PM at Crestmont Clubhouse. 

Click here to view the presentation slides.

Click here to view a large version of the sidewalk exhibit.