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At the first Yavapai County Board of Supervisors regular meeting of 2025, the board was asked to award Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) from a list of proposed projects.
Submitted projects included grant applications from the following projects: Camp Verde City. Yavapai County Development Services Environmental Division. Verde Valley Human Habitat/Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG); Autism Spectrum Education and Neurodevelopmental Center (ASCEND); Hope House in Sedona. Steps to Recovery; Prescott Valley Food Bank. Yarnell Regional Community Center; Yarnell Water Improvement Association; and Meals on Wheels.
Yavapai County is allocated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds every four years, which must be used to serve low- to moderate-income residents in the county .
Funding comes from federal housing and urban development funds through the Arizona Housing Authority, administered by NACOG in northern Arizona. The county’s 2025 CDBG funding process began with a public hearing for project input in fall 2024.
Yavapai County Development Services Director Jeremy Dye said these projects must meet one of three national goals:
- Benefits low- and moderate-income earners
- Assistance in preventing or eliminating slums and epidemics
- Responding to particularly urgent community development needs
Yavapai County Manager Maury Thompson said. Previous budgets show the county is funding the Yarnell Regional Community Center’s Meals on Wheels program through something called outside donations. As you consider your giving this year, I would suggest meeting at least some of their needs through increased giving. ”
Selected proposals include:
- Total: Meals on Wheels – Prescott Valley Hub/Prescott Valley Food Bank ($519,500)
- Verde Valley Habitat for Humanity, Home Repair Program ($400,000)
- Yavapai County Development Services will replace the cesspool with a septic tank. ($280,000 of $500,000 request)
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