| The Development Services Department administers a variety of grants to assist with community and economic development activities. Regular grants managed within this program are the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities Set Aside and the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), both of which are funded in part by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as administered by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC) on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, and the HOME Investment Partnership which is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as administered by the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) on behalf of the State of Oklahoma. These programs are administered by staff in the Development Services Administration Department. Other grant opportunities from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Oklahoma Arts Council, and other federal, state and private agencies are researched and evaluated through the Development Services Administration Department. |
