NAMPA — Nampa City Council made a difficult decision Monday evening when distributing its Community Development Block Grant by not granting the Salvation Army a requested $40,000.
The city doled out $100,000 to other organizations but cut out the Salvation Army, which had received the grant money each of the past five years.
Nampa receives CDBG funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on an annual basis. As a part of its annual process, the city must confirm that organizations meet criteria before granting funds.
The requirements are based on the federal CDBG requirements.
According to the city website, every spring, organizations go through an application process to request funds for projects that primarily benefit low- and moderate-income individuals.
Community Development Program Manager Matthew Jamison said his recommendation against a Salvation Army grant was due to the organization being deemed as non-compliant.
“We thought it would be a fairly simple and easy review,” Jamison said. “We just found some things in the review process and our on-site monitoring that didn’t quite meet the standards.”