1. St. Tammany Parish Government Office of Social Services 510 East Boston Street Covington, Louisiana 70433 985-898-3074 [email_address] Community Development Projects Programs Planning presented by:

3. Community Development Day Purpose Community Development Day in St. Tammany Parish is part of a national celebration of Community Development Week: April 12-18, 2009.

4. Community Development Day Purpose Community Development Week was started by NCDA (National Community Development Association) 23 years ago to focus local and national attention on the programs and projects funded by HUD (the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development) through the CDBG ( Community Development Block Grant) program .

5. Community Development Day Purpose Community Development Day is an invitation to the residents, non-profits and businesses of St. Tammany to become involved with the direction that CDBG funded programs will take in the future.

6. Community Development Day Purpose Public participation is encouraged at all stages of planning for CDBG funds and activities.

7. Understanding the Citizen Participation Process St. Tammany Parish maintains a Citizen Participation Plan that describes the methods to be used for engaging the public in CDBG planning.

8. Understanding the Citizen Participation Process Copies of the Citizen Participation Plan are available at this meeting and on the Parish website at http://www.stpgov.org under the Dept. of Social Services.

9. St. Tammany Parish Community Development Projects & Programs St. Tammany Parish received just over $1 million in CDBG funds beginning in October of 2008. 2008 was the first year that St. Tammany Parish qualified for CDBG funds as an "urban county (parish)."