The City of Walnut Creek provides federal and local funding to organizations who provide housing and community services.

Funding is prioritized for services that support:

• Older adults
• People with disabilities
• Abused and neglected children
• Battered women
• People with HIV/AIDS
• People experiencing homelessness
• People in crisis

Most of the funding comes from the federal government through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

Additional funding for these services comes from the City’s general fund through:

• Community service grants
• Homeless service grant ($70,000 per year)

Permanent Local Housing Allocation

Walnut Creek gets funding from the State’s Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) grant to increase the affordable housing stock and address homelessness. About $830,700 is available for a 5-year period from 2020-2024 and Walnut Creek is estimated to get $138,500 each year.