What betterment projects qualify for the CDAA Credit?

The following types of projects qualify for the CDAA Credit:

• Employment training
• Human and medical services
• Physical facility and neighborhood development services
• Recreational and educational activities
• Crime prevention

The following projects are deemed most important:

• Projects that substantially contribute to the area's self-help effort by building the capacity of local residents to address locally-defined objectives.
• Projects that result in the provision of essential services to low- and moderate-income persons, who are not adequately being provided for in the affected neighborhood and for which there are no readily available resources (provide a non-duplicative service).
• Projects that tangibly contribute to the development of lasting cooperation and public/private partnership efforts of area organizations and businesses.