Apply for the DCA's PlanFirst Program

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DCA PlanFirst program

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs' PlanFirst applications are due May 15, 2016. PlanFirst recognizes and rewards effective plan implementation by communities throughout the state. To be eligible to apply, a community must be a qualified local government, be up-to-date with its mandated reporting to DCA and have met the minimum performance standards as set forth in their regional commission’s regional plan. Any size community may apply — it just has to have made significant strides toward implementing its comprehensive plan.

Designation as a PlanFirst community comes with rewards. The incentives available to those communities include, but are not limited to:

• Annual CDBG application eligibility for non-entitlement communities.
• Reductions on basis points for various DCA and GEFA programs.
• Other incentives listed on the PlanFirst web page.

Program application and more information are available on DCA’s website: http://www.dca.ga.gov/development/PlanningQualityGrowth/programs/PlanFirst.asp

If your community wishes to apply and would like to speak to someone about the program, please contact adriane.wood@dca.ga.gov.