Email Subscription Neighborhood Services Department
The Neighborhood Services Department is responsible for many issues that affect individuals and their homes, neighborhoods, and the larger community of Champaign. There are three divisions that each have differing responsibilities: Neighborhood Coordination is charged with the organization and support of neighborhood groups, Neighborhood Programs monitors and disseminates funding to rehabilitate housing and support local social services, and Property Maintenance identifies and works to correct code issues on properties throughout the City.
The department was created in 1992 with the mission of ensuring a comprehensive and
effective response to neighborhood needs through implementation of the City’s Neighborhood Wellness Action Plan, coordination of neighborhood-based City services, and leadership on public information and citizen participation activities.
Neighborhood Services Department Contact Information
Policies for Housing and Community Development
Consolidated and Annual Action Plans
The Consolidated Plan is a five-year plan that identifies strategies and resources that are available to meet affordable housing and community development objectives within the City. The Annual Action Plan is a yearly document required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that accompanies the Consolidated Plan providing information on the City’s allotment of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds received from HUD and how this funding will be allocated to the various programs supported by the Neighborhood Services Department.
Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)
The CAPER summarizes the progress the City made in carrying out its strategic plan outlined in its Consolidated Plan including accomplishments, resources available, persons assisted, and other actions. Information is provided for the past fiscal year and what goals and objectives were met from the annual action plan and what progress was made towards the five-year Consolidated Plan.
While this report details the expenditure of Community Development Block Grant funding by the City of Champaign, all HOME funding accomplishments are report by the City of Urbana, which is the lead agency of these funds for Champaign County.
Overview of Champaign Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods are the core component of our community. The City of Champaign is composed of 39 different neighborhoods that vary in size, location, housing styles, and social composition. To better serve the community, the City focuses services at the neighborhood level to identify and correct specific issues and problems.
The Neighborhood Services Department was created to provide information, administer funding, and monitor programs that directly contribute to the health of neighborhoods throughout the City of Champaign.
View a map of Neighborhoods in Champaign
(Note: This map also includes Planning Area numbers.)
Neighborhood Services Department Divisions
Neighborhood Coordination Division
The Neighborhood Coordination Division is responsible for citizen education and outreach, coordination of interdepartmental efforts to solve neighborhood problems, organizing neighborhoods, and promoting neighborhood self-help programs to address community priorities.
Neighborhood Programs Division
Neighborhood Programs monitors and disseminates funding to rehabilitate housing and support local social services.
Property Maintenance Division
The Property Maintenance Division is responsible for the maintenance and preservation of existing structures in the community through enforcement of property maintenance codes and coordination of efforts to achieve compliance with the City’s blight and nuisance abatement programs.
Neighborhood Wellness Plan
The Neighborhood Wellness Action Plan is intended to be used by City staff, appointed and elected officials, and residents of the City as well as other agencies in and outside of the community. In conjunction with the Neighborhood Analysis Report, the Plan provides information regarding neighborhood conditions and issues and the types of activities that need to be carried out to achieve the Plan’s vision. Because it is intended to be used at various civic levels, the plan has a number of distinct, yet related applications.
Contractor Information for Neighborhood Programs
The City welcomes new contractors to complete projects for Neighborhood Service’s programs.