Division of Financial & Program Management

Elizabeth Leonard, Director
574.235.9330

The Division of Financial and Program Management ensures the department's financial resources are used efficiently and effectively.  The division processes payroll, pays bills, maintains accurate accounting records, manages department owned property, and monitors contracts for performance and compliance.

The division is also responsible for securing the annual federal entitlements for the City of South Bend to benefit low to moderate income individuals or to eliminate slum and blight. Those entitlements are the Community Develoment Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG).  Project proposals from area non-profit agencies are accepted and reviewed and public input is solicited at public hearings.  The division makes recommendations to administrative and elected officials, and prepares contracts for the approved projects.

In addition, the division acts as the accounting staff for eight not-for-profit organizations: filing tax returns, maintaining bookkeeping records, making payroll, paying bills and preparing necessary reports. The non-profit agencies whose accounting the division provides are the Industrial Revolving Fund, the Urban Enterprise Association, the Community Homebuyers' Corporation, the Housing Development Corporation, the Corporation for Entrepreneurial Development, Neighborhood Resources Corporation, South Bend Weed & Seed Alliance and Rebuilding Together.

Division of Financial & Program Management
227 W. Jefferson Blvd. • Suite 1200 S
South Bend, IN  46601
Phone: 574.235.9371
Fax: 574.235.9021