Through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the California Department of Housing and Community Development allocated $1,187,003 to Santa Clarita to purchase the CalTrans park-and-ride lot on Newhall Avenue. The city also received $2,369,504 from the federal government through its annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement for various purposes including: assisting the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, assisting Lutheran Social Services with the provision of local homeless services, and providing residential rehabilitation grants and loans, and operating costs.