State, local and tribal recipients of assistance assume environmental responsibility over projects, which means they are required to perform an environmental review that meets requirements on any CDBG-DR funded project before work can begin. This document provides the step-by-step instructions for conducting an environmental review on a particular project or activity, in addition to guidance… Read more
Successful program management requires adequate recordkeeping systems that allow subrecipients and grantees to track their performance against contract goals. This chapter of ‘s Playing by the Rules: A Handbook for CDBG Subrecipients on Administrative Systems, provides an overview of the minimum standards required for documentation and also provides a checklist of key administrative, financial and project records.… Read more
monitors certain community planning and development (CPD) program recipients, including recipients, to assess program efficiency, quality of performance, and to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. The CPD Monitoring Handbook outlines monitoring standards and processes and is intended for use by all HUD CPD staff involved in monitoring programs. However, CDBG-DR subreceipients and grantees can use… Read more
As part of the Disaster Recovery Homeowner Rehab Program Design and Implementation Toolkit, these sample Damage Assessments Master Specifications are intended for use by a state or locality in need of reviewing their construction and demolition ‘specs’ for the inclusion of damage-related conditions. Damage Assessments Master Specifications
This guide provides links to the various tools needed for the funded Homeowner Rehabilitation Program, which provides funding to help homeowners rehabilitate disaster-damaged residences. Homeowner Rehabilitation Program
This guide provides an overview of the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funded Homeowner Rehabilitation Program, which provides funding to help homeowners rehabilitate disaster-damaged residences. Homeowner Rehabilitation Housing Program
grantees that choose to engage subrecipients in their program are responsible for providing a formal subrecipient agreement. This sample CDBG-DR subrecipient agreement template identifies the minimum amount of content for consistency with the Entitlement and State CDBG Program requirements. However, grantees should adjust the agreement to ensure it meets their CDBG-DR award requirements, in addition… Read more
The purpose of this guide is to ensure that the grantee’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program complies with all federal rules and to recommend improvements that enhance programmatic efficiency, effectiveness and documented results. CDBG-DR Compliance and Monitoring
This guide details the many crosscutting federal requirements that apply to Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and to the specific programs and projects grantees may choose to carry out. Crosscutting Federal Requirements Applicable to CDBG-DR Program
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides this interactive map of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grantees and LMISD block groups, places, county subdivisions, and counties. CDBG Low Moderate Income Area Data ACS-Based
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