grantees must ensure their financial management systems are in compliance with local, state and federal requirements. This involves updating existing financial policies, and oftentimes developing new policies. To prevent misspending or mishandling CDBG-DR funding, it’s important that grantees review their existing financial management policies or develop new policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) before spending any funds. For example, grantees must… Read more
This guide offers overall strategic direction for the implementation of the recovery program, including managing the various Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program teams and functions. CDBG-DR Grants Management
This guide details how to design, implement, and manage individual Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) activities as well as provide services to beneficiaries to foster their recovery. CDBG-DR Program Operations
Before receiving CDBG-DR funding, grantees and subgrantees must conduct an unmet needs assessment to prioritize their recovery projects and determine how their CDBG-DR funding will be allocated into housing, economic development, and infrastructure recovery programs. A comprehensive assessment requires compiling a large amount of data both from residents and from local, state, and federal sources.… Read more
Unlike the initial damage assessment that occurs immediately after a disaster, the required unmet needs assessment occurs months later when CDBG-DR funding has been allocated. To complete the required unmet needs assessment, CDBG-DR grantees will need to acquire data from and other agencies that collected initial damage assessment data. CDBG-DR grantees can use this sample… Read more
can be one of the most difficult compliance requirements for both program administrators and homeowner applicants to grasp. A duplication of benefits occurs when any person, business, or entity uses federal funds to cover losses for which they have already received assistance from another source. This applies to both grantees and to individuals, and must… Read more
Before grantees can receive funds, they must develop an Action Plan that details the unmet needs analysis, strategic priorities, and the plan for allocating funds to housing, economic development, infrastructure, and/or services programs. This Combined Action Plan consolidates the State of Colorado’s original CDBG-DR Actions Plan that approved by in 2014, and all subsequent Substantial… Read more
Before grantees can receive funds, they must develop an Action Plan that details the unmet needs analysis, strategic priorities, and the plan for allocating funds to housing, economic development, infrastructure, and/or services programs. The State of Oklahoma developed this Action Plan for their $97.3 million CDBG-DR award in 2013. Although this Action Plan can’t be… Read more
The purpose of 2 CFR part 200 is to streamline the Federal government’s guidance on administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements to more effectively focus Federal resources on improving performance and outcomes, while ensuring the financial integrity of taxpayer dollars in partnership with non-Federal stakeholders. 2 CFR 200 – Uniform Guidance
This document details all of the administrative requirements for grants and cooperative agreements to state, local, and federally-recognized Indian tribal governments. 24 CFR 85 – Title 24 of Housing Urban Development Part 85
