Environmental Review Partners (including applicants, consultants, contractors, nonprofits, and public housing authorities who assist with the environmental review process but may not legally take responsibility for completing an environmental review) may use the Partner Worksheets below to submit information on a project’s compliance with federal environmental laws and authorities. These worksheets, along with all supporting… Read more
Before work begins on a post-disaster recovery project funded by the program, grantees must perform an environmental review to evaluate the impact of the project on the environment, and vice versa. The review, which must be in accordance with requirements, provides documentation to prove that no harm is done to either the environment or the… Read more
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
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
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
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
These state-level data sets provide estimates of the number of low and moderate income individuals (LMISD) by block group based on the 2006 – 2010 American Community Survey (ACS). FY 2017 LMISD by State – All Block Groups, Based on 2006-2010 American Community Survey
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