What is the CDBG-DR Program?
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is one of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) most long-lasting neighborhood and community development programs. The CDBG Program supports multiple activities that assist in the development of viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income. The CDBG-DR Program is a HUD special assignment of Federal funds, made available when the President of the United States declares a major disaster and there are significant unmet needs for long-term recovery in the most impacted areas. The CDBG framework is utilized in these instances, adding specific rules for disaster recovery grants to form the operational and administrative framework of the CDBG-DR Program.
All CDBG-DR funded activities must clearly address an impact on the disaster for which funding was allocated. Given standard CDBG requirements, this means each activity must:
- Be a CDBG-eligible activity (or be eligible under a waiver or alternative requirement);
- Meet a national objective; and
- Address a direct or indirect impact from the major disaster in a Presidentially-declared area. A disaster- related impact can be addressed through any eligible CDBG-DR activity.
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