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<strong>GOHSEP</strong><br />
Louisiana <strong>Elected</strong> <strong>Officials</strong><br />
Emergency Management <strong>Manual</strong><br />
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate<br />
5.2.5 Community Development Block Grants<br />
(CDBG)<br />
The Community Development Block<br />
Grant (CDBG) program is a part of the<br />
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban<br />
Development (HUD).<br />
The State contact for CDBG is the Disaster<br />
Recovery Unit (DRU) of the Louisiana Office<br />
of Community Development (OCD), under<br />
the Louisiana Division of Administration (DOA).<br />
The flexibility in applying<br />
CDBG funding makes it a<br />
powerful recovery tool.<br />
The Louisiana D-CDBG program awards and administers Federal grants to individuals,<br />
nonprofits and local governments in Federally designated areas of the State. The program is<br />
designed to further develop communities by providing housing, a suitable living environment<br />
and expand economic opportunities, primarily for persons of low to moderate income in<br />
keeping with Federal statutory requirements.<br />
CDBG FUNDING + DISASTER RECOVERY<br />
CDBG funding plays an important role in disaster recovery. Authorized under Title I of the<br />
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, HUD provides flexible grants<br />
to help cities, counties/Parishes and States recover from Presidentially declared disasters,<br />
especially in low-income areas, subject to availability of supplemental appropriations.<br />
In response to disasters, Congress may appropriate additional funding for the CDBG and<br />
HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Programs as disaster recovery grants to rebuild the<br />
affected areas and provide crucial seed money to start the recovery process. Because CDBG<br />
disaster recovery assistance may fund a broad range of recovery activities, HUD can help<br />
communities and neighborhoods that otherwise might not recover due to limited resources.<br />
Disaster recovery grants often supplement disaster programs of FEMA, the U.S. Small Business<br />
Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In addition, HUD HOME<br />
disaster recovery grants can provide an important resource for providing affordable housing to<br />
disaster victims.<br />
5.2.5 CDBG Page 1 of 4
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