DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
State of Florida 2017 Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated $58,602,000 in CDBG-DR funds to the state for recovery in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared counties impacted by Disaster Declaration 4280 (Hurricane Hermine) and Declaration 4283 (Hurricane Matthew). The Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is the lead agency and responsible entity for administering the funds.
The rules for grant management applying to the funds were published in the Federal Register, 81 Federal Register 83254 on November 21, 2016 and 82 Federal Register 5591 on January 18, 2017. As required by the Federal Register an Action Plan that primarily addresses unmet housing needs must be submitted by DEO to HUD for approval.
On April 7, 2017, a copy of the draft Action Plan will be posted on the DEO’s website at http://www.floridajobs.org/cdbg-dr.
The required 14-day comment period will commence on April 7, 2017, and will conclude on April 21, 2017.
DEO will submit the final Action Plan to HUD no later than Monday, April 24, 2017. DEO will accept comments or questions about the draft Action Plan until Friday, April 21, 2017.
A copy of the “draft” Action Plan may be obtained by the link above or by email to CDBG-DR@deo.myflorida.com or by contacting Robin Grantham at the number below:
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Bureau of Rural Communities and Small Cities
The Caldwell Building
107 E. Madison Street, MSC-400
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Telephone: (850)717-8426
