During a visit in December, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the funding award and that it would go toward needs not addressed through other sources of public and private assistance such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Small Business Administration. With acceptance of this disaster action plan, the long-term and sustainable disaster recovery can continue.
This grant will support recovery efforts in 18 Presidentially declared flood-impacted counties, with a majority of the funds going to the most impacted counties: Boulder, Larimer and Weld. Programs will focus on housing, public infrastructure, long-term planning and economic development and, as stipulated by the grant, 50 percent of the funds will be distributed to low- and moderate-income households.
“We are very pleased with this approval of our action plan for the $62.8 million in CDBG-DR funding. We greatly appreciate the efforts of HUD in working with our team to get to this as quickly as possible,” Gov. John Hickenlooper said. “This grant will support long-term and sustainable disaster recovery efforts in the most impacted communities devastated by last year’s floods. The plan was developed with feedback from those impacted communities and will give Coloradans another resource to rebuild better and stronger.”
“From the moment the Presidential disaster declaration was made, HUD has been on the job, working with Congress to speed these much-needed funds to the State of Colorado,” HUD Rocky Mountain Regional Administrator Rick M. Garcia said. “This funding is vital to helping Coloradans rebuild their communities and HUD has been proud to partner with the State of Colorado and FEMA in this process.”
Applications for the funds will be available Friday, May 2, online at http://dola.colorado.gov/cdbg-dr/. The State will work with all applicants to release the money as soon as possible.
With the approval of the state’s Action Plan, communities will be able to submit applications through the following programs:
Program | Eligible applicants | Amount available |
Household Assistance Programs | ||
Temporary Rental Assistance and Relocation | Local governments, non-profits and housing authorities with experience in administering affordable housing programs | Local governments may receive up to $1 million with the ability to award up to $20,000 per household. |
Housing Purchase (Down Payment Assistance) | Local governments, non-profits and housing authorities with experience in administering affordable housing programs | Local governments may receive up to $500,000 with the ability to award up to $50,000 per household. |
Housing Repairs (Single Family Rehabilitation) | Local governments, non-profits and housing authorities with experience in administering affordable housing programs | Local governments may receive up to $4 million with the ability to award up to $50,000 per household. |
Clearance and Demolition | Local governments or their designated non-profits or housing authorities | Local governments may receive up to $500,000 for the removal of slum and blight. |
Housing New Construction Programs | ||
Single Family Housing New Construction | Sub-grantees may include units of general local government, non-profit and for-profit developers, and housing authorities, with experience in affordable housing development/ programs, an existing network, and capacity | Projects may receive up to $4 million with the ability to award up to $50,000 per household. |
Multifamily Rental Housing New Construction | Sub-grantees may include units of general local government, non-profit and for-profit developers, and housing authorities, with experience in affordable housing development/ programs, an existing network, and capacity | Projects may receive up to $4 million with the ability to award up to $50,000 per household. |
Recover Colorado Business Grant and Loan Program | Small businesses, non-profits and units of government | $9 million is available for grants and loans to small businesses. Up to $10,000 is available in grants for those with a single damaged location and up to $25,000 for multiple locations depending on the amount of their loss. Additionally, loans are available up to an additional $50,000. |
Agriculture Grant Program | Farmers, ranchers, and producers that are registered with the Secretary of State | $4.5 million is available for awards that range from a minimum $15,000 to maximum $150,000 per project. |
Recover Colorado Infrastructure Grant Program | Local governments within the 18 counties included in the Presidential Disaster Declaration including municipalities, counties, special districts, school districts and other political subdivisions of the state. | $19.5 million has been allocated for this program with maximum project awards of $5 million. |
Resiliency Visioning & Strategic Planning | Local governments | $1 million has been set aside with a maximum award of $100,000 for projects. |
The approved CDBG-DR Action Plan is available on the Department of Local Affairs website at http://dola.colorado.gov/cdbg-dr/
In a separate announcement recently, Donovan announced Colorado will receive an additional $199 million in CDBG-DR funds. In compliance with federal guidelines, a separate Action Plan will be prepared to address this second allocation and will include a public comment period. The allocation of funds of $199 million have not yet been recorded in the Federal Register. Once the grant is recorded, the process for allocating the funds can begin.
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