This notice allocates $6.875 billion in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funds to grantees recovering from qualifying 2015, 2016, and 2017 disasters. Funds allocated by this notice were made available by the Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (approved February 9, 2018) (the “Appropriations Act”). This notice describes grant requirements and procedures, including waivers and alternative requirements, applicable to CDBG-MIT funds only. The Department acknowledges the governance and financial management challenges of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the on-going capacity considerations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Accordingly, the allocation of funds to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for mitigation and electrical power system improvements shall be governed by subsequent notices in order to provide additional time to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to work with the Department to address these issues.
HUD will accept an action plan from cohorts no later than the dates identified below, unless the grantee has requested, and HUD has approved an extension of its target submission deadline:
• State CDBG–MIT grantees that currently administer CDBG–DR grants provided in response to a 2015 or 2016 disaster shall submit no later than February 3, 2020: Florida; Louisiana; North Carolina, South Carolina; Texas; and West Virginia.
• Local government CDBG–MIT grantees shall submit on no later than March 2, 2020: Columbia, SC; Lexington County, SC; Richland County, SC; Houston, TX; and San Marcos, TX.
• State CDBG–MIT grantees that currently administer only a CDBG–DR grant provided in response to a 2017 disaster shall submit no later than ln April 6, 2020: California; Georgia; and Missouri.
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