Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)
The Arkansas Development Finance Authority wants to know what your community still needs to recover from the 2023 and 2024 disaster events.
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CDBG-DR grant funds are appropriated by Congress and allocated by HUD to rebuild disaster-impacted areas and provide crucial seed money to start the long-term recovery process. These flexible grants help cities, counties, Indian tribes, and States recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low-income areas, subject to availability of supplemental appropriations. Since CDBG-DR assistance may fund a broad range of recovery activities, HUD can help communities and neighborhoods that otherwise might not recover due to limited resources.
More Information will be made available soon.
For more information contact: lori.brockway@arkansas.gov.
About the Program
ADFA received the following allocations:
2020- $8,940,00 for Jefferson and Perry Counties
2025- $59,048,000 for Benton, Cross, and Pulaski Counties
About CDBG-DR Funds
These long-term recovery funds are used to help the most impacted and distressed areas recover. Funds are used to support long-term recovery needs that aren't fully covered by insurance, other federal programs (like FEMA), or private/non-profit assistance.
CDBG-DR is a flexible source of recovery funding that can be used for infrastructure, housing, economic revitalization, and other areas where there is still an unmet recovery need.
CDBG-DR funds must meet certain requirements:
• Projects must be recovery activities caused by the disaster events or they must help mitigate against future disasters
• 70% of the funds must be spent on projects that benefit low-to-moderate (LMI) individuals, households and/or areas. The remaining funds can be spent on meeting an urgent need..