Primary Department: Housing and Community Development
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Interlocal Agreement
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval to execute the Computer Matching Agreement for Community Development Block Grants - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) data sharing with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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Background and Discussion:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for communities across 24 states and territories. To provide guidance for the implementation of this funding, HUD also published the Universal Notice for Community Development Block Grants - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR). This critical allocation of CDBG-DR funding and the guidance in the Universal Notice will enable 47 grantees - including 23 states, 15 counties, 8 cities, and one territory - to recover from and build resilience to weather-related disasters. Harris County received $67,326,000 for Hurricane Beryl-4798 and Derecho-4781.
To assist with the prevention of duplication of benefits for individual subrecipients or grantees, HUD is finalizing its plans to introduce a data portal to speed up the process of sharing FEMA data with CDBG-DR grantees. The ...
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