HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) has been posting “Quick Guides” regarding potential uses of the $5 billion Congress appropriated for Community Development Block Grant supplemental funding (CDBG-CV) under the CARES Act. These resource papers are posted on the CDBG COVID-19 Resources webpage of the HUD Exchange CDBG CARES Act page, not on the regular CDBG website.
Recent CDBG CARES Act Guide Guides include:
- CDBG-CV Rural Coronavirus Response Quick Guide, is a user-friendly tool that provides resources to help states and rural grantees identify eligible activities and programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the disruption and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The guide describes and provides examples of how regular CDBG and CDBG-CV funds can be used for eligible activities to support issues facing rural areas, including: emergency rent and utility payments, motel acquisition for non-congregate shelter, housing rehabilitation, broadband, food, and economic development and recovery.
- CDBG-CV Broadband Quick Guide summarizes some of the ways CDBG-CV grantees can help narrow the digital divide by providing broadband infrastructure and services to communities in need due to the coronavirus.
- CDBG-CV Public Facilities Quick Guide is intended to help grantees select and implement CDBG-CV funded public facility and infrastructure projects. The guide also describes some of the "cross-cutting" requirements of federal grants and HUD programs, and it explains what grantees should consider when a public facility may no longer be needed for its intended use.
- CDBG-CV Toolkit categorizes and organizes CDBG-CV specific and relevant tools and training resources in one location to foster quick and easy access.
- State CDBG-CV Implementation Quick Guide provides an overview of the general CARES Act CDBG-CV provisions as well as the state-specific alternative requirements and flexibilities granted in the CDBG-CV Federal Register Notice (F.R. 6218-N-01). The guide also reviews alternative models for state CDBG-CV program delivery, and it identifies resources and technical assistance available to state CDBG-CV grantees.
CPD’s CDBG COVID-19 Resources webpage is at: https://bit.ly/3drGKbe
More information about CDBG-CV is on page 10-15 of NLIHC’s 2021 Advocates’ Guide.
More information about regular CDBG is on page 8-4 of NLIHC’s 2021 Advocates’ Guide.