FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Feb. 7, 2014  Contact: Katie Arrington, Flood Recovery Communications, 303-441-1609

Public hearings set for a review of disaster grant plan

Colorado set to receive $62.8M in grant money for disaster recovery

Boulder County, Colo. – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $62.8M dollars in Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) to the State of Colorado to assist in a portion of flood disaster related costs. This grant is designed to assist with a small amount of those needs not being met through FEMA funds or other federal funds. To secure these HUD funds, the state must submit an action plan to HUD detailing a proposed allocation of these funds based on community priority.

The Governor’s Recovery Office is co-hosting four public hearings to review and discuss the CDBG-DR process and the state’s draft Action Plan. The Action Plan will be available online on Monday, Feb. 10. Citizens are encouraged to review the Action Plan and provide feedback and comments. Citizens wanting to provide public comment at the hearings will be required to sign up upon arrival, with speakers going in the order they sign in. Comments on the Action Plan will be accepted through Tuesday, Feb. 18.

What: Public Hearing concerning CDBG-DR process and Action Plan

When: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7-9 p.m.

Where: Boulder County Clerk & Recorder’s Office, Houston Room, 1750 33rd St., Boulder

Details: Read the action plan and submit online comments

CDBG-DR funds will bring critical resources to help our communities continue to rebuild and recover following the 2013 Flood. However, these funds are extremely limited and will not address all of the unmet needs of our residents and local governments. It is important that residents comment on the state’s CDBG-DR Action Plan, or application, to ensure that the highest priorities are adequately and accurately captured in the Plan. Local governments such as Boulder County will manage the funds in each community as sub-grantees, directing resources to recovery priorities that also meet the program requirements of CDBG-DR.

The communities of Boulder County are working together to prepare to implement these funds as strategically, efficiently and effectively as possible, so that we all rebuild more resiliently and better than before.

–BoulderCounty.org–