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What is CDBG-DR?
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant funds are appropriated by Congress and allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to rebuild disaster-impacted areas and provide crucial seed money to start the long-term recovery process.
Purpose of CDBG-DR funds:
Focuses on long-term recovery efforts
Addresses unmet needs that other federal programs have not addressed yet
Funds supplement and fill remaining funding gaps
CDBG-DR cannot supplant other federal funds
For more information on CDBG-DR, visit : Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grant Funds | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
What are CDBG-DR funds used for?
The special appropriation provides funds to the most impacted and distressed areas for:
Housing
Infrastructure
Economic development
Public services
Mitigation
Local match for other federal programs
Each CDBG-DR activity must address a disaster-related impact (direct or indirect) in a Presidentially declared area for the covered disaster
Be a CDBG eligible activity
Meet a CDBG national objective*
Disaster-related activities are those that demonstrate a logical connection between the impacts of the covered disaster and the activity’s contribution to community recovery.
*To meet a CDBG-DR national objective, all activities must:
Primarily benefit LMI (Low-to-Moderate Income) persons;
Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or
Meet other community development needs having an urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs (known as “Urgent Need”).
What is the household income limit to be considered LMI (Low-To-Moderate Income)?
Who benefits from this funding?
CDBG-DR funds primarily benefit LMI (Low-To-Moderate Income) persons and communities, and other vulnerable members of the community who have been directly impacted by the disaster.
What is the household income limit to be considered LMI (Low-To-Moderate Income)?
LMI (Low-To-Moderate Income) is considered to be 80% of an area’s median household income. For Maui County in 2024, the median income as determined by HUD was $110,800.
Who is considered ''vulnerable''?
HUD identifies and prioritizes assistance for vulnerable populations that are disproportionately affected by disasters.
Broad Categories of Vulnerable Populations for CDBG-DR include:
Low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons or households
Kupuna
People experiencing homelessness
People with disabilities (includes people with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities)
If your household income exceeds the LMI limit you may not be eligible for the direct benefits provided by CDBG-DR funding. However, there could still be indirect benefits, such as improved infrastructure, community-wide recovery efforts, and other resources that support the overall resilience of the County. Additionally, the County may offer other programs or resources through different funding sources that may be more applicable to households above the LMI limit.
What is the Action Plan? Does the community get any say in it?
The CDBG-DR Action Plan outlines activities that the County will undertake under its recovery or mitigation program. Detailed funding amounts, sources of other funds, and implementation partners are included. Community input collected through the many community engagement events held by the County since the wildfires – including those that informed the County’s Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina – have been incorporated into the draft, which was released and open for public review/feedback on Feb. 24, 2025. Public hearings on the draft Action Plan will be held on March 8, 11, and 14. The public comment period closes on March 26, 2025.
Can any of the funds be directly distributed to individual survivors?
CDBG-DR funds are required to be used for programs that directly benefit individual survivors, such as rebuild assistance for eligible homeowners, and cannot be directly distributed to survivors.
How is CDBG-DR funding a part of the County’s Long-Term Recovery Plan?
CDBG-DR funds will be one of several funding sources utilized by projects in the County of Maui’s Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina. For these funds, the County will consider all disaster recovery projects in the Long-Term Recovery Plan that are CDBG-DR eligible.
Contact Information
For questions, please contact the CDBG-DR Program Office at cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov.