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-DR eligible activity
Meet a CDBG-DR 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”).