NCDA Region IV Conference

CPD Policy Update

CDBG Funding in FY 13

• $ 3.07 billion under Continuing Resolution = 4.48% increase from FY 2012 after sequestration + rescission

• Significant shifts in individual grant amounts as a result of moving from 2005-2009 ACS data to 2006-2010 ACS date for formula factors

• Interactive tool -allocations: (use Chrome browser) http://www.huduser.org/portal/maps/CDBG_Reintroduction.html

• $16 billion supplemental disaster funding (CDBG-DR) for disasters in 2011-2013. $6 billion awarded for Hurricane Sandy recovery , 2011 disasters, 2013 floods & tornados

FY 14 – Administration Budget

• CDBG: $ 2.798 bil (- $300 mil from FY13); proposes minimum grant threshold & elimination of “grandfathered” communities starting in FY ‘19

• HOME: $950 mil (- $50 mil) incl. ≤ $10 mil for SHOP • Homeless Assistance programs: $2.3 bil (+ $400 mil)• HOPWA: $332 mil (level funding)• $200 mil for Neighborhood Stabilization Initiative • $75 mil for Integrated Planning & Implementation

Strategies

FY 14 – Outlook

• Temporary funding through January means HUD cannot calculate allocations until year-long funding is known

• House & Senate bills differed greatly (House $1.6 bil vs. Senate $3.2 bil) but neither fully passed

• 30 potential new Entitlement grantees for FY14 could also significantly affect allocation amounts

CDBG Issues – IDIS Training

• 25 Trainings planned from November thru June• Two-day CDBG IDIS training - provides information

on new Section 108 functionality, entering data into IDIS, using IDIS reports to effectively manage and administer CDBG, avoiding common mistakes.

• For more information/registration, go to: https://www.onecpd.info/training-events/courses/

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CDBG Issues – IG Audit

• Formally issued October 31, 2011• “HUD did not adequately use its System (IDIS) to

provide oversight of activities under the Block Grant program.”

• Unaware of how grantees used $67 million to fund more than 1,300 cancelled activities with draws

• Lacked oversight of almost $3 billion funding more than 20,000 long-standing open activities

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CDBG Issues – IG Audit

• 11/27/12 IDIS changes flag activities with no drawdowns or accomplishment reporting for extended time periods; require grantee justification for cancelling activities with draws or revising draws to another activity

• Only 222 activities ($42 million) remain unresolved; those grantees will shortly receive a letter advising them to reimburse their program for amounts expended on those noncompliant activities

• Several hundred other activities require grantee to fix something in IDIS

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CDBG Issues – Moving CDBG Forward

• TA and Program Outreach listening sessions to solicit feedback from grantees about CDBG - 9 topic areas

• Seeking input on ways to improve CDBG program, make it easier to administer and to improve grantee performance and accountability

• 9 in-person sessions + 10 interactive webinars held• http://

hudideasinaction.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/225977-moving-cdbg-forward-technical-assistance-and-prog

• Provide input at: http://hudideasinaction.uservoice.com/forums/215139-moving-cdbg-forward-

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CDBG Policy Guidance Issued

• Reporting Energy Star Units (CPD Notice 2013-04)• Activity Delivery Costs vs. General Admin costs (CPD

Notice 2013-07)• Corrective Action for Violation of the Public Services

and Planning and Administration Caps (5/16/13 memo) – over-obligations must be reimbursed

• Exchanging CDBG Funds by UGLGs in Urban Counties (5/13/13 memo)

CDBG Policy Under Development

• Closeout Instructions for NSP, CDBG-R, CDBG-DR, State CDBG grants. (Have you closed out your CDBG-R yet?)

• Notice regarding FY 14 Action Plan submissions: wait for final allocation amounts

• Technical Corrections rule – fix typos, outdated citations & cross-references, etc.

• Notice on CDBG for Code Enforcement• AFFH Proposed Rule Published 7/19/13, comment

period ended 9/17/13. HUD is compiling & analyzing comments.

Issuance of new LMISD

• LMISD = Low/moderate Income Summary Data • Now derived from American Community Survey (ACS)• We WILL get data at the Block Group level after all

(except for split block groups)• Pro’s & Con’s of generating New LMISD every year

(it’s not necessarily a good thing)• Reprogramming IDIS to accommodate multiple years’

data sets – won’t release new data until IDIS is ready• Implementation timetable still under discussion