Released by the Florida Department of Opportunity
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DOE) is reminding Floridians that the 30-day public comment period is closing on Friday, April 10 at 5 p.m. for the draft State Action Plan for the $735 million in federal funding available to Florida through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery program for Hurricane Michael long-term recovery efforts.
The State Action Plan provides a high-level strategy for how the funding will be used to address the unmet, long-term disaster recovery needs for eligible Panhandle communities. Development of the State Action Plan has involved input from our state and local partners, as well as the public through nine public workshops hosted throughout the Panhandle, a statewide webinar and an online survey.
All Floridians are encouraged to review the State Action Plan. Comments may be submitted by email to CDBG-DR@deo.myflorida.com or by mail to:
Florida Department of Economic OpportunitOffice of Disaster Recovery
Office of Disaster Recovery
Attention: CDBG-Disaster Recovery Program
The Caldwell Building
17 East Madison Street, MSC-400
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
A summary of comments will be included in the the final version of the State Action Plan which will be posted publicly on the Rebuild Florida Hurricane Michael page.
After the public comment period. DEO will make final revisions to the State Action Plan before submitting to HUD for approval. HUD will have 45 days to review the State Action Plan after it is submitted. After HUD reviews and approves Florida’s State Action Plan, HUD and DEO will a grant agreement to release the funding to be used for Hurricane Michael recovery projects.
Additional information about the CDBG-DR program, including a recorded webinars and copies of the presentations given at the public workshops are available at RebuildFlorida.gov.