HUD CDBG-DR Grants Illinois

The HUD CDBG-DR program in Illinois is managed by the state grantee listed below to support disaster recovery.

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Federal Register Published Notices: Allocations for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Implementation of the CDBG-DR Consolidated Waivers and Alternative Requirements Notice (UN AAN)

State of Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

  • 2023-2024
  • DR-4728, DR-4749, DR-4819
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $370,963,000
  • Mitigation: $55,645,000
  • Total allocated: $426,608,000
  • Management Contact Information:

Cicero, Illinois

  • 2023 & 2024
  • DR-4728; DR-4749; DR-4819
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $83,482,000
  • Mitigation: $12,522,000
  • Total allocated: $96,004,000

Cook County, Illinois

  • 2023 & 2024
  • DR-4728; DR-4749; DR-4819
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $212,315,000
  • Mitigation: $31,847,000
  • Total allocated: $244,162,000

St. Clair County, Illinois

  • 2024
  • DR-4819
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $77,855,000
  • Mitigation: $11,678,000
  • Total allocated: $89,533,000
  • 2022
  • DR-4673
  • Public Law: 117-328
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $26,110,000
  • Mitigation: $3,917,000
  • Total allocated: $30,027,000

FEMA Funding Obligations reported the following Major Disasters for Illinois between 2020 and 2025:

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4819-IL Flood 2024-09-20 2024-07-13 2024-07-16
DR-4749-IL Flood 2023-11-20 2023-09-17 2023-09-18
DR-4728-IL Severe Storm 2023-08-15 2023-06-29 2023-07-02
DR-4676-IL Flood 2022-10-14 2022-07-25 2022-07-28
DR-4489-IL Biological 2020-03-26 2020-01-20 2023-05-11

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Illinois

Additional Resources

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Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

Obscurity: 5 (Rating: 0 = Easy, 3 = Difficult, 5 = Impossible) – How difficult Illinois makes it for citizens to find the state's grant website.

Key Takeaways.

Where does the state of Illinois publish the required HUD CDBG-DR notices and action plans?

Using industry-standard search practices, finding the Illinois CDBG-DR Grantee website should be easy. However, these websites are often hidden in plain sight for state managers and are not actually published in a way that citizens can easily locate or understand. Check your state's obscurity rating to see how accessible the grant website really is.

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