HUD CDBG-DR Grants Iowa

The HUD CDBG-DR program in Iowa 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 Iowa

  • 2024
  • DR-4796
  • Public Law: 118-158
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $117,119,000
  • Mitigation: $17,568,000
  • Total allocated: $134,687,000

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

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4870-IA Winter Storm 2025-05-21 2025-03-19 2025-03-19
DR-4796-IA Severe Storm 2024-06-24 2024-06-16 2024-07-23
DR-4784-IA Severe Storm 2024-05-24 2024-05-20 2024-05-31
DR-4779-IA Tornado 2024-05-14 2024-04-26 2024-04-27
DR-4732-IA Flood 2023-08-25 2023-04-24 2023-05-13
DR-4642-IA Severe Storm 2022-02-23 2021-12-15 2021-12-15
DR-4561-IA Severe Storm 2020-09-10 2020-08-10 2020-08-10
DR-4557-IA Severe Storm 2020-08-17 2020-08-10 2020-08-10
DR-4483-IA Biological 2020-03-23 2020-01-20 2023-05-11

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Iowa

Additional Resources

Iowa Disaster Recovery index

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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

Key Takeaways.

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

Using industry-standard search practices, finding the Iowa 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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