HUD CDBG-DR Grants Louisiana

The HUD CDBG-DR program in Louisiana 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 Louisiana

  • 2024
  • DR-4817
  • Public Law: 118-158
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $102,562,000
  • Mitigation: $15,384,000
  • Total allocated: $117,946,000

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

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4817-LA Hurricane 2024-09-16 2024-09-09 2024-09-12
DR-4611-LA Hurricane 2021-08-29 2021-08-26 2021-09-03
DR-4606-LA Flood 2021-06-02 2021-05-17 2021-05-21
DR-4590-LA Severe Ice Storm 2021-03-09 2021-02-11 2021-02-19
DR-4577-LA Hurricane 2021-01-12 2020-10-26 2020-10-29
DR-4570-LA Hurricane 2020-10-16 2020-10-06 2020-10-10
DR-4559-LA Hurricane 2020-08-28 2020-08-22 2020-08-27
DR-4484-LA Biological 2020-03-24 2020-01-20 2023-05-11

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Louisiana

Additional Resources

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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

Key Takeaways.

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

Using industry-standard search practices, finding the Louisiana 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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