HUD CDBG-DR Grants and FEMA Disaster Recovery Resources for Ohio

State-level documentation and public records related to HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program and federally declared FEMA disasters in Ohio.

By Murray Wennerlund, published , updated .

Ohio Resources

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 Ohio

  • 2024
  • DR-4777
  • Public Law: 118-158
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $12,275,000
  • Mitigation: $1,841,000
  • Total allocated: $14,116,000

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

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4777-OH Tornado 2024-05-02 2024-03-14 2024-03-14
DR-4507-OH Biological 2020-03-31 2020-01-20 2023-05-11

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Ohio

Additional Resources

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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

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

The documents are published on the official Grantee website, typically run by the state's Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

However, locating these state-specific websites is often challenging. Check the Ohio's obscurity rating on this page to see how accessible the CDBG-DR grant website really is for citizens.