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

Q: Where does the state of Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma's obscurity rating on this page to see how accessible the CDBG-DR grant website really is for citizens.

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 Oklahoma.

By Murray Wennerlund, published September 28, 2023, updated September 15, 2025.

Oklahoma 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)

HUD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grant Allocations for Oklahoma

State of Oklahoma

2023 & 2024
DR-4706; DR-4776
Public Law: 118-158
Grant Program Website
Unmet needs: $34,265,000
Mitigation: $5,140,000
Total allocated: $39,405,000

2023
DR-4657 & DR-4670
Public Law: 117-180
Grant Program Website
Citizen Participation Plan 2022 CBDG-DR May 2022 Tornadoes and Flooding (Pub. L. 117-180)
Unmet needs: $6,498,000
Mitigation: $975,000
Total allocated: $7,473,000

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

Disaster #	Type	Declared	Incident Start	Incident End
DR-4866-OK	Fire	2025-05-21	2025-03-14	2025-03-21
DR-4862-OK	Severe Storm	2025-03-18	2024-11-02	2024-11-05
DR-4802-OK	Severe Storm	2024-07-23	2024-03-14	2024-03-15
DR-4791-OK	Severe Storm	2024-06-14	2024-05-19	2024-05-28
DR-4776-OK	Tornado	2024-04-30	2024-04-25	2024-05-09
DR-4721-OK	Severe Storm	2023-07-19	2023-06-14	2023-06-18
DR-4706-OK	Tornado	2023-04-24	2023-04-19	2023-04-20
DR-4690-OK	Severe Storm	2023-03-03	2022-12-21	2022-12-25
DR-4670-OK	Severe Storm	2022-09-20	2022-05-02	2022-05-08
DR-4657-OK	Severe Storm	2022-06-29	2022-05-02	2022-05-08

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Oklahoma

Additional Resources

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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