HUD CDBG-DR Grants Pennsylvania

The HUD CDBG-DR program in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

  • 2024
  • DR-4815
  • Public Law: 118-158
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $12,713,000
  • Mitigation: $1,907,000
  • Total allocated: $14,620,000

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

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4815-PA Tropical Storm 2024-09-11 2024-08-09 2024-08-10
DR-4618-PA Hurricane 2021-09-10 2021-08-31 2021-09-05
DR-4506-PA Biological 2020-03-30 2020-01-20 2023-05-11

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for Pennsylvania

Additional Resources

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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

Key Takeaways.

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

Using industry-standard search practices, finding the Pennsylvania 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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