HUD CDBG-DR Grants and FEMA Disaster Recovery Resources for South Carolina

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 South Carolina.

By Murray Wennerlund, published , updated .

South Carolina 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 South Carolina

  • 2024
  • DR-4829
  • Public Law: 118-158
  • Grant Program Website
  • Unmet needs: $130,743,000
  • Mitigation: $19,611,000
  • Total allocated: $150,354,000

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

Disaster # Type Declared Incident Start Incident End
DR-4858-SC Flood 2025-01-10 2024-11-06 2024-11-14
DR-4829-SC Hurricane 2024-09-29 2024-09-25 2024-10-07
DR-4835-SC Tropical Storm 2024-09-29 2024-08-04 2024-08-22
DR-4677-SC Hurricane 2022-11-21 2022-09-25 2022-10-04
DR-4542-SC Severe Storm 2020-05-01 2020-04-12 2020-04-13
DR-4492-SC Biological 2020-03-27 2020-01-20 2023-05-11
DR-4479-SC Severe Storm 2020-03-17 2020-02-06 2020-02-13

Resource: FEMA Disaster Declarations between 2020 to 2025 for South Carolina

Additional Resources

Oversight, Obscurity, Transparency

Oversight: HUD OIG

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

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