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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaabvc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22303 October 19, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery Eugene Boyd Analyst Government and Finance Division Summary In the aftermath of previous, presidentially-declared disasters, Congress has used the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to help states and local governments finance recovery efforts, whether from natural or man-made disasters. Congress has appropriated supplemental CDBG funds to assist states and communities recover from such natural disasters as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes. In addition, CDBG funds have supported recovery efforts of New York City following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Oklahoma City following the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Building in 1995, and the city and county of Los Angeles following the riots of 1992. In response to these calamities, CDBG funds have been made available for short-term relief efforts, mitigation actions, and long-term recovery, and have been used to provide housing and business assistance, infrastructure reconstruction, and public services. This report will provide a general overview of the CDBG program and its use in disaster relief. This report will be updated as events warrant. Background The CDBG program, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is the federal government's largest and most widely available source of financial assistance to support state and local government-directed neighborhood revitalization, housing rehabilitation, and economic development activities. These formula-based grants are allocated to more than 1,100 entitlement communities (metropolitan cities with populations of 50,000 or more, and urban counties), the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the insular areas of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Grants are used to develop and implement community development plans intended to address local housing, community development, and public services and infrastructure needs, as determined by local officials with citizen input. Because of the block grant nature of the program, local and state officials exercise a great deal of discretion in determining which combination of eligible activities (in 25 Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress

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