In August, HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) and Enterprise Community Partners published the Economic Revitalization Guide for CDBG-DR Grantees. The guide provides Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grantees with the tools and resources to design and implement economic revitalization activities that promote economic recovery after a disaster, improve long-term economic resilience, and address the needs of underserved communities.

The Office of Disaster Recovery’s (ODR) Policy Division is hosted a webinar on October 10, 2023, from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT. This webinar provided an overview of the new guide and includes recommended economic development strategies for recovery after a disaster and discusses how to align strategies with broader regional plans as well as CDBG-DR requirements. The webinar also included a case study from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Puerto Rico showcasing how grantees have used CDBG-DR funds to enhance the quality of life in underserved communities by supporting local businesses, driving job growth, and training residents to access quality jobs.

• Economic Revitalization Guide Overview-Slides (PDF)
• Economic Revitalization Guide Overview-Transcript (PDF)

Content current as of October 31, 2023