| Grant Number:
B-06-DG-22-0001 Grantee Name: State of Louisiana Grant Amount: $6,210,000,000.00 Grant Status: Active Submitted By: No Submitter Found |
Obligation Date:
05/16/2006 Award Date: 05/09/2006 Contract End Date: Reviewed By HUD: Reviewed and Approved |
| Declaration Number |
|---|
| FEMA-DR-1603-LA |
| FEMA-DR-1607-LA |
| Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita legacy to coastal Louisiana was an unprecedented wake of death, destruction and devastation. Taken together, 1,464 people lost their lives, more than 200,000 homes and 18,000 businesses were destroyed and billions of dollars in property was impacted. Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans and the Louisiana-Mississippi state border on August 29, 2005 at a Category 5 level, and the fifth-strongest ever recorded hurricane. Before reaching land it was downgraded to a Category 3, but caused massive destruction and severe damage up to 76 miles east of the storm’s center. Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard Parishes suffered widespread flooding as a result of storm surge overtopping or breaching area levees. Along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, up to six feet of water inundated the cities of Mandeville and Slidell. The City of New Orleans was under a mandatory evacuation for more than a month. Less than a month later on September 24, Hurricane Rita, the second strongest ever to enter the Gulf of Mexico came ashore, also as a Category 3, and flooded the coastal areas of southwestern Louisiana in the area around Lake Charles, impacting nearly a half million households. Hurricane Katrina will most likely be categorized as the third deadliest and the costliest storm in U. S. history. While hurricane Rita exacted a lower death toll, taken together, these storms wrought catastrophic destruction on the Louisiana coastal areas, exacting an enormous toll on the material, financial and emotional resources of hundred’s of thousands of Louisianans. While the impact was wide-spread and indiscriminate of income and social status, the impact of the hurricanes on the poor was particularly devastating, especially in Orleans Parish where the U.S. Census in 2000 reports only a 46.5% homeownership rate (compared to 67.9% in the State), a median household income of $27,133 (compared to $32,566 in the State), and a poverty rate of 27.9% (compared to a state rate of 19.6%). In contrast, while Calcasieu, Cameron, Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes sustained major damage, they had higher homeownership rates (ranging between 71% and 85%), higher median incomes (ranging between $34,000 and $38,000) and lower poverty rates (12% to 18%). The concentration and number or persons in extreme poverty neighborhoods exacerbated the negative impact on the poor principally in New Orleans. According to the Brookings Institution (October 2005), one out of every four neighborhoods in the city of New Orleans was classified as an “extreme-poverty” neighborhood, with at least 40% of its residents living below the federal poverty threshold. These 47 neighborhoods were home to nearly 100,000 residents and had an average household income which lagged the City’s by over $17,000. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) calculates that the poverty rate in the flooded and damaged areas in the State of Louisiana was 21.4%, confirming the widespread sentiment that high poverty neighborhoods were disproportionately flooded (CRS, November 4, 2005). The social impacts were also greater for those most vulnerable before the storms. These individuals were less connected to the workforce, had educational disadvantages, were elderly or disabled, or were children. Nearly 90,000 persons aged 65 and older were likely displaced by the storms, many of whom lived alone and had at least one disability. Displaced aged persons also were poor (an estimated 15%) and one quarter lacked vehicles. The child poverty rate in the areas affected by the hurricanes was over 30% (CRS, November 4, 2005). The fragility of the most affected populations places a greater burden on the federal, state and local resources available for recovery efforts. The poor standing of the impacted population before the hurricanes severely stretches Louisiana’s state and local resources, making the need for federal assistance even more critical. |
| The current and projected financial impact on Louisiana from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has reached into the tens of billions of dollars, according to estimates from a number of groups, think tanks and government agencies. Given the extensiveness of the damage, there is a great deal of uncertainty regarding estimates of the impact on property, on governments and on the economy. The variation in the estimates of different organizations creates a greater challenge for the State in assessing its needs and the resources necessary to address those needs. For example, according to preliminary estimates from the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA), the Governor’s State-wide coordinating body for all recovery efforts, the 2005 hurricanes had an impact of $75 - $100 billion on property and infrastructure and $15 - $20 billion in temporary relief services. However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) projects an $18 - $25 billion impact on property and infrastructure. For the State’s economy, the LRA states that the storms are expected to inflict from $50 - $70 billion in losses to Louisiana’s economy (defined as nominal Gross State Product) and cause $8 - $10 billion in lost state and local revenue over the next five years. On the other hand, the Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office projects a $40 - $60 billion impact on the economy and a $4 - $8 billion in lost revenues. Even before the hurricanes, the State was in a precarious situation, with many unmet needs in the areas of infrastructure, education, economic investment, health care and social services. The impact of the storms on the executive budget and on state revenues makes it even more difficult to deal with the critical needs caused by the hurricanes without substantial assistance from the federal government. According to FEMA, the total number of applicants for FEMA assistance related to hurricanes Katrina and Rita was 1.89 million as of January 10, 2006. These applicants have received individual level assistance such as clothing, food, and temporary housing as described below. Additional resources are needed for the estimated 900 families or 2,700 people that have exhausted the subsidized hotel room assistance as of February 7, 2006. |
| Overall | This Report Period | To Date |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 8,251,163,538 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 6,149,547,382 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 189,474,738.07 | 4,380,257,405.3 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 297,778,570.07 | 4,993,451,196.23 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 195,429,958.11 | 4,378,684,863.41 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | -1,425,000,000 |
| Program Income Received | 125,215.84 | 1,287,351.48 |
| Requirement | Required | To Date |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Overall Benefit Percentage | 50 | 52.96 |
| Minimum Non-Federal Match | 0 | -1,425,000,000 |
| Limit on Public Services | 931,693,102.72 | 5,749,568.26 |
| Limit on Admin/Planning | 1,242,257,470.3 | 18,503,991.81 |
| Limit on State Admin | 310,564,367.57 | 0 |
| The Disaster Recovery Unit (DRU) of Louisiana’s Office of Community Development (OCD) continues to develop and implement recovery programs approved by HUD and supported via federal and state funding. The OCD-DRU's plans and program designs continue to respond to HUD directives, citizen input, and local officials’ concerns. Even as policies and procedures adjust to a dynamic administrative environment, solid progress is evident on several fronts. Within the three major areas of housing, infrastructure, and economic development, the OCD-DRU has 23 programs funded by this appropriation 5 of which receive funding from both the first and second federal disaster appropriations (H2HO, H2OO-LMI, H2OO-UN, H2RP, and S2AD). All Piggyback funding has been moved to the funding received under the second disaster recovery appropriation. Particularly noteworthy are the milestones achieved in the Homeowner’s Assistance program which is HAOO in Action Plan 1 and H2OO in Action Plan 2. As of March 31, 2008, 185,106 applications have been received and recorded; 216,699 appointments have been held; and 104,738 homeowners have closed. This program, also known as the Road Home program, is the OCD-DRU’s most complex activity and the single largest housing program ever undertaken in US history. An additional advancement in this program is seen in the increase in the pace with which awards are distributed. The OCD-DRU has taken strides forward in infrastructure and economic development as well. The structures for several programs are established, requests for proposals (RFPs) have been issued, proposals have been reviewed, and contracts have been signed. The State of Louisiana has built upon the progress from the previous quarter, achieved notable success in this quarter, and is poised for even more demonstrable results in the next quarter. |
| Grantee Activity ID: Admin (SAAD) Activity Category: Administration Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Units |
Projected Start Date:
05/09/2006 Projected End Date: 05/09/2016 National Objective: N/A |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 148,680,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 148,680,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 2,179,801.85 | 11,227,353.8 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 12,164,661.84 | 23,846,712.18 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 2,152,819.75 | 11,200,371.77 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| No Performance Measures Found | ||||||
| Supports the administrative work conducted to implement disaster recovery projects funded with these resources. This includes technical assistance as well as general administrative costs. |
| Office of Community Development (OCD) |
| The Disaster Recovery Unit (DRU) of the Office of Community Development (OCD), Division of Administration (DOA), was created in the aftermath of the 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The DRU administers the CDBG Disaster Recovery funds approved by Congress on December 23, 2005 and on June 30, 2007. Personnel were hired from around the United States, as well as, within Louisiana with experience in all aspects of CDBG programs. Managers and staff were retained in the areas of homeownership housing; multifamily, rental, and supportive housing; infrastructure; economic development; policy and reporting; legal; and financial and auditing. Experienced employees of the OCD CDBG Program provide training as needed to new hires. In addition, the OCD continues to supply CDBG training in partnership with the Council of State Community Development Agencies and ICF International. The DOA’s resources are available to augment the DRU with expertise in budgeting, accounting, reporting, contract review, and legal matters. The DRU is in close contact with the Louisiana Legislative Auditors. Currently, there are 3 separate teams from the LLA assigned to the DRU, with approximately 30 employees. At the close of this quarter, the OCD-DRU had 51 full-time employees, 2 part-time employees, and 2 student workers. The DRU received approval in September, 2006, to raise the total number of staff to 74. The administrative budget is used to fund salaries and related benefits, travel expenses, operating supplies and services, professional services, and inter-agency transfers. As the OCD-DRU further develops and implements program monitoring plans this quarter, travel expenses have increased. The state follows the State Procurement Code. All sub-recipients are required to follow Title 24 Part 84 and Part 85. Monitoring plans are still being developed for the new disaster recovery activities funded under this program. On November 9, 2007, HUD approved Action Plan One, Amendment 16, which decreased funding for technical assistance by $3,000.000.00. Differences between Expended and drawndown are a result of an Economic Development Interagency Transfer that they did not clear out. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Admin Technical Assistance - (SATA) Activity Category: Administration Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: |
Projected Start Date:
05/30/2006 Projected End Date: 05/30/2045 National Objective: N/A |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 9,420,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 9,420,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 21,493.93 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 21,493.93 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 21,493.93 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| No Performance Measures Found | ||||||
| Provides funding for technical assistance to the Office of Community Development for the administration of the disaster recover program. |
| No activity this quarter. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Bldg Code - SB (HBCE) Activity Category: Code enforcement Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD in partnership with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), contracting Louisiana Institute for Building Technology and Safety (LA IBTS) |
Projected Start Date:
01/01/2007 Projected End Date: 12/06/2007 National Objective: Slums and Blight |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 5,125,500 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 5,125,500 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 869,262.89 | 4,497,853.82 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 8,900,635.65 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 869,262.89 | 4,497,853.82 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Plans Reviewed | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 676/1,405 |
| # of Building Inspections | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 9,228/7,946 |
| # of Electrical Inspections | 0 | 0 | 937 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 12,399/9,812 |
| Without special assistance being provided to local governments, it is expected that a major impediment to housing development will be the lack of building, electrical and plumbing inspectors and permit processing staff. In addition, architects and builders will need inspectors and plan reviewers to help communities adapt to the new State Uniform Construction Code and to interpret the latest available advisory base flood elevations. Therefore, the State has budgeted $11,390,000 for the hiring and training of such staff for local government over a number of years, based on the numbers of damaged/destroyed units in each parish. It is expected that this amount will fund at least 70 field inspectors and plan reviewers, as well as a limited number of support staff. The State will also support the expansion of code enforcement capacity by sponsoring additional training opportunities for inspectors, engineers and architects. While building code enforcement by local authorities will be supported by permitting and inspection fees in the long run, this initial CDBG funding is necessary to immediately expand enforcement capacity to expedite the construction of safer and stronger homes where the storm impact was most concentrated. Until the activity is started, the exact number of buildings and housing units that are brought up to code is unknown. |
| 11 most disaster affected parishes |
| In March of 2008, the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) continued to deploy personnel to assist with code inspections, plan evaluations, code permitting, and training in the 11 most impacted parishes. Although the contract was extended, the funding amount requires a prioritization of parishes by IBTS. In addition, IBTS is beginning to decrease its staff in anticipation of the termination of the contract. This is occurring mostly through attrition. March activities included: Plan Reviews – 98 (3,210 total), Building Inspections – 846 (20,106 total); Electrical Inspections – 623 (20,831 total); Mechanical Inspections – 86 (4,505 total); Plumbing Inspections – 27 (9,234 total); and Persons Trained – 7 (309 total). This was only a six-month contract, but because the parishes and cities requested assistance for at least another year, a contract extension was approved by the OCD-DRU in November. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Bldg Code - UN (HBCE) Activity Category: Code enforcement Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD in partnership with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), sub-contracting Louisiana Institute for Building Technology and Safety (LA IBTS) |
Projected Start Date:
01/01/2007 Projected End Date: 12/06/2007 National Objective: Urgent Need |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 6,264,500 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 6,264,500 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 1,062,432.42 | 5,497,376.9 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 2,489,364.35 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 1,062,432.42 | 5,497,376.9 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Plans Reviewed | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2,770/1,149 |
| # of Building Inspections | 0 | 0 | 2,224 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 14,497/6,501 |
| # of Electrical Inspections | 0 | 0 | 1,227 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 13,371/8,028 |
| # of Mechanical Inspections | 0 | 0 | 347 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4,505/2,968 |
| # of Plumbing Inspections | 0 | 0 | 88 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 9,234/7,780 |
| # of People Trained | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 334/92 |
| See Bldg Code-SB (HBCE) Activity Description. |
| See Bldg Code-SB (HBCE) Location Description. |
| See Activity Narrative for Bldg Code - SB (HBCE). |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Bridge Loan-UN (EBLP) Activity Category: Econ. development or recovery activity that creates/retains jobs Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development (OCD), Disaster Recovery Unit (DRU) |
Projected Start Date:
09/15/2006 Projected End Date: 12/31/2012 National Objective: Urgent Need |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 45,647,368 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 45,647,368 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 5,392,209.1 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 45,647,368 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 5,392,209.1 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 1,162,135.64 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Businesses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1,140/547 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 608/0 |
| This program provided temporary six-month working capital loan guarantees to owners of small businesses with less than 100 employees. There were three different releases of bridge loan funds. Each release varied slightly in how it was administered. The first bridge loan program was for $10 million, the second totaled $30 million and the last installment totaled $55 million. The Bridge Loan program had no leverage requirement; therefore, information on the amount of private funds generated by the businesses is unavailable. The number of businesses reported could include businesses that have more than one bridge loan. |
| In Hurricanes Katrina and Rita affected parishes. |
| The application for the Enhanced Bridge Loan Program was revised and posted on the website in August, 2006. The application deadline was December 29, 2006. The total obligation for the 3 programs is approximately $45,000,000. As of March of 2008, 22 recipients have signed workout agreements amounting to $1,016,470.00. The state of Louisiana has paid $4,245,283.00 in defaulted bridge loans. The state has collected back $1,619,804.97 of the defaulted loans. The amount collected back is 38.2% of the amount paid out. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Capacity Grant - LMI (HCAP) Activity Category: Public services Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development in coordination with nonprofit organizations. |
Projected Start Date:
12/13/2006 Projected End Date: 12/31/2007 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 1,552,500 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 1,552,500 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 553,273.88 | 1,001,267.25 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 1,927,500 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 553,273.88 | 1,001,267.25 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| The State developed a program to strengthen community-based nonprofits and/or faith-based institutions already providing housing recovery services through the investment of $2,070,000 of CDBG funds in their activities. The funds will be used to provide housing counseling and outreach to homeowners accessing assistance under the Road Home homeowner assistance program, as well as those homeowners who have not yet completed a Road Home application. This CDBG funded activity will also be utilized for limited legal services to assist mostly low-income clients seeking assistance from the Road Home homeowner assistance program. Services to be provided shall be on a state-wide as-needed basis. Outreach and Housing Counseling assistance may be provided on a limited basis to displaced homeowners living out –of –state. A single non-profit organization will be selected through an RFP process to provide coordination and administrative oversight in the delivery of the legal services through that organization as well as through other qualified non-profit organizations. The successful proposer may either subcontract services through other non-profit organizations to be approved by the State or the proposer may be a consortium of non-profits with a single designated principal organization for contracting and management purposes. For the housing counseling services, the mechanism for making these services available will be through the use of a prime contractor that would be responsible for identifying and assembling a geographically diverse group of nonprofit partners who collectively could provide these services. The selected contractor would be required to provide the variety of assistance that is needed for the preparation of a Road Home application. This includes transportation needs for displaced homeowners in the rural area parishes of the state so that homeowners with transportation challenges can attend required entrance and closing interviews at the Homeowner Assistance Center. In addition, support and application assistance to individuals in the form of language translation for individuals that have language barriers as is many times the case with applicants who are native Spanish, Vietnamese and French language users. Literacy support for individuals with low literacy levels that will experience challenges in understanding program requirements and associated paperwork is necessary. Support for persons with physical disabilities that may hinder them from completing the application process must be provided. Lastly, general support and guidance to the elderly in completing their application is essential for them to achieve maximum benefit under the program. The assistance provided under this section may also include helping clients gather all supporting documents required to complete an application from any relevant source agencies. Provision of document fee support is an allowable expense up to a certain limit. The performance measures on which we would like to report are as follows: # of Households Assisted (Face to Face Counseling) - LMI expected - 1,815 # of Households Assisted (Call Center) - LMI expected - 619 |
| Disaster affected parishes |
| The ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC) contract was approved by the State Office of Contractual Review (OCR) on May 11, 2007 and ended on September 30, 2007. ACORN provided housing counseling and outreach for the Road Home Program to a total of 3,496 households. The Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) contract was approved in June. During the first quarter of 2008, SLLS closed 204 cases. A contract extension amendment was approved by the State Office of Contractual Review (OCR); providing for an additional 6 months of service delivery. There is another amendment in progress to provide an additional $100,000 in funding to SLLS as the current contract termination date is June 30, 2008. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Capacity Grant - UN (HCAP) Activity Category: Public services Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development in coordination with nonprofit organizations. |
Projected Start Date:
12/13/2006 Projected End Date: 12/31/2007 National Objective: Urgent Need |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 517,500 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 517,500 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 101,449.16 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 142,500 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 101,449.16 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Non-business Organizations benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| The State developed a program to strengthen community-based nonprofits and/or faith-based institutions already providing housing recovery services through the investment of $2,070,000 of CDBG funds in their activities. The funds will be used to provide housing counseling and outreach to homeowners accessing assistance under the Road Home homeowner assistance program, as well as those homeowners who have not yet completed a Road Home application. This CDBG funded activity will also be utilized for limited legal services to assist mostly low-income clients seeking assistance from the Road Home homeowner assistance program. Services to be provided shall be on a state-wide as-needed basis. Outreach and Housing Counseling assistance may be provided on a limited basis to displaced homeowners living out –of –state. A single non-profit organization will be selected through an RFP process to provide coordination and administrative oversight in the delivery of the legal services through that organization as well as through other qualified non-profit organizations. The successful proposer may either subcontract services through other non-profit organizations to be approved by the State or the proposer may be a consortium of non-profits with a single designated principal organization for contracting and management purposes. For the housing counseling services, the mechanism for making these services available will be through the use of a prime contractor that would be responsible for identifying and assembling a geographically diverse group of nonprofit partners who collectively could provide these services. The selected contractor would be required to provide the variety of assistance that is needed for the preparation of a Road Home application. This includes transportation needs for displaced homeowners in the rural area parishes of the state so that homeowners with transportation challenges can attend required entrance and closing interviews at the Homeowner Assistance Center. In addition, support and application assistance to individuals in the form of language translation for individuals that have language barriers as is many times the case with applicants who are native Spanish, Vietnamese and French language users. Literacy support for individuals with low literacy levels that will experience challenges in understanding program requirements and associated paperwork is necessary. Support for persons with physical disabilities that may hinder them from completing the application process must be provided. Lastly, general support and guidance to the elderly in completing their application is essential for them to achieve maximum benefit under the program. The assistance provided under this section may also include helping clients gather all supporting documents required to complete an application from any relevant source agencies. Provision of document fee support is an allowable expense up to a certain limit. The performance measures on which we would like to report are as follows: # of Households Assisted (Face to Face Counseling) - Urgent Need expected - 605; # of Households Assisted (Call Center) - Urgent Need expected - 206 |
| See Capacity Grant - LMI (HCAP) Location Description. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Devt Fund - (HDEV) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of residential structures Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and qualified financial institutions such as Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., and Local Initiatives Support Corporation. |
Projected Start Date:
03/01/2007 Projected End Date: 02/28/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 16,570,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 16,570,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 970,386.18 | 1,072,792.81 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 16,080,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 970,386.18 | 1,072,792.81 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Properties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of housing units | 0 | 0 | 240 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 240/1,125 |
| # of Households benefitting | 0 | 132 | 240 | 0/0 | 132/0 | 240/1,125 |
| The Housing Development Loan Fund would provide seed funding for a contractor or state agency to establish one or more loan funds that offer acquisition and predevelopment financing on flexible terms to developers of the most critically needed housing. Providing early, high-risk capital will be a powerful incentive for developers to build mixed-income housing in the communities that lost the most housing. Loans would be made to nonprofit and for-profit developers of new rental and single-family housing that is affordable to families with incomes that are below the area median, with a strong preference for well-designed residential communities and infill housing developments that also include families with incomes higher than the area median. The Housing Development Loan Fund would be operated by a state agency or an experienced community development loan fund manager. A total of $16,570,000 in CDBG funds, including fund management costs, will be invested as “top loss” capital in order to leverage an estimated $30 million in additional lending capital. As two priorities, the loan fund would target developers participating in the rental assistance programs described in the previous section, as well as developers of mixed-income for-sale housing. As projects close their construction financing, the acquisition/predevelopment loans would be repaid and the lending capital would become available for additional investments. In a three-year period, it is expected that the funds will recycle two to three times. This program is scheduled to close 40 loans. During this quarter 1 loan was received, reviewed and completed. As currently planned, the Housing Development Loan Fund would be operated on a contractual basis by one or more qualified financial institutions that are experienced in providing early-stage, high-risk property acquisition and predevelopment loans, as an incentive for developers to rebuild existing housing or build new housing at different price points, including affordable homes and rental units. These types of loans are typically not offered by conventional lenders, but instead by the numerous so-called "community development loan funds" across the country. These loan funds are able to take higher risks in lending by attracting risk-tolerant capital and guarantees from foundations and socially motivated investors. The goal should be to lend the funds at 0% and to subordinate these loans to the private capital in order to provide a strong incentive for developers and to leverage private capital. Many such funds receive some of their capital as grants from the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund of the Department of Treasury. Congress specifically directed the states receiving supplemental CDBG funding should consider the use of up to $20 million to fund recovery activities of two organizations that are experienced in operating such loan funds: Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., and Local Initiatives Support Corporation. |
| Disaster affected parishes |
| This program is combined contractually with the Housing Land Assembly Operations (HLAS) program. In April of 2007, the OCD-DRU met with representatives of LISC and Enterprise Community Partners Inc. to discuss program implementation details including environmental reviews, acceptance, and review of applications and billing/reimbursement/draw-down procedures. In June, three training sessions were held (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles) to provide information to developers on the availability of the fund and the application process. Three HDEV applications have been received. This funding, if received, will enable property acquisition and other pre-development costs directly associated with the land purchase and essential to securing construction financing. As of November 30, 2007, three HLAS loans have closed, one with a non-profit developer. The number of total applications received was lower than anticipated due to several potential factors including the timing of tax credit awards not coinciding with the availability of the loan fund resources and requests for loans being less than the minimum dollar amount established for the program. Enterprise and LISC have identified these factors and are working to refine the program and increase the number of applicants. LISC sent a mailing to over 130 persons including past housing credit participants, area networks, nonprofits, banks, and consultants working in the affordable housing field. Reporting and monitoring processes and criteria were refined to ensure thorough tracking of program goals. In 2008, the combined HDEV and HLAS programs, also known as the Enterprise Louisiana Loan Fund, closed on a $3 million acquisition loan for Renaissance Neighborhood Development Corporation. Of the total loan amount, $957,600.00 is CDBG funding. The development will be 240 units of mixed income and affordable rental units in New Orleans; 132 of the units shall rent to households earning no more than 80% of Area Median Income (AMI), and the remaining units shall rent to households earning no more than 120% of AMI. Renaissance is a non-profit entity established by the New Orleans chapter of Volunteers of America and the national Volunteers of America (VOA) for developing affordable housing in the Greater New Orleans Area. Also this year, an early predevelopment loan closed in the amount of $200,000 as part of the CJ Peete project which will amount to 460 units. An annual evaluation meeting with LISC and Enterprise was held on March 28, 2008 to discuss the status of the funds. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Educ Infras - LMI (IEDU) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of public facilities Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD, DOE and local school districts |
Projected Start Date:
09/15/2006 Projected End Date: 09/15/2009 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 108,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 108,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 9,292,901.51 | 9,292,901.51 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 48,601,915.38 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 9,292,901.51 | 9,292,901.51 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Non-business Organizations benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 2,283,073 | 1,033,799 | 3,316,872 | 2,283,073/0 | 1,033,799/0 | 3,316,872/0 |
| Of the $595 million now allocated to local emergency government infrastructure, $200 million is allocated for Primary and Secondary Education Infrastructure. Working with the LRA, the Department of Education will develop needs-based criteria to prioritize the allocation of the funds to the school districts. These funds will flow to the affected school districts through the Office of Community Development. Schools that are repaired or rebuilt shall demonstrate they have taken into account specific educational and repair goals to build back better facilities. In addition, rebuilding plans will address local community planning priorities, including opportunities for shared use of school facilities with other public agencies, such as libraries. The performance measures the State of Louisiana would like to report are as follows: Expected Low Mod Total # of School Districts Benefiting 0/3 0/16 # of Facilities Rehabilitated/Built 0/60 0/100 |
| Disaster affected parishes |
| In March of 2007, PA Match applications were tested, finalized, and sent to all hurricane-affected school districts in April. OCD-DRU has met and discussed the application process with several potential applicants. OCD-DRU and LRA personnel visited with representatives of the most heavily impacted districts to discuss the program and answer questions. Although the match requirement has since been waived, OCD-DRU personnel continue working with school districts to assist them in completing applications for funding. On July 11, the Recovery School District (RSD) submitted 18 applications for program funding, which are currently being reviewed and revised. In September, the contract between OCD-DRU and the DOE was submitted to Office of Contractual Review for final approval. In December, the Recovery School District in Orleans Parish submitted 9 completed pay requests for over $11,000,000; all of which were approved for payment. In January of 2008, AP1, Amendment 19 was published for comment, which will increase funding for this program by $47,500,000. Also in January, over $15,000,000 were paid to the RSD. In February, the LRA Board approved AP1, Amendment 19 and AP2, Amendment 6. There is one LMI school districts benefiting from this program this quarter. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Educ Infras – UN (IEDU) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of public facilities Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD, DOE and local school districts |
Projected Start Date:
09/15/2006 Projected End Date: 09/15/2009 National Objective: Slums and Blight |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 92,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 92,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 7,916,175.36 | 7,916,175.36 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 41,401,631.62 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 7,916,175.36 | 7,916,175.36 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Non-business Organizations benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 2,754,297 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2,754,297/0 |
| Of the $595 million now allocated to local emergency government infrastructure, $200 million is allocated for Primary and Secondary Education Infrastructure. Working with the LRA, the Department of Education will develop needs-based criteria to prioritize the allocation of the funds to the school districts. These funds will flow to the affected school districts through the Office of Community Development. Schools that are repaired or rebuilt shall demonstrate they have taken into account specific educational and repair goals to build back better facilities. In addition, rebuilding plans will address local community planning priorities, including opportunities for shared use of school facilities with other public agencies, such as libraries. The performance measures the State of Louisiana would like to report are as follows: Expected S&B Total # of School Districts Benefiting 0/13 0/16 # of Facilities Rehabilitated/Built 0/40 0/100 |
| See Educ Infras – LMI (IEDU) Location Description. |
| See Activity Narrative for Educ Infras – LMI (IEDU). |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Enhancement (EDUC) Activity Category: Econ. development or recovery activity that creates/retains jobs Activity Status: Planned Responsible Organization: |
Projected Start Date:
01/03/2007 Projected End Date: 07/31/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 28,500,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 28,500,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 0 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 28,500,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of buildings (non-residential) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Permanent Jobs Created | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| HUD approved the release of funds for the Research Commercialization and Educational Enhancement Program; outlined in OCD’s Action Plan One, Amendment 5; on January 3, 2007, to provide funding to retain and rebuild the research and educational capacity of the affected areas by developing a strategic plan and a pilot program based on the strategic plan. Eligible applicants would be limited to institutions of higher education in southeastern Louisiana. Action Plan One Amendment 5 declares eligible applicants are limited to institutions of higher education in the southeastern Louisiana: Baptist Theological Seminary, Delgado Community College, Dillard University, LSU Agricultural Center (hurricane-impacted facilities), LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Loyola University New Orleans, McNeese State University, Nunez Community College, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Southern University-New Orleans, Sowela Technical Community College, Tulane Health Sciences Center, Tulane University, University of New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the OCD-DRU and the LBR was approved by the Office of Contractual Review on September 10. The LBR staff reviewed the sub-recipient final revised work plans and budgets beginning September 13. Feedback was given to projects on September 20 and included a request for a composite budget detail. All completed documents were returned by September 28. On October 23, “Notice to Proceed” letters were sent to the 11 sub-recipients although one sub-recipient will need a full environmental review before incurring construction expenses. Three project contracts with public universities were mailed on October 23, and 8 project contracts with not-for-profit universities were forwarded to the Office of Contractual Review on October 29. In November, all but 1 of the 8 approved private institutional sub-recipient agreements were received from the Office of Contractual Review (OCR). conduct periodic site visits. The Board RC/EEP Program Manager, RC/EEP Auditor, the OCD-DRU Director, and RC/EEP Program Manager conducted site visits with all sub-recipients and sub-contractors in November to ensure their systems support proper record keeping and administrative functions within the confines of CDBG regulations and OMB Circular A-21 requirements. In December, the Board of Regents RC/EEP Project Manager followed up with the sub-recipients in writing to provide clarification about a number of issues discussed during the November site visits. The RC/EEP Internal Auditor verified that all detailed composite budgets were accurately reconciled with the 3 year composite budgets. Preliminary planning also got underway for the first year audit of the projects. In January of 2008, the Board of Regents sub-recipients submitted their first Quarterly Program Reports on the electronic reporting system, LOGAN. After the contracts were executed, the LBR learned from the OCD-DRU that the projects could spent funds on planning and administrative functions beginning September 1, 2007. Consequently, in addition to other modifications, the sub-recipient agreements will be amended in the next quarter. A request for waiver was submitted to the OCD-DRU for approval on January 8 to allow LBR and its sub-recipients to adopt language on Program Income and Equipment from CFR 24 Parts 84 and 85 in lieu of CFR 24 Part 570. On February 21, 2008, the OCD-DRU submitted a revised version of this waiver to HUD for approval. By the end of the 1st quarter of 2008, 41 articles had been published in or under consideration by peer-reviewed publications, 54 students recruited or retain in academic positions, 20 faculty recruited or retained in academic/research positions, and 6 technology transfers, disclosures, patents, licenses were applied for or received. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Env Contract (HENV) Activity Category: Planning Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD in coordination with contractor - Environ |
Projected Start Date:
04/23/2007 Projected End Date: 05/30/2010 National Objective: N/A |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 4,283,475 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 4,283,475 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 176,967.38 | 395,609.07 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 284,500 | 4,283,475 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 176,967.38 | 395,609.07 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| No Performance Measures Found | ||||||
| As prescribed by program rules, the State must adhere to HUD’s regulations with respect to oversight of compliance with environmental statutes and authorities. The State has developed comprehensive procedures to ensure compliance with HUD’s CDBG program regulations for each funded project. The State will verify that each project that requires it has been environmentally cleared prior to any construction activity. In order to ensure that this responsibility is fulfilled, the services of an environmental consulting firm, Environs, will be engaged to evaluate and provide written analysis for a broad range of environmental studies. These evaluations will follow applicable laws and regulations, which may include the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) environmental review procedures relating to “HUD-CDBG” activities, and/or other local, state or federal environmental laws. Once the contract is signed, Environs will be responsible for the environmental review for approximately 2000 state buildings, as well as site-specific review of approximately 2,950 small rental units (from 1-4 units) to determine if historic preservation issues, such as historic structures and archaeological artifacts, are cleared before any new construction or reconstruction begins. These will be handled through the Environmental Section of OCD-DRU through the use of work orders and regular updates that are sent by Environs. |
| N/A |
| A contract with ENVIRON was signed on May 8, 2007, but had to be revisited when it was determined that ENVIRON could not purchase the needed IT equipment. Additional negotiations continued through June. As a result of the additional negotiations, OCD-DRU purchased IT and other equipment for ENVIRON. In September, this equipment arrived at OCD-DRU, and the first payment was issued to ENVIRON on their environmental contract for $156,391.43 to cover administrative costs, GIS set-up expenses, and review of 1,000 Small Rental properties. From July through September, ENVIRON was reviewing approximately 1,000 Small Rental properties for state historic preservation compliance. In October, ENVIRON reviewed approximately 400 Small Rental properties for state historic preservation compliance. In November, the second payment was issued to ENVIRON on their environmental contract for $62,250.26 to cover administrative costs, GIS expenses, and review of an additional 400 Small Rental properties. Additionally, three work orders were executed – the first covered the review of 143 properties in the Piggyback program for state historic preservation compliance; the second covered a full environmental review of a property in the Economic Development program; the third was for the Louisiana Land Trust, and covers archaeological monitoring during the removal of two swimming pools in St. Bernard parish for state historic preservation compliance. In December, Section 106 historic reviews were completed on the Round 1 Small Rental Program properties and are ongoing for 143 Piggyback properties. The environmental review process for the proposed Louisiana State University Agricultural Center located in Plaquemines Parish is also ongoing. In 2008, OCD-DRU has received invoices totaling $119,209.21 from ENVIRON. This includes Program Administration costs; GIS and IT costs; Small Rental Property Program housing reviews; and one economic development project. ENVIRON continues to perform SHPO reviews for Round 1 and Round 2 of the Small Rental Property Program as well as the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, an economic development project in Plaquemines Parish and Infrastructure projects such as rehabilitation of the Saenger Theater in New Orleans. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Fisheries (IFIS) Activity Category: Acquisition, construction,reconstruction of public facilities Activity Status: Planned Responsible Organization: |
Projected Start Date:
10/07/2007 Projected End Date: 10/07/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 19,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 19,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 0 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Properties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of buildings (non-residential) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| HUD approved the release of funds for the Fisheries Assistance Program; outlined in Action Plan One, Amendment 17; on December 20, 2007, to improve and expand public infrastructure critical to the fisheries industry, including but not limited to docks, icehouses, boat launches, and other necessary infrastructure. It will also be available to aid fishermen directly through loans and grants that will be distributed through the Small Firm Loan and Grant Program. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| No activity for this quarter. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Homeless (HMLS) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of public facilities Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and Department of Social Services |
Projected Start Date:
05/30/2006 Projected End Date: 05/30/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 25,900,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 25,900,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 177,812.79 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 25,900,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 48,470.43 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| In hurricane-impacted areas, many organizations serving the homeless lost facilities, housing capacity, shelter beds, and staff. Thirty-six shelters sustained considerable damage, and capacity to house up to 1,759 homeless individuals (i.e., 1,759 residential “beds” operated by “Continuum of Care” organizations serving the homeless) was lost. After the hurricane there were reports that an increased number of persons were living on the streets or in parks, cars, and abandoned or uninhabitable buildings in the impacted areas. Many of these persons were not homeless prior to the storms. The proposed $25.9 million will support the State’s goal to immediately restore and expand capacity in hurricane impacted areas and provide permanent supportive housing and assistance for persons and families who are homeless and persons at-risk of becoming homeless who are low wage workers, unemployed, victims of domestic violence, low-income seniors, and/or low-income persons with any type of substantial disability (including physical or sensory disability, cognitive disability, chronic health problems, mental illness, or addictive disorders). The proposal allows for funding to be prioritized as follows: The highest priority for the use of these funds will be to repair and restore shelter capacity, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing that existed prior to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The cost of restoring this capacity is estimated to be $3 to $5 million. Priority for these funds will be given to members of the Continuums of Care. Non-member organizations may apply for funding but should document pre-storm homeless efforts in the community and indicate a commitment to coordinating with the local Continuums of Care upon receipt of these funds. A second priority will be the acquisition and rehabilitation of new permanent supportive housing and services by non-profits in the hurricane-affected areas. This priority also includes the option of funding rental assistance (i.e., “bridge funding”) linked to permanent supportive housing. The prioritization of non-profits is based on the understanding that some non-profit groups working with homeless and at-risk populations will not have the capacity to apply for tax credits and supportive services funds through the “piggyback” program. This program plans to create 550 beds for the low income individuals needing temporary shelter, provide assistance to 2,400 low income households, and assist 2,400 homeless. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| The interagency agreement has been executed by OCD-DRU and Department of Social Services (DSS). The efforts to rehabilitate the 25 homeless shelters that were selected through the Request for Proposal (RFP) process are ongoing. The cooperative endeavor agreements with the Continuums of Care for Orleans and St. Tammany Parishes have been approved by the state Office of Contract Review. Construction contracts are still in the bid process. All of the projects have cleared the environmental review process. A CDBG training for homeless shelter repair grant recipients was held at DSS on May 17, 2007, and on July 19, 2007 another workshop for local continuums of care was conducted for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing program. The RFP for Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing was published on April 26, 2007 and awards were announced August 29, 2007. A total of $6.2 million was awarded to 8 Continuums of Care in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemine, East Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Bossier, St. Bernard, Rapides, St. Tammany and Calcasieu Parishes. Seven of the cooperative endeavor agreements have been approved. At the close of the first quarter of 2008, the agencies have assisted 706 households using homelessness prevention or rapid re-housing funds. A program description has been drafted for the Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) with Rapid Re-housing and DHH supportive services under one larger program design. The proposed funding is $3,500,000 and is targeted to permanent supportive housing for qualified homeless individuals. Training sessions were held in December, 2007, to explain the program design to the participants. Additional trainings were held January, 2008. TAP proposals are being submitted and reviewed. DSS is also designing its evaluation protocol for each program, the data collection requirements, HMIS data entry requirements and reporting requirements. DSS has agreed to allocate agency funds to be used in conjunction with CDBG funds to integrate fully the HMIS systems in the state that currently operate independently. DSS is preparing an RFP for this system integration. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Land (HLAS) Activity Category: Disposition Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and the Road Home Corporation |
Projected Start Date:
03/01/2007 Projected End Date: 02/28/2010 National Objective: Slums and Blight |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 2,070,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 2,070,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 16,852.58 | 29,980.25 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 2,070,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 16,852.58 | 29,980.25 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Properties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Households benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1,125 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Permanent Jobs Created | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| The Land Assembly component of the housing program will serve as an additional way to jump-start development in the communities that lost the most housing as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This will be done by providing seed money to acquire multiple properties in good locations for replacement housing and package them for sale or grant to maximize further affordable housing development for example, to developers using CDBG-supported LIHTC tax incentives to develop rental housing, to supportive housing developers, to self-help ownership housing developers, etc. This program component will operate only in those jurisdictions where: 1. These activities are requested or supported by local governments; and 2. Local governments have substantially engaged in the planning work required to target areas that are suitable for the development of replacement housing. A total of $2,070,000 of CDBG funds are budgeted for capital to purchase residential properties as well as operating costs. The capital used to purchase properties will be recycled through sales of properties to developers. As a related activity, properties assembled through buy-out programs, funded through the State's homeowner assistance program, might be offered at below-market costs to developers of affordable or special needs housing. One of the targets of these sales of State-purchased properties would be to encourage the development of mixed income developments that include renters with incomes below 40% of area median income. If such assembled properties were not purchased and developed by affordable developers in accordance with strict income requirements, they still might carry a requirement that a certain percentage of the units developed on CDBG assembled land would be affordable with less stringent income and pricing requirements, but still ensuring that mixed-income developments occur in redevelopment areas. However, the $2 million Land Assembly fund is fundamentally different from and should not be confused with the buyout provisions of the Homeowner Assistance Program. This budget line item is not intended for purchases of single-family homes. Instead, the intention is to contract out to one or more qualified organizations that can identify suitable sites for housing development in the most distressed parishes and obtain options on them. The State intends, through contractual arrangements, to fund a small team of property acquisition experts who will scout out, analyze and obtain options on suitable sites that are not currently on the open market. These could include surplus properties held by government agencies, nonprofits, churches and businesses. Some might be Brownfield sites that could be cleaned up quickly and at feasible costs. This Land Assembly operation would result in assignable options in the name of the State of Louisiana or some designated quasi-public entity. These options, in turn, would be offered to developers on an open, competitive basis. |
| Disaster affected parishes |
| See Activity Narrative for HDEV. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Local Emer Infras (ILGE) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of public facilities Activity Status: Planned Responsible Organization: Local governments |
Projected Start Date:
09/01/2006 Projected End Date: 09/01/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 100,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 100,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 0 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Non-business Organizations benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Of the $1,187,500,000 set aside for infrastructure activities, $95 million was initially set aside for the Local Government Emergency Infrastructure activity. Because of consultations with local governments and comments received from the local governments, the State allocated an additional $500 million to this activity. In addition to the match for eligible FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds. Also included in the expansion is ability to pay for repairs that are ineligible under the FEMA PA grant program, including but not limited to uninsured and underinsured damages, insurance deductables and improvements for code compliance, if they are determined to be critical to continued delivery and or protection of vital public services by state and local government entities in accordance with criteria established by the LRA. $200,000,000 of the $595,000,000 has been budgeted for primary and secondary education infrastructure and is being reported as a separate activity. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| No activity this quarter. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Local Infra-LMI (ILOC) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of public facilities Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Local governments. |
Projected Start Date:
05/09/2006 Projected End Date: 05/09/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 1,324,726,667 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 374,726,667 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 806,194.69 | 806,194.69 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 4,000,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 806,194.69 | 806,194.69 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/10 |
| # of Non-business Organizations benefitting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/5 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Of the $1,187,500,000 set aside for infrastructure activities, $95 million was initially set aside for the Local Government Emergency Infrastructure activity. Because of consultations with local governments and comments received from the local governments, the State allocated an additional $500 million to this activity. In addition to the match for eligible FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds. Also included in the expansion is ability to pay for repairs that are ineligible under the FEMA PA grant program, including but not limited to uninsured and underinsured damages, insurance deductables and improvements for code compliance, if they are determined to be critical to continued delivery and or protection of vital public services by state and local government entities in accordance with criteria established by the LRA. $200,000,000 of the $595,000,000 has been budgeted for primary and secondary education infrastructure and is being reported as a separate activity. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| In January of 2008, AP1, Amendment 19, and Action Plan Two, Amendment 6 were published for comment. The result of these two amendments will be to remove over $400,000,000 of funding from Local Government Infrastructure and Private Non-Profit Infrastructure Programs and reallocate it to the Long Term Community Recovery Program. The LRA Board approved these in February. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found | |
| Subtotal Match Sources | 0 |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| FEMA Public Assistance | 950,000,000 |
| Total Other Funding Sources | 950,000,000 |
| Grantee Activity ID: Long Term Community Recovery - (ILTR) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of a public improvement Activity Status: Planned Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development (OCD), Disaster Recovery Unit (DRU) |
Projected Start Date:
09/07/2007 Projected End Date: 09/07/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 200,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 200,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 0 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 117,294,201 | 117,294,201 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/560,000 | 0/1,400,000 |
| This program will provide funding for implementation of local long-term recovery plans in the most heavily affected areas of the state. The purpose is to alleviate the problems caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that can only be addressed through long term planning and implementation of projects designed to solve those problems. Problems are inclusive, but not limited to damage to the economy, environment, housing stock, public safety, education, healthcare, and transportation. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| Action Plan One, Amendment 12 was approved by the full legislature on March 13 and submitted to HUD May 1. HUD submitted questions and requests for additional information, which OCD-DRU provided. HUD requested additional information, which was submitted and discussed on June 22. The revised Action Plan Amendment was published for public comment on July 17 and was resubmitted to HUD for approval on July 30. On August 17, HUD approved Action Plan One, Amendment 12, which approved the release of $200,000,000in funding. On September 11, six parishes submitted Recovery Plans to the LRA, bringing the total to eight. A package of materials as sent to the grantee parishes in October to allow them to begin preparing the documentation to start their projects. The OCD-DRU staff continues to work with sub-grantees to assist them in developing applications. The City of New Orleans formally approved their prioritized project list in November. In December, the LRA approved the publication of a proposed Action Plan Amendment to add $500,000,000 to this program. In January of 2008, AP1, Amendment 19, and Action Plan Two, Amendment 6 were published for comment. The result of these two amendments will be to remove over $400,000,000 of funding from Local Government Infrastructure and Private Non-Profit Infrastructure Programs and reallocate it to the Long Term Community Recovery Program. In February, AP1, Amendment 19, and Action Plan Two, Amendment 6 were approved by the LRA Board and OCD staff and consultants began meeting with City of N.O. personnel on a weekly basis to receive project proposals and trigger application preparation. In March, project application drafts were received from several parishes and the OCD-DRU staff are working with communities to finalize those applications. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Planning (PLAN) Activity Category: Planning Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD, Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) |
Projected Start Date:
05/09/2006 Projected End Date: 06/30/2010 National Objective: N/A |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 17,875,341 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 12,500,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 731,670.47 | 6,886,517.04 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 890,464.83 | 7,136,517.04 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 731,670.47 | 6,886,517.04 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| No Performance Measures Found | ||||||
| In the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Governor Blanco established the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) to plan the recovery and rebuilding of Louisiana. The LRA was established by Executive Order KBB 2005-63 on October 17, 2005. Due to the unprecedented scale of destruction to southern Louisiana, the Governor determined that a single state agency should coordinate the resources committed by various state, federal, and private entities toward disaster recovery. The LRA coordinates, leverages, and targets these newly committed resources with existing state and federal resources to improve their efficiency and effectiveness and to avoid duplication of efforts. In accord with the scale of the disaster, LRA’s planning responsibilities are broad in scope. The LRA is charged with securing funding and other resources for recovery efforts. The LRA has established priorities and continues to develop strategies for disaster recovery. The LRA leads long-term community and regional planning efforts and works to ensure transparency and accountability. It also assists coordination of resource allocations as it pertains to issues that may include, but are not limited to the following: 1) economic and workforce development; 2) environmental quality and review; 3) temporary and permanent housing; 4) healthcare; 5) infrastructure and transportation; 6) education; 7) fiscal stability; 8) family services; and 9) law and order. |
| Governor Bobby Jindal’s term in office began this quarter with his appointment of the LRA Executive Director, Paul Rainwater, assigned to oversee implementation of the State’s recovery programs. That Executive Order also named Rainwater as the Governor’s Authorized Representative to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The first quarter accomplishments of the 30 member LRA staff include: • Designed to reduce the amount of time it takes FEMA Public Assistance (PA) applicants to be reimbursed, the Express Pay System was launched via an LRA/GOHSEP partnership. In its first month, more than $102 million was disbursed with an average wait time of just five days. • The LRA, in coordination with its state and federal partners, prioritized public safety facilities within the PA program, with a renewed focus on rebuilding “first responder” infrastructure to increase safety in hurricane-affected parishes. The LRA is devoting staff and resources to helping first responders apply for and receive PA dollars. • As a result of the efforts of the LRA and GOHSEP, FEMA reached an agreement with the United States Coast Guard to activate its Hurricane Katrina/Rita marine debris removal program in Louisiana. FEMA has assured initial funding for a $400 to $500 million marine debris removal program to be run by the Department of Natural Resources. • The LRA board gave final approval in February to a plan to reallocate $500 million in federal funding to the state’s Long Term Community Recovery Program. The funds raise the proposed allocation to $700 million for the state’s most heavily impacted parishes to implement their long-term visions for the future. • The LRA is now leading the state’s $74.5 million alternative housing project known as Louisiana Cottages, which will build more than 400 permanent homes in targeted neighborhoods across south Louisiana. Since the transition in late February, the LRA met a FEMA deadline for selection of potential sites, submitting for approval multiple locations in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found | |
| Subtotal Match Sources | 0 |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| Private Funds | 5,375,341 |
| Total Other Funding Sources | 5,375,341 |
| Grantee Activity ID: Private Non-Profit - (IPNP) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of other non-residential structures Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development (OCD), Disaster Recovery Unit (DRU) |
Projected Start Date:
07/13/2007 Projected End Date: 07/13/2010 National Objective: Urgent Need |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 38,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 38,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 0 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of buildings (non-residential) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Businesses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Non-business Organizations benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| To provide the non-federal match for FEMA Public Assistance funds paid to eligible private non-profit K-12 schools and universities. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| In January of 2008, AP1, Amendment 19, and Action Plan Two (AP2), Amendment 6 were published for comment. The result of these two amendments will be to remove over $400,000,000 of funding from Local Government Infrastructure and Private Non-Profit Infrastructure Programs and reallocate it to the Long Term Community Recovery Program. In February of 2008, AP1, Amendment 19, and AP2, Amendment 6 were approved by the LRA Board, recommending removal of all funding from this program. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Ratepayer Mitigation - LMI (IRMP) Activity Category: Privately owned utilities Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development (OCD) |
Projected Start Date:
02/09/2007 Projected End Date: 12/31/2008 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 108,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 108,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 97,638,800.22 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 108,000,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 97,638,800.22 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Households benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/61,398 | 0/113,700 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/175,621 | 118,800/79,523 | 118,800/467,013 |
| HUD approved the release of funds for the Ratepayer Mitigation Program; outlined in Action Plan One, Amendment 6; on February 9, 2007, to defray gas and electric utility system repair cost in an effort to mitigate rate increases that would otherwise be passed on to the New Orleans gas and electric utility ratepayers. The 118,800 people this program is designed to benefit is 54% of the total New Orleans population. |
| Disaster affected parishes |
| In February of 2008, the OCD-DRU financial and program personnel visited Entergy and established the contacts and information resources necessary to go forward with monitoring, which is now ongoing. Following March monitoring, Entergy decided to revise their draw requests to better fit program requests. No revised requests have been received. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Ratepayer Mitigation - UN (IRMP) Activity Category: Privately owned utilities Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Office of Community Development (OCD) |
Projected Start Date:
02/09/2007 Projected End Date: 12/31/2008 National Objective: Urgent Need |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 92,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 92,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 83,173,792.78 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 92,000,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 83,173,792.78 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Businesses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6,072/6,072 |
| # of Households benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 52,302/52,302 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 101,200/211,869 |
| HUD approved the release of funds for the Ratepayer Mitigation Program; outlined in OCD's Action Plan One, Amendment 6; on February 9, 2007, to defray gas and electric utility system repair cost in an effort to mitigate rate increases that would otherwise be passed on to the New Orleans gas and electric utility ratepayers. |
| See Activity Narrative for Ratepayer Mitigation - IRMP(LMI). |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Road Home-LMI (HAOO) Activity Category: Payment for compensation and incentives (Louisiana only) Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and ICF Emergency Management, LLC as the contract administrator. |
Projected Start Date:
05/30/2006 Projected End Date: 05/30/2016 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 2,847,677,574.25 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 2,217,245,126.25 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 78,102,461.45 | 2,103,604,884.79 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 86,989,890 | 2,270,871,505.45 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 77,757,538.19 | 2,248,921,820.77 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of housing units | 0 | 0 | 7,248 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 33,652/67,500 |
| # of Households benefitting | 0 | 7,248 | 7,248 | 0/0 | 33,652/0 | 33,652/0 |
| The Road Home Homeowner Assistance program provides financial compensation and advisory services will be available for homeowners who wish to select from one of the three following options: 1. Repair/Rebuild – financial incentives to repair or reconstruct on the same site; 2. Sell and Relocate within the state – purchase of the home by the program in exchange for an agreement to resettle in Louisiana; or 3. Sell and Relocate out of the state – voluntary sale of the home with no expectation of resettlement in the state. The allocation for this program represents uses an estimated 55% benefit to low and moderate income citizens. This estimate is based on first and second quarter data which differs from the Road Home registry data. The registry data showed 76.2% of the 107,713 registrants earned at or below $50,000. Since the registry did not collect data on household size, it is impossible to estimate the number of low income households. This allocation amount and estimated performance will be continually modified as data on the actual applicants is collected. The amount allocated to LMI includes $8,229,915 of Road Home start up costs that funded program design, the Road Home Registry call center and other start up costs. |
| The program will serve homeowners in at least 17 permanent and mobile homeowner assistance centers in disaster affected parishes and other areas in and out of state where concentrations of displaced citizens are located. |
| On June 25, the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) board passed a resolution increasing the amount of this program by moving $3,000,000 from the infrastructure programs. During the month of March, 2,673 appointments were held, representing approximately 1.2% of the total appointments held (216,699). No new applications were received and recorded during March leaving the total applications received and recorded being 185,106. 3,693 closings and 2nd disbursements were held, resulting in a net distribution of over $151 M after the returns were subtracted. This is less than 4% of the total closing held (104,478). The total amount disbursed by the Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit (OCD-DRU) for closings occurring as of 3/31/2008 was over $6 billion. -calculations done on data in the eGrants Reporting Database Quarterly numbers were produced on the homeowner closings from the eGrants Reporting Universe as seen below: 3rd Qtr '06 - LMI = 13, Total = 13 4th Qtr '06 - LMI = 24, Total = 166 1st Qtr '07 - LMI = 2,253, Total = 6,334 2nd Qtr '07 - LMI = 11,256, Total = 25,261 3rd Qtr '07 - LMI = 11,058, Total = 25,307 4th Qtr '07 - LMI = 12,871, Total = 32,236 1st Qtr '08 - LMI = 7,248, Total = 15,421 Data pulled from the eGrants Reporting database. The DRGR System numbers were updated to reflect the numbers above. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found | |
| Subtotal Match Sources | 0 |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| HMGP | 630,432,448 |
| Total Other Funding Sources | 630,432,448 |
| Grantee Activity ID: Road Home-UN (HAOO) Activity Category: Payment for compensation and incentives (Louisiana only) Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and ICF Emergency Management, LLC as the contract administrator. |
Projected Start Date:
05/30/2006 Projected End Date: 05/30/2016 National Objective: Urgent Need |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 2,329,918,015.75 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 1,814,109,648.75 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 72,094,579.8 | 1,897,918,813.97 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 80,298,360 | 1,748,661,274.23 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 71,776,189.09 | 1,752,856,436.19 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 125,215.84 | 125,215.84 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of housing units | 0 | 0 | 8,173 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 60,028/55,500 |
| See Road Home-LMI (HAOO) Activity Description. |
| See Road Home-LMI (HAOO) Location Description. |
| See Activity Narrative for Road Home-LMI (HAOO). |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found | |
| Subtotal Match Sources | 0 |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| HMGP | 515,808,367 |
| Total Other Funding Sources | 515,808,367 |
| Grantee Activity ID: Small Loan (ESLG) Activity Category: Econ. development or recovery activity that creates/retains jobs Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD in partnership with local nonprofit community based lenders |
Projected Start Date:
02/09/2007 Projected End Date: 02/15/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 180,385,097 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 180,385,097 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 8,499,962.28 | 90,423,268.11 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | -1,967,535 | 142,532,465 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 8,299,971.28 | 90,223,277.11 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of buildings (non-residential) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Businesses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4,535/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Permanent Jobs Created | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| The Small Firm Recovery Loan and Grant Program is proposed as a program to target assistance to small firms that are deemed to have a chance to survive, contribute to the economy, and maintain and create jobs. Funds would support low-cost loans on flexible terms, small grants to reimburse for tangible losses, and technical assistance to support the firms receiving the financial support, some of which may not qualify for or have received bank and/or Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. Firms assisted would be those expected to survive and pay back the funds if given an opportunity for a loan. Firms will be asked to provide a plan showing how they would use the loans, grants, and technical assistance to survive and move ahead. Louisiana plans to implement a program that is similar to that developed and used in New York after the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001. Through a Request for Proposals (RFP), Louisiana will seek proposals from nonprofits and community development financial institutions that would be used as intermediaries to provide working capital loans on flexible terms and small grants to reimburse for tangible losses to small firms, including nonprofits, and technical assistance services to companies receiving loans and grants. Results after 9/11 showed that technical assistance linked to the loans and grants was found to be important for the success of the small firms and subsequent repayment of the loans. Among other things, potential contractors seeking to offer assistance to small firms through this program will define in their RFP response information about the amount of funding to be dedicated to the loan category, grant category, or for technical assistance. Firms to be assisted would be those located in the parishes in southeast and southwest Louisiana most affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, including but not limited to those with substantial infrastructure damage. This program is planned to close 140 loans, award 2,400 grants, and create or retain 2,400 jobs. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| The Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA) process was initiated in October and closed December 1, 2006. Just prior to the SGA due date, the State decided to change the parameters of the program and augment it with additional funds beyond the $38,000,000 allocated in Amendment 2. Additional money was transferred to the program in Amendment 8, approved on February 9, 2007. Over 5,500 applications for this funding were later received in March, and 3,423 grants were awarded to small firms. The total amount of funding approved was $30,856,618 in amounts of up to $20,000. Collaboration between the OCD-DRU, Small Business Administration (SBA), and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) continued in May to ensure non-duplication of benefits to business grantees, and continues in weekly telephone conferences to ensure that financial responsibility and proper reimbursement processes are in place. Pre-monitoring reviews were conducted for all sub-recipients/lenders by the OCD-DRU staff. The reviews are to identify any problems with grantee files and to provide training on documenting low to moderate-income (LMI) beneficiaries. The appeals process for the first round of grants was set in place by LED and appeals are still being reviewed by LED’s appointed board. In August, LED and OCD-DRU staff closed reviews on 652 grant files, and in September, a plan was executed by the OCD-DRU to review approximately 2,000 additional files based on the lender’s error rate in files reviewed. Also in September, 2007, 35 grants were approved through the LED appeals process, and letters were sent out to recipients to notify them of the awards. The September training session focused on loan underwriting to ensure that minimum underwriting guidelines have been established and followed by LED and their sub-recipients in writing loan files. Previous deadlines for completing the submission of the second grant disbursements have been revised to allow for more time to complete the review process. The new projected deadline is May 31, 2008. Intermediary lenders sent out certified letters and made calls to those businesses who had not submitted requests. All of the 3,509 first disbursement submitted grant requests and 84% (2,962/3,509) of the outstanding requests for second grant payments have been funded by the OCD-DRU. Funding for 340 loans has been provided by the OCD-DRU. A Legislative Audit Advisory Council meeting was held on November 7, 2007 to review the first LLA report. All monitoring and final determinations for the first round of the program is planned to be wrapped up by the end of the second quarter of 2008. Planning for the second round is complete. The second round and site visits are scheduled to begin the second quarter of 2008. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Small Rental (HSRP) Activity Category: Rehabilitation/reconstruction of residential structures Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD in conjunction with ICF International |
Projected Start Date:
05/30/2006 Projected End Date: 05/30/2016 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 376,300,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 376,300,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 135,195.84 | 29,120,733.5 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 1,824,027.4 | 130,392,637.4 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 8,451,487.65 | 29,120,733.5 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Properties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of housing units | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Households benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Before the disaster, a large portion of very low income working families resided in single-family homes, “doubles” and small, multi-family buildings that were owned and operated by small-scale landlords. A sizeable number of these properties were underinsured or uninsured and no longer available for occupancy. The State proposes to provide up to $869,000,000 in financial assistance to small rental property owners so that they may effectively return an estimated 18,000 affordable and ready to be occupied units to the rental housing market. A portion of the funds ($40 million) is set aside as a pilot program to assist in the creation of homeownership opportunities for renters and will be administered by the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency. The primary purposes of this incentive program is to enable small-scale rental properties to return to the market while limiting the amount of debt (and therefore debt service) required for the properties, so that the owners will be able to charge affordable rents. The program will, on a competitive basis, offer incentives in the form of forgivable loans to qualified owners who agree to offer apartments at affordable rents to be occupied by lower income households. Subsidies will be provided on a sliding scale, with the minimum subsidy provided for units made available at affordable market rents to be occupied (rents affordable to household with incomes at or below 80% of median) and maximum amount of subsidy going to units affordable to families with incomes at or below 50% of AMI. In addition to funding incentives for providing affordable units in small rental properties, the program will, where practical, make funds available to improve building design and make properties less susceptible to damage from natural events. In general, higher per unit amounts will be available to property owners who agree to offer lower rents to reflect the lower amount of rental income these properties will receive. The assistance will be offered as deferred payment loans at zero percent interest, due only upon resale of the property or failure to comply with the agreed-upon restrictions on rents and household incomes. The program will, on a competitive basis, provide zero interest gap financing to restore units that are rented at affordable rates. Higher funding amounts up to $100,000 per unit are available to qualified landlords who agree to offer lower rents, with the maximum amount of subsidy going for larger rental units where rents are affordable for families with incomes at or below 50% area median income. This program is planned to create 18,000 units - 8,100 Low and 5,400 Mod income; 13,500 affordable units - 8,100 Low and 5,400 Mod income; 1,500 assisted units occupied by the low income elderly; 600 units subsidized with project based rental assistance; 4,500 lead safe units; and 1,500 units which meet Sec. 504 accessibility standards. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| The Small Rental Property Program design was approved by LRA and the OCD-DRU December 28, 2006; the final scoring design was approved January 5, 2007. The Small Rental application was approved by the LRA late January, 2007. ICF International, who is administering the program, began accepting applications for the first of multiple competitive rounds January 29, 2007, and continued receiving them through March 15, 2007, for the general pool, and March 22, 2007 for the non-profit pool. The end of July 2007 marked the deadline for applicants to return their conditional award packages for Round 1 and the application deadline for Round 2. The awards will help restore more than 9,000 rental units in the eligible parishes. Of those, more than 8,000 units will be rented at affordable rates for low- to moderate-income working families. The other units will be home to owner-occupants (who live on the same property as their rental units) and market rate tenants in mixed-income buildings. There were 6,734 applications received during Round 1 with 5,338 meeting basic eligibility requirements for competition. Since the close of this round, $202,029,100 in federal funds were conditionally awarded to 2,702 applicants, with the average award of $75,020 for a project. Of the 2,702 there are 797 still moving forward to closing. There have been 224 appeals, and 198 have had issue determinations completed and resolved. At the close of Round 2 on July 31, 2007, 12,327 applications had been received. The State conditionally awarded nearly $375,000,000 in federal funds to 5,032 awardees in this round. The average award was approximately $75,000. As of the end of March, 2008, there are 3,959 active awards. There have been 238 appeals, and 111 have had issue determinations completed and resolved. Four closings have been held resulting in 7 total affordable units. There are 1996 applicants that received a conditional award letter for the waitlist round. 1315 have accepted their conditional award and have returned their award letter. April 30th, 2008 will mark the deadline to return conditional awards letters. There have been 440 appeals, and 195 determinations have been completed and resolved Staff continues to process files for the Uniform Relocation Act assistance program for Rounds 1 and 2. There are 284 Current/Active Owner Occupied awards, and there have been 51 closings held resulting in a total of $2,081,965. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Small TA (ETAS) Activity Category: Econ. development or recovery activity that creates/retains jobs Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD in partnership with small business development technical assistance providers. |
Projected Start Date:
09/15/2006 Projected End Date: 04/15/2010 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 9,500,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 9,500,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 711,132.62 | 850,575.88 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 9,500,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 696,872 | 836,315.26 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of buildings (non-residential) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Businesses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/500 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109/0 | 71/160 | 261/300 |
| # of Permanent Jobs Created | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Firms to be assisted would be those located in the parishes in southeast and southwest Louisiana most affected by Katrina and Rita, including but not limited to those with substantial infrastructure damage. Because of the impacts of the storms, many firms need assistance in dealing with changed circumstances. Small firms in niche sectors such as fisheries, tourism, or the cultural economy may require unique assistance that can be provided by nonprofits with a proven track record within that sector. Through this program, technical assistance will be provided in areas such as business management, strategic planning, accounting, insurance, marketing, and legal. Similar to a technical assistance program created in New York after 9/11/2001, Louisiana will seek proposals from intermediaries, which would provide some form of technical assistance. The technical assistance may be provided to existing small firms, to entrepreneurs/persons seeking to start a new business to locate within and take advantage of opportunities in the most affected parishes, and/or provided in other ways that help address the unique needs for local/regional business recovery. The contracting agency will retain the right to select all or some of the applicants, reject any or all proposals, select all or fewer than all responding to the RFP as part of a consortia or partnership, allocate funds in any amount depending on the number and quality of the proposals, and negotiate any part(s) of any proposal. Respondent organizations will be encouraged to develop partnerships with other groups to provide a team that might serve a specific geographic area or specific type of company or industry. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| Difference between Drawndown and Expended amounts is due to an Economic Development Interagency Transfer that didn't clear. The Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA) process commenced in October, 2006. In January, 2007, a review board was initiated. In February, 19 sub-recipients were selected with whom LED met in March to go over program content and process. In April, LED established a contract template through collaboration with the OCD-DRU. In May, a kick-off meeting was held for the program sub-recipients during which they were trained on LED’s SBITS (Small Business Intermediary Tracking Systems) software and program training by the OCD-DRU staff. Contracts between LED and the sub-recipients have been finalized. Training on CDBG regulations and HUD requirements was provided to LED and their sub-recipients by OCD-DRU, during August. The OCD-DRU continues to provide technical assistance and oversight to the LED regarding reporting, regulations, performance measures, and other issues. In September, LED and SSA started the individual intermediary interview and needs assessment meetings. The purpose was to meet with all 19 intermediaries individually, in-person and spotlight their target market, demographic groups, industry, geography, and culture/language; and to provide technical assistance on CDBG requirements. These meetings continued into October, also when the first program invoices were submitted via SBITS and forwarded to the OCD-DRU. Sage CRM, for tracking intermediary program information, was brought online and data uploaded. LED uses the database to interact with SBITS to track program information. In November, the first invoice was paid to the intermediary. LED internet technicians launched Phase 1 of their website – making program descriptions and a contact list internet accessible. LED assembled all Business Recovery Grant & Loan Program applicant information out of Sage for the purpose of getting them involved in the TA program. LED is discussing options to best approach applicants to connect both programs. LED continues to provide technical assistance and oversight to the intermediaries regarding reporting, regulations, performance measures, and held a meeting in New Orleans, on January 16, 2008 to review program files, record keeping, and what is expected during LED monitoring visits. LED started pre-monitoring site visits on March 26 and completed 7 by the end of the month. In March of 2008, 40 (total to date – 449) LMI individuals and 100 (total to date – 790) non-LMI were served. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Support HSG (HSHO) Activity Category: Public services Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and Louisiana Department of Social Services. |
Projected Start Date:
05/30/2006 Projected End Date: 05/30/2016 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 46,750,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 46,750,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 0 | 0 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 46,750,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 0 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| HUD approved the release of funds for the Supportive Housing Services program; outlined in Action Plan One, Amendment 1; on May 30, 2006, to offer grants for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) which are designed to provide flexible, community-based supportive services for special needs households linked to affordable rental housing units in community-integrated, non-institutional settings. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) will serve as the lead agency for funding, administration, and monitoring of CDBG funds for the Grants. Grants will also be made to sub-recipient Local Lead Agencies designated by DHH and by the Louisiana Department of Social Services (DSS). The Local Lead Agencies will conduct outreach to identify individuals eligible for PSH, develop and maintain waiting lists, enter into agreements with providers of PSH units, pre-screen, prioritize and refer eligible individuals for PSH, and provide the necessary services. This program is planned to assist 3,000 low income people by providing them with new access to a service. |
| Disaster Affected Parishes. |
| DHH continues to meet with the local lead agencies on program compliance issues and negotiation of the cooperative endeavor agreements. The PSH set-aside agreement was finalized for use when PSH units come online. There has been no new activity on this program since the 3rd quarter of 2007. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Tourism (ECRT) Activity Category: Tourism (Louisiana and Mississippi only) Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism |
Projected Start Date:
09/15/2006 Projected End Date: 06/15/2008 National Objective: Urgent Need |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 28,500,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 28,500,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 4,535,788.95 | 18,562,696.72 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 28,500,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 3,079,264.87 | 17,106,172.64 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Permanent Jobs Created | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/6,000 |
| In 2004, the State of Louisiana hosted 24.6 million visitors, of which 76 percent were from outside of the State. Those 24.6 million visitors spent $9.9 billion in the State and contributed $600 million in state and local tax revenues (Source: Travel Industry Association of America). Out-of-state tourists come to Louisiana as a result of marketing and promotion of Louisiana’s many cultural and natural assets, family recreation destinations, and various special events Louisiana hosts each year. South Louisiana is the largest draw for the State’s tourism and convention business. Prior to the storms, tourism was the second largest industry in the State in terms of employment (Louisiana Office of Tourism), and the cultural economy was the fastest growing industry in the State (Source: Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business, Mt. Auburn Associates, July 31, 2005). The tourism and cultural industries combined sustained 260,000 jobs for Louisiana residents. This funding will be allocated to local tourism agencies and bureaus to promote recovery tourism in their areas. Activities to be funded include advertising and event promotions. |
| Disaster affected parishes. |
| Difference between Drawndown and Expended amounts is due to CRT Interagency Transfer that didn't clear. The program has awarded $28,000,000 to 17 tourism agencies throughout the disaster-affected parishes. The OCD-DRU entered an interagency agreement with the Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism (DCR&T) and established a funds distribution process. This program will reach travelers and businesses through television and print advertising, direct sales, special promotions, communications, and media. While each sub-recipient provides its own list of goals and performance measures, the overall grant goals, performance measures, and latest report from DCR&T are: 1. Increase total direct visitor spending in Louisiana by 10% from 2006 – 2008. The New Orleans Convention and Visitor Bureau Quarterly Report reports that the 2008 convention/corporate meeting bookings total 332,568. The average monthly hotel occupancy in New Orleans for the first quarter of 2008 was 69%. 2. Increase leisure and hospitality industry jobs in the 13 most impacted parishes by 10% from 2006 to 2008. As of March 2008, hospitality industry jobs have increased to 68,400. 3. Increase visitor intent to visit Louisiana to pre-Katrina levels by June of 2008. Data provided through surveys of travel intent are not available for the first quarter of 2008. The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation’s Quarterly Report for 3/31/2008 reveals their goal is to increase the likelihood to visit from 16% to 30% by June of 2008. 4. Increase advertising inquires by 10% over 2006 (which totaled 1,444,955) by 2008. There is no data for 2008. 5. Increase the number of visitors to Louisiana by 10% over 2005 (which totaled 18.7 million) by 2008. During the first quarter of 2008, New Orleans hosted the NBA All-Star Events resulting in 60,000 visitors with an estimated economic impact of $90 million. This event was a direct result of the use of CDBG Tourism Recovery funds as were the Allstate BCS National Championship and the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Both were also hosted by New Orleans and provided an economic impact of $400 million to the city. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |
| Grantee Activity ID: Workforce (ERWT) Activity Category: Public services Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: OCD and the Workforce Commission |
Projected Start Date:
09/15/2006 Projected End Date: 12/31/2009 National Objective: Low/Mod |
| This Report Period | To Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Projected Budget from All Sources | N/A | 38,000,000 |
| Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted | N/A | 38,000,000 |
| Program Funds Drawdown | 819,697.92 | 4,646,851.85 |
| Obligated CDBG DR Funds | 0 | 38,000,000 |
| Expended CDBG DR Funds | 819,697.92 | 4,646,851.85 |
| Match Contributed | 0 | 0 |
| Program Income Received | 0 | 0 |
|
This Report Period |
Cumulative Actual Total / Expected | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Mod | Total | Low | Mod | Total | |
| # of Public Facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Businesses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Non-business Organizations benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| # of Persons benefitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Hurricanes Katrina and Rita dealt a devastating blow to the economic engine in South Louisiana. Approximately 360,000 Louisiana citizens are estimated to have been displaced outside of the State (LRA analysis of population estimates). Some 1.3 Million FEMA applicants were scattered across 50 states by Hurricane Katrina alone (FEMA). It is reported that approximately 18,000 businesses were severely damaged or destroyed, and 220,000 jobs are estimated to have been lost due to the hurricanes (BLS). The loss of jobs from the hurricanes impacted every sector from healthcare and construction to retail and tourism. The Recovery Workforce Training Program (RWTP) will address the loss of jobs and the re-employment of our workforce as a top priority in the recovery of the impacted areas and the long-term recovery of the State’s overall economy. The program is centered on three inter-related factors critical to the recovery of Louisiana’s economy: the return of the displaced workforce; the retention of the existing workforce; and a concerted effort to increase skills development for new jobs in sectors related to the immediate and long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts and the future of our economy. This program is planned to train 9,526 people total to be productive members of the workforce. 4,858 will be in the moderate income range. |
| The RFP issued on October 4, 2006 required proposals to be submitted to the Workforce Commission (WC) on or before November 28, 2006. The WC created an evaluation team to review the submitted 48 proposals amounting to $165,000,000. The final evaluation of the proposals was due to the WC by December 7 for final approval by December 14, 2006. Of the 48 proposals submitted, 19 were funded. In March of 2007, an agreement between WC and OCD-DRU was signed and submitted to the Office of Contractual Review (OCR). The meeting between WC Acting Director and OCD-DRU staff resulted in the completion of a template for sub-recipient agreements. As of June, 2007, all completed agreements submitted by the WC in the previous month passed contractual review, and all agreements are now with the OCD-DRU whose staff is in the process of creating a system of tracking and utilizing the information contained in the agreements to help with future monitoring efforts. One of the sub-recipients named Pelican Chapter Associated Builder & Contractors completed a construction industry training program in August, 2007. It placed 75% of the trainees participating in their program for the first round. They are actively pursuing placement of the remainder of trainees, and they are preparing to establish their next round of training to ensure accomplishment of their projected goals. As of the end of the first quarter of 2008, this program had trained 1,464 of its 5,955(4,484 LMI) participants and placed 761 of those trained in the following job sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Construction, Oil & Gas, Cultural Economy, Health Care, and Transportation. |
| Address | City | State | Zip |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Activity Locations Found |
| Match Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Match Funding Sources Found |
| Other Funding Sources | Amount |
|---|---|
| No Other Funding Sources Found |