Oct 1, 2007 thru Dec 31, 2007 Performance Report

Grant Number: B-06-DG-22-0001 Grantee Name: State of Louisiana Grant Amount: $6,210,000,000.00 Grant Status: Active Submitted By:

Obligation Date: 05/16/2006 Award Date: 05/09/2006 Contract End Date: Reviewed By HUD: Reviewed and Approved

Disasters:

Declaration Number

FEMA-DR-1603-LA

FEMA-DR-1607-LA

Plan Description:

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.

Recovery Needs:

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	4,141,249,760.03	4,190,782,667.23
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	-384,562,984.33	4,695,672,626.16
Expended CDBG DR Funds	35,144,761.04	4,183,254,905.3
Match Contributed	-1,425,000,000	-1,425,000,000
Program Income Received	696,897.46	1,162,135.64

Progress Toward Required Numeric Targets
Requirement	Required	To Date
Minimum Overall Benefit Percentage	50	32.22
Minimum Non-Federal Match	0	-1,425,000,000
Limit on Public Services	931,674,320.35	4,376,596.46
Limit on Admin/Planning	1,242,232,427.13	15,442,534.21
Limit on State Admin	310,558,106.78	0

Overall Progress Narrative:

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 25 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 December 31, 2007, 185,103 applications have been received and recorded; 208,641 appointments have been held; and 90,226 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. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $4,141,249,760.10 from prior quarters that was previously unreported and $29,423,041.34 from the fourth quarter of 2007.

Activities

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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	7,628,446.18	9,047,551.95
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	1,850,719.97	11,682,050.34
Expended CDBG DR Funds	1,861,708.07	9,047,552.02
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
No Performance Measures Found

Activity Description:

Supports the administrative work conducted to implement disaster recovery projects funded with these resources. This includes technical assistance as well as general administrative costs.

Location Description:

Office of Community Development (OCD)

Activity Progress Narrative:

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 within Louisiana and around the United States with experience in all aspects of CDBG programs. Managers and staff were retained in the areas of homeownership housing, multifamily/rental/supportive housing, infrastructure, economic development, policy and reporting, legal, and financial and auditing. Experienced employees of the Office of Community Development, 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 employees varying from 10-15 plus. At the close of this quarter, we had 51 full-time employees, 4 part-time employees, and 2 student workers. The DRU received approval in September, 2006, to raise our 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 mentioned last quarter, community meetings have been held throughout the impacted parishes and in cities with large numbers of evacuees. These meetings have raised citizen awareness of the recovery programs as well as serving as forums for citizens to discuss their needs and priorities for disaster recovery – needs and priorities that our office will take into account in our programs. As we further develop and implement our program monitoring plans this quarter, our 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 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. The actual amount obligated this quarter was $1,872,213.90 and the actual amount expended was $1,883,202.00. The values entered above are the result of an effort to adjust to the SATA money being moved out of this program and into another.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	21,493.93	21,493.93
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	21,493.93	21,493.93
Expended CDBG DR Funds	21,493.93	21,493.93
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
No Performance Measures Found

Activity Description:

Provides funding for technical assistance to the Office of Community Development for the administration of the disaster recover program.

Location Description:

Activity Progress Narrative:

Nothing was drawn down, obligated, or expended this quarter for this program.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	3,628,590.93	3,628,590.93
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	2,036,752.65	8,900,635.65
Expended CDBG DR Funds	690,229.95	3,628,590.93
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
# of Plans Reviewed	0	0	141	0/0	0/0	543/1,405
# of Building Inspections	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	8,928/7,946
# of Electrical Inspections	0	0	1,408	0/0	0/0	11,462/9,812

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

11 most disaster affected parishes

Activity Progress Narrative:

In the fourth quarter, the Institute for LA Building Technology and Safety (LA IBTS) continued to deploy personnel to assist with code inspections, plan evaluations, and code permitting in Orleans Parish. 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. 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 OCD-DRU in November. The expended amount was incorrectly reported the first quarter of 2007, so it was adjusted this quarter. The correct expended amount for this quarter was $759,013.61. The drawndown amount for this quarter was $759,013.61, but amounts not reported in previous quarters were reported this quarter.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	4,434,944.48	4,434,944.48
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	2,489,364.35	2,489,364.35
Expended CDBG DR Funds	996,467.44	4,434,944.48
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
# of Plans Reviewed	0	0	219	0/0	0/0	2,594/1,149
# of Building Inspections	0	0	1,724	0/0	0/0	12,273/6,501
# of Electrical Inspections	0	0	1,606	0/0	0/0	12,144/8,028
# of Mechanical Inspections	0	0	403	0/0	0/0	4,158/2,968
# of Plumbing Inspections	0	0	614	0/0	0/0	9,146/7,780
# of People Trained	0	0	70	0/0	0/0	317/92

Activity Description:

See Bldg Code-SB (HBCE) Activity Description.

Location Description:

See Bldg Code-SB (HBCE) Location Description.

Activity Progress Narrative:

In the fourth quarter, 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 10 most impacted parishes most impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Jefferson; St. Bernard; St. Tammany; Calcasieu; Plaquemines; Vermillion; Terrebonne; Cameron; Washington; and Iberia. Based on Memorandums of Understanding entered into by the Department of Public Safety (DPS), these personnel are currently. ITBS personnel are deployed in ten of the eleven parishes and in 12 separate cities. 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. 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 OCD-DRU in November. See Bldg Code-SB (HBCE) for information on Orleans Parish. The expended amount was incorrectly reported the 1st quarter of 2007, so the expended amount this quarter was adjusted to obtain an accurate total. The correct amount expended this quarter was $927,683.31 The amount drawndown this quarter was $927,683.31. Due to DRGR System changes, drawndown amounts from previous quarters had to be reported this quarter as well.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	5,392,209.1	5,392,209.1
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	-49,352,632	45,647,368
Expended CDBG DR Funds	1,313,744.21	5,392,209.1
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	696,897.46	1,162,135.64

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
# of Businesses	0	0	57	0/0	0/0	1,140/547
# of Persons benefitting	0	0	304	0/0	0/0	608/0

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

In Hurricanes Katrina and Rita affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

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 May 31, 2007, the total amount returned to the state on defaulted loans was $371,206.00 and 12 recipients signed workout agreements amounting to $466,712.00. An additional 8 defaults were paid in June for a total of $198,942. In July, the program paid out $419,163.28 in principal and interest and no monies were returned to the state. An additional 3 defaults were paid in August for a total of $75,000. As of August 31, 2007, the total amount returned to the state on defaulted loans was $419,951.65 including payments remitted by the DOJ; or 14.3% of what has been paid out in defaults through this period. As of August, 13 recipients have signed workout agreements amounting to $560,300.00. During the fourth quarter of 2007, the total amount returned to the state on defaulted loans was $383,481.46. During the same period, the state paid out $1,124,817.2. Nineteen recipients have signed workout agreements amount to $747,000.00. As of December 2007, the state had received $1,125,051.03 or 26.8% of amounts paid out in defaults which total $4,245,283.00. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $4,078,464.89 from prior quarters that was previously unreported and $1,313,744.21 from the fourth quarter of 2007. The correct obligated amount for this quarter is $0.00, but because the incorrect value was reported for the fist quarter of 2007, a negative value had to be reported this quarter.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	447,993.37	447,993.37
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	0	1,927,500
Expended CDBG DR Funds	143,648.62	447,993.37
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes

Activity Progress Narrative:

The ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC) contract was approved by the State Office of Contractual Review (OCR) on May 11, 2007. ACORN Housing Corporation provided services to support and encourage homeowners in need of technical assistance to utilize the Road Home program. The Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) contract was approved in June. ACORN provided housing counseling and outreach for the Road Home Program for a total of 3,496 households. As of December 30, 2007, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services has served a total of 1,327 cases, which includes 1,100 active cases and 241 closed cases. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $304,344.75 from prior quarters that was previously unreported and $143,648.62 from the fourth quarter of 2007.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	101,449.16	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

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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

Location Description:

See Capacity Grant - LMI (HCAP) Location Description.

Activity Progress Narrative:

See Capacity Grant - LMI (HCAP) - All activity reported as LMI this quarter. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $101,449.16 from the previous quarter that was previously unreported.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	102,406.63	102,406.63
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	0	16,080,000
Expended CDBG DR Funds	65,176.13	102,406.63
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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	0/1,125
# of Households benefitting	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/1,125

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes

Activity Progress Narrative:

This program is combined contractually with the Housing Land Assembly Operations (HLAS) program. In April, 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 process to apply for funds. Applications are currently being accepted. Three HDEV applications were received for funding to 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 had closed. Both for profit and non-profit entities have applied for the funds, and the loan that closed this month was 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 order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $37,230.40 from the prior quarter that was previously unreported and $65,176.13 from the fourth quarter of 2007.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	0	0
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	0	48,601,915.38
Expended CDBG DR Funds	0	0
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes

Activity Progress Narrative:

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 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. The $48,601,915.38 that was reported as being obligated last quarter was actually obligated this quarter.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	0	0
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	0	41,401,631.62
Expended CDBG DR Funds	0	0
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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

Location Description:

See Educ Infras – LMI (IEDU) Location Description.

Activity Progress Narrative:

See Educ Infras – LMI (IEDU) Activity Progress Narrative. The $41,401,631.62 that was reported as being obligated last quarter was actually obligated this quarter.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

HUD provided the waiver for eligible activities that would allow CDBG funding to be used for research activities in higher education in March of 2007. The Louisiana Board of Regents (LBR) received applications from the eligible applicants, institutions of higher education in southeastern Louisiana, on April 26. On June 23, a selection panel of experts from around the nation completed a review of the proposals, including in person interviews, and developed a list of recommendations. On June 28, the LBR approved the recommendation of 11 awards for a total of $27,605,424. Contract negotiations between the LBR and the OCD-DRU resulted in a signed contract in July. In August of 2007, the program reached the first stages of implementation. The LBR RC/EEP Program Manager was identified and began employment on August 27. Negotiations were finalized between the LBR and OCD-DRU related to the development of a standard sub-recipient contract. On August 17, the LBR conducted a training session for award recipients, a group which included the Principal Investigators as well as fiscal, grants management and other institutional representatives. Upon receipt and approval of all final work plans and budgets, the documents of the eleven sub-recipients were forwarded to the OCD-DRU environmental reviewer. The environmental review process continued through the end of September. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between 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 eleven 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 one of the eight approved private institutional sub-recipient agreements were received from the Office of Contractual Review (OCR). The Board of Regents (Board) RC/EEP Auditor began November 5, 2007. In addition to conducting annual audits on each project, he will conduct periodic site visits to ensure their systems support proper record keeping and administrative functions within the confines of CDBG regulations and OMB Circular A-21 requirements. The Board RC/EEP Program Manager, RC/EEP Auditor, Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit Director, and RC/EEP Program Manager conducted site visits with all sub-recipients and sub-contractors in November. 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 spent most of December checking the validity of the detailed composite budgets of each of the projects finding need to seek detail clarification from three projects. Although minor changes were needed, all detailed composite budgets details were accurately reconciled with the three-year composite budgets. Preliminary planning also got underway for the first year audit of the projects. During the fourth quarter of 2007, 17 articles were published in or under consideration by peer-reviewed publications, 38 students were recruited or retain in academic positions, 13 faculty were recruited or retained in academic/research positions, and 3 technology transfers, disclosures, patents, licenses were applied for or received.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	218,641.69	218,641.69
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	0	3,998,975
Expended CDBG DR Funds	62,250.26	218,641.69
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
No Performance Measures Found

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

N/A

Activity Progress Narrative:

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 work order 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 order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $156,391.43 from prior quarters that was previously unreported and $62,250.26 from the fourth quarter of 2007.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	177,812.79	177,812.79
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	0	25,900,000
Expended CDBG DR Funds	29,515.56	48,470.43
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

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. Two of the cooperative endeavor agreements have been approved. During the fourth quarter of 2007, a program description was drafted for the Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) with Rapid Rehousing and DHH supportive services under one larger program design. The proposed funding is $3.5M and is targeted to permanent supportive housing for qualified homeless individuals. Training sessions were held in December to explain the program design to the participants. Additional training is scheduled for January 2008. 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. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $148,297.23 from prior quarters that was previously unreported and $29,515.56 from the fourth quarter of 2007. The expended amount is less than the drawndown amount by $129,342.36 due to the fact that this amount was moved to HAOO.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	13,127.67	13,127.67
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	0	2,070,000
Expended CDBG DR Funds	4,744.67	13,127.67
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes

Activity Progress Narrative:

This program is combined contractually with the Housing Development Loan Fund (HDEV) program. See HDEV for the update. One loan closed - 40 units total. All are AMI. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $8,383.00 from prior quarters that was previously unreported and $4,744.67 from the fourth quarter of 2007.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

Action Plan One, Amendment 10, which includes $100,000,000 for match of Category A&B FEMA Public Assistance grants, was submitted to HUD on March 23 and approved by HUD on July 13, 2007. The application forms for PA match and FEMA-ineligible repairs to schools, along with instructions for completing them, were posted on the OCD-DRU website in May, allowing local governments to begin applying for CDBG funds to cover the 10% non-federal match on FEMA PA grants. E-mails were sent to each PA applicant in the state to let them know the application was available, and training sessions/input meetings were held with several potential applicants. On June 25, the LRA board passed a resolution reducing the amount of this program by $20,273,333 in order to provide additional funding to the Road Home program. On May 25, the President and Congress provided 100% federal funding for FEMA Public Assistance projects, reducing the required budget of this program to about $100 million. An amendment to Action Plan One, which is currently in draft form, will be completed to reallocate the excess funds to other recovery priorities.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	0	0
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	4,000,000	4,000,000
Expended CDBG DR Funds	0	0
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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	0	0/0	0/0	0/5
# of Persons benefitting	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

Action Plan One, Amendment 10, which includes $100,000,000 for match of Category A&B FEMA Public Assistance grants, was submitted to HUD on March 23 and approved by HUD on July 13, 2007. The application forms for PA match and FEMA-ineligible repairs to schools, along with instructions for completing them, were posted on the OCD-DRU website in May, allowing local governments to begin applying for CDBG funds to cover the 10% non-federal match on FEMA PA grants. E-mails were sent to each PA applicant in the state to let them know the application was available, and training sessions/input meetings were held with several potential applicants. On June 25, the LRA board passed a resolution reducing the amount of this program by $20,273,333 in order to provide additional funding to the Road Home program, which was Action Plan One, Amendment 15, and HUD approved that amendment on November 9, 2007.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
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

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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	0	0
Expended CDBG DR Funds	0	0
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

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. HUD approved the release of funds on August 17. 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. OCD-DRU staff continues to work with sub-grantees to assist them in developing applications, but no applications were received in November. The City of New Orleans formally approved their prioritized project list in November. In December, the LRA approved the publication of Amendment 19 to Action Plan One and an amendment to Action Plan Two to add $500,000,000 to this program.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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Grantee Activity ID: LTLoan - LMI (ELTR) Activity Category: Econ. development or recovery activity that creates/retains jobs Activity Status: Cancelled Responsible Organization: OCD and Louisiana Economic Development Department

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	0
Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted	N/A	0
Program Funds Drawdown	0	0
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	-40,800,000	0
Expended CDBG DR Funds	0	0
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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 Persons benefitting	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0
# of Permanent Jobs Created	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Activity Description:

The Long Term Recovery Loan Guarantee Program would be targeted to small firms that meet any of the following criteria: • Were rejected or deemed ineligible for SBA loans; • Did not apply for an SBA loan for good cause; or • Are in need of long-term loans for permanent repair or replacement of buildings, repair or purchase of replacement equipment and inventory. Louisiana will seek to use the infrastructure already in place through the Bridge Loan Program, a cooperative agreement with quasi-public organizations and local banks in the affected parishes to deliver the loans that will be guaranteed through this program. Under the Bridge Loan Program, there have been 22 participating banks throughout the affected parishes.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

Preliminary discussions were conducted with commercial lenders participating in the current bridge loan program. No program activity occurred before approval of Action Plan One, Amendment 8; designed to transfer $27,000,000 to the Small Firm Loan and Grant (SFLG) program. Subsequently the LRA has approved a resolution to transfer the remaining balance of $68,000,000 to the SFLG program and abolish the LTR program. A committee of the Louisiana Legislature approved a resolution to transfer the money to the SFLG program. In September, the legislature voted to approve the amendment. HUD approved the amendment on November 9, 2007 effectively cancelling the program.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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Grantee Activity ID: LTLoan -UN (ELTR) Activity Category: Econ. development or recovery activity that creates/retains jobs Activity Status: Cancelled Responsible Organization: OCD and Louisiana Economic Development

Projected Start Date: 09/15/2006 Projected End Date: 09/15/2009 National Objective: Urgent Need

	This Report Period	To Date
Total Projected Budget from All Sources	N/A	0
Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted	N/A	0
Program Funds Drawdown	0	0
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	-27,200,000	0
Expended CDBG DR Funds	0	0
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	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 Persons benefitting	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0
# of Permanent Jobs Created	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Activity Description:

The Long Term Recovery Loan Guarantee Program would be targeted to small firms that meet any of the following criteria: • Were rejected or deemed ineligible for SBA loans; • Did not apply for an SBA loan for good cause; or • Are in need of long-term loans for permanent repair or replacement of buildings, repair or purchase of replacement equipment and inventory. Louisiana will seek to use the infrastructure already in place through the Bridge Loan Program, a cooperative agreement with quasi-public organizations and local banks in the affected parishes to deliver the loans that will be guaranteed through this program. Under the Bridge Loan Program, there have been 22 participating banks throughout the affected parishes.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes

Activity Progress Narrative:

See LTLoan – LMI (ELTR) Activity Narrative.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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Grantee Activity ID: Piggyback (HTXC) Activity Category: Construction of new housing Activity Status: Under Way Responsible Organization: Local governments.

Projected Start Date: 05/30/2006 Projected End Date: 05/30/2045 National Objective: Low/Mod

	This Report Period	To Date
Total Projected Budget from All Sources	N/A	0
Total CDBG Disaster Recovery Grant Funds Budgeted	N/A	0
Program Funds Drawdown	0	0
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	-26,500,000	0
Expended CDBG DR Funds	0	0
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
# of Public Facilities	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/185
# of Non-business Organizations benefitting	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/52
# of Persons benefitting	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

Several activity narratives for this program can be found in the quarterly report for the 2nd Appropriation. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $8,316,291.81 from prior quarters that was previously. Obligated amounts reported 3/31/2007 and 6/30/2007 were incorrect. To obtain a correct total, -$26,500,000.00 was entered as the amount obligated this quarter even though the total was $0.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
Match Sources	Amount
No Other Match Funding Sources Found

Other Funding Sources	Amount
No Other Funding Sources Found

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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	5,453,420.43	6,154,846.57
Obligated CDBG DR Funds	632,071.25	6,246,052.21
Expended CDBG DR Funds	882,793.89	6,154,846.57
Match Contributed	0	0
Program Income Received	0	0

Performance Measures
	This Report Period			Cumulative Actual Total / Expected
	Low	Mod	Total	Low	Mod	Total
No Performance Measures Found

Activity Description:

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.

Location Description:

Activity Progress Narrative:

Through the work of its various committees and task forces, the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) has developed a series of strategic priorities and recovery plans in the areas of housing, infrastructure and economic development. The LRA has led the development of recovery policy and initiatives in the areas of housing, infrastructure, and economic development. These initiatives overlap with policy and planning in areas of health care, social services, education, and other subjects. The majority of LRA’s work on the development, passage, submission and implementation of CDBG action plans has been tied to policies on housing, infrastructure and economic development -- the bedrocks of recovery. During 2006 and the first 2 quarters of 2007, the LRA focused heavily on economic and workforce development program development and implementation; infrastructure recovery programs and implementation issues, including education infrastructure design considerations; homeowner and rental housing program policy and implementation oversight issues; and community and regional planning efforts related to recovery priorities. Regarding the long-term planning process, the LRA collaborated with the American Institute of Architecture (AIA) and American Planning Association (APA) to develop rebuilding principles, upon which the LRA initiated a planning effort called Louisiana Speaks. This was a multifaceted planning initiative designed to address planning at every level. This extends from community planning such as the Unified New Orleans Plan (the LRA has supported UNOP through the recruitment of $3 million in private funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and the commitment of $2 million in CDBG funds for outreach, including communications and input with the New Orleans Diaspora) to other parish-wide comprehensive, long-term recovery strategies in collaboration with FEMA in the most severely impacted parishes. Lastly, Louisiana Speaks has engaged a team of top local and national planning experts to gather public input and support the development of a regional vision for South Louisiana that will guide recovery and long-term growth. Over the last year, Louisiana Speaks has surveyed more than 2,500 Louisiana citizens, including residents who are back home and those who are displaced, and brought together nearly 1,000 stakeholders for a series of hands-on workshops. During day-long sessions, participants provided critical and creative input for shaping policy on coastal restoration and storm protection; community growth and transportation infrastructure; and economic development and equity. During the most recent quarter, Louisiana Speaks has launched for the public at large to weigh in on recovery priorities resulting from the year-long input process that has occurred throughout the affected areas. Funds from the planning allocation are also being used to support recovery planning capacity at the parish level, to assist in the implementation of recovery plans, development of production and printed materials related to Louisiana Speaks public input and final products, and funding for parish planner to be trained on implementation of the Smart Code. Because the availability and affordability of insurance in coastal Louisiana has been an impediment to recovery, the LRA also continues to explore strategies for reducing the burden of insurance on all those affected by the storms. Oversight, accountability, and fraud prevention are a primary concern for the LRA Board. The LRA Audit Committee continues to hold fund monitoring meetings. On November 9, 2007, HUD approved Action Plan One, Amendment 16, which increased funding for this program by $3,000.000.00. In order to accommodate changes to the DRGR structure and report the correct total amount drawndown to date, the reported drawndown amount for this quarter includes $4,570,626.54 from prior quarters that was previously unreported and $882,793.89 from the fourth quarter of 2007.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail
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

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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

Performance Measures
	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

Activity Description:

To provide the non-federal match for FEMA Public Assistance funds paid to eligible private non-profit K-12 schools and universities.

Location Description:

Disaster affected parishes.

Activity Progress Narrative:

Due to the passage of the match waiver legislation, this program is no longer necessary and an amendment to Action Plan One will be submitted to reallocate those funds to other purposes. On June 25, the LRA board passed a resolution reducing the amount of this program by $2 million in order to provide additional funding to the Homeowners Assistance Program. In December, the LRA proposed transfer of funds from this program to the LTCR program, and HUD approved Action Plan One, Amendment 15, which reallocated $2,000,000 to the Homeowners Assistance Program.

Activity Location:
Address	City	State	Zip
No Activity Locations Found

Other Funding Sources Budgeted - Detail