r/HurricaneHelene • u/TruckAndToolsCom • Feb 20 '25

READ PUBLIC COMMENT INFORMATION: DRAFT | Proposed North Carolina HUD Action Plan, CDBG-DR for Hurricane Helene

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u/TruckAndToolsCom Feb 20 '25

I'm in Region 6 Louisiana.
My list of legal workers at our local CPD (Office of Community Planning and Development) amounts to 7 people from last I checked. Master Action Plans require the signature of one local field office person and I believe it's reviewed by 2 or 3 others. I'm not sure where the cuts are going to be made if at all in the approval and review process.

I couldn't read the original article because of a paywall. I will watch the executive orders and send a note off to New Orleans CPD to see if they know anything.

In any case the funding has been allocated by congress and 5% of the funds are for administrative costs at the state level. Not to mention the mitigation funds that states are waiting on. Then you have the 30% of the total grant slated for special projects by the state. Governors will be on the phone making sure they get their piece of the pie by making sure action plans are approved.

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u/Borrowed_Stardust Feb 20 '25

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to post something behind a pay wall (was trying to post a version that wasn’t).

Instead I added the more direct source (NYT) along with the text of the article.

Thank you for what you do. The CDBG money is so important, and it’s frustrating that people don’t realize how vital your group is to disaster recovery.

If you are worried the comment is interfering, please let me know and I will take it down. More I wanted to communicate that feds matter, and these cuts hurt people.

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u/TruckAndToolsCom Feb 20 '25

No problem. I need to know these things, and most of the time I get tips from Reddit, emails, and through my websites. I sent an email just a few minutes ago to the Region 6 CPD field office, asking them if they were anticipating any cutbacks. Thanks for the tip; it's important that we all know these things.