CDBG-CV Webinars

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) makes $5 billion in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) response funds available to CDBG grantees. The CDBG-CV Federal Register Notice (FR-6218-N-01) describes the allocations and grant procedures applicable to the CDBG-CV grants. It also describes the program flexibilities, waivers, and alternative requirements that apply to the CDBG-CV grants as well as the fiscal year 2019 and 2020 CDBG grants.

These CDBG-CV webinars provide grantees and subrecipients with important information and best practices on how these funds can be used to help communities prevent, prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus.

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CDBG CARES Act Webinar Series

Overview

This webinar series provides CDBG-CV grantees and subrecipients with important information on how the response funds can be used to help communities prevent, prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus.

Training Objectives

  • Understand the procedures, flexibilities, waivers, and alternative requirements applicable to the CDBG-CV grants
  • Understand the flexibilities, waivers, and alternative requirements applicable to the fiscal year 2019 and 2020 CDBG grants
  • Understand how to get additional information and support on CDBG-CV

 

Overview of Federal Register Notice (FR-6218-N-01) - Session 1

This webinar provided an overview of the Federal Register Notice as well as instructions on how to get additional information and support.

 

Overview of Federal Register Notice (FR-6218-N-01) - Session 2

This webinar provided an overview of the Federal Register Notice as well as instructions on how to get additional information and support.

 

September 1, 2020

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State CDBG-CV Implementation

This webinar focused on state CDBG-CV program implementation utilizing the alternative requirements and flexibilities in the CDBG-CV Federal Register Notice.

 

September 9, 2020

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Using CDBG-CV to Address Housing Instability

This webinar provided an overview of CDBG-CV, focusing on eligible housing related activities as well as discussing how CDBG-CV funds can be used to address current housing needs.

 

National Objectives

This webinar provided an overview of CDBG national objectives and alternative requirements, and flexibilities granted in the CDBG-CV Federal Register Notice.

 

November 16, 2020

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Economic Development Program Models

This webinar provided an overview of CDBG-CV eligible economic development related activities and discussed how CDBG-CV funds can address the impact of COVID-19.

 

Using CDBG-CV for Rural Economic Development

This webinar provided insights from rural economic development experts regarding resources grantees can use for economic recovery from COVID-19.

 

Co-Managing Disaster Recovery and CARES Act Programs

This webinar focused on the grantees with both allocations, examining their similarities and differences and how one program can enhance the other.

 

November 17, 2021

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Working with CDBG-CV Subrecipients to Expand Programs

This webinar discussed ways to strategically identify, partner with, and manage CDBG-CV subrecipients to address the impact of COVID-19.

 

January 11, 2022

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The CDBG-CV Subrecipient Agreement as a Management Tool

This webinar concentrated on developing and using a subrecipient agreement to manage and monitor partners that are carrying out CDBG-CV programs.

 

CDBG-CV Best Practices Webinar Series

Overview

This webinar series covers best practices of CDBG-CV project implementation. During the series, HUD identified a dynamic group of communities across the country that have designed and are implementing high-impact projects and activities while efficiently expending CDBG-CV funding.

Training Objectives

  • Learn replicable strategies for best practices to drive the pandemic recovery and revitalization for hard-hit or at-risk low- and moderate-income (LMI) areas
  • Understand backward-looking and potential forward-looking COVID-19 risks or vulnerabilities for the LMI population

 

Economic Development and Assistance to Businesses

This session had CDBG-CV grantees share best practices for executing successful economic development and business assistance activities using CDBG-CV funding.

 

Public Services

This session had CDBG-CV grantees from across the country share best practices in managing effective strategies for implementing public service projects.

 

Public Facilities and Building Improvements

This session had CDBG-CV grantees from across the country share best practices to implement successful building and public facility improvements in response to COVID-19.

 

Interim and Affordable Housing

This session had CDBG-CV grantees from across the country share unique strategies and best practices to provide interim, supportive, and affordable permanent housing.