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  • Recommendation Number: 2024-FW-0002-001-C
  • Status: Closed
  • Date Issued: December 15, 2023
Closed Date:
October 23, 2024

We recommend that the Director of Disaster Recovery take steps to ensure that the milestone point of allocation is formally defined and documented, to allow for accurate tracking of compliance with requirements.

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2024-FW-0002 | December 15, 2023

CPD Could Improve the Timing of Delivery of Disaster Recovery Funding

From 2001 to 2022, the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery program provided almost $98 billion to states, cities, counties, and territories to help them recover from disasters.  Administering disaster recovery has been a recurring… more

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Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-FW-0002-001-A
    Closed on October 23, 2024

    We recommend that the Director of Disaster Recovery collect and record the number of days that it or other entities take to complete each milestone in the grant process.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-FW-0002-001-B
    Closed on October 23, 2024

    We recommend that the Director of Disaster Recovery establish timing benchmarks for the milestones at each significant step in the allocation and award process based on actual data accumulated for the various grants.