Require grantees to include in their DRGR system’s reports their non-Federal match costs in a manner that documents that they have met FEMA’s set match percentage requirements and issue a template to grantees to ensure consistency of reporting in their systems of records.
Publication Report
2026-FW-1004 | April 23, 2026
Colorado Reported Other Disaster Recovery Reimbursements as Non-Federal Match Payments
As part of our mission to safeguard the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) programs from fraud, waste, and abuse, and to identify opportunities for HUD programs to progress and succeed, we selected Colorado for a review of potential… moreRelated Recommendations
Community Planning and Development
- Status2026-FW-1004-001-AOpenClosed$1,350,284.00Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
Establish internal and financial controls to ensure that it allocates, tracks, and reports future non-Federal match costs separately from other disaster recovery costs within the DRGR system for future disasters, which will ensure that at least $1.3 million is correctly reported as other disaster recovery costs rather than as costs that Colorado is using to meet its non-Federal match requirements.
- Status2026-FW-1004-001-BOpenClosed
Provide documentary support in the DRGR system that it met and did not exceed the match percentage set by FEMA for its completed Public Assistance activities