2016 Program Year

2016 Program Year

• 2016 Program Year

• Public Services Grant

• February 18, 2016

In addition to the basic recordkeeping requirements, sub recipients are required to maintain and report beneficiary records in the following key areas (not all of the following applicable to all activities):

• In addition to the basic recordkeeping requirements, sub recipients are required to maintain and report beneficiary records in the following key areas (not all of the following applicable to all activities):

• Racial categorization;
• Marital Status;
• Number of persons in the family and total annual family income;
• Female head of households;
• Disabled/Elderly ;
• Number of persons having access to new services; and
• Number of persons having access to improved services.

HUD Requirements;

• HUD Requirements;

• Grantee Responsibilities;

• Subrecipient Responsibilities:

• Spend all granted funds within 18 months for Public Service Programs. July 1, 2016 – December 31, 2017.
• How can un-timeliness be prevented?

Staff assistance will be made available to those prospective applicants.

• Staff assistance will be made available to those prospective applicants.

• To be fair, staff assistance is available to everyone.

• Assistance will be limited to the following:

• Informing, interpreting, and explaining to the clients of the eligibility rules and regulations.
• Helping the clients in their understanding of a desirable CDBG activity administration system.
• Helping the clients in their understanding of their record keeping and reporting responsibilities.
• Helping the clients with their draft proposals in the area of meeting the national objectives and eligibility.

Technical Assistance will not do the following:

• Technical Assistance will not do the following:

• Draft a program or project for clients;
• Do a complete review of the clients proposals and offering feedback;
• Do cost estimates for clients;
• Provide a guarantee that the proposal or a potion of it will be funded under prescribed conditions;
• Provide surveys; and/or
• Conduct cost-benefit analysis for clients.

CDBG funds are not your agency’s money, it is HUD’s money provided to the City.

• CDBG funds are not your agency’s money, it is HUD’s money provided to the City.

• These funds can only be used on a reimbursement basis. No payments are made until after approved cost is incurred.

• Prior cost to grant award will not be reimbursed.

• The process you use to obtain service/product is as important as the service/product itself when it comes to determining what is a reimbursable expense.

• Never assume, you can always check before you act.

Questions and Comments

• Questions and Comments