Disaster Recovery Funding

Disaster Recovery Funding (2nd Round)
Texas Department of Rural Affairs (TDRA) formerly the Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) has submitted an amendment on the Action Plan for Disaster Recovery to the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). The announcement of a second round ($1,743,001,247) of funding required this amendment to the initial plan by September 30, 2009.

Once again Regional Councils of Government (COGs) will assist in the development of the Method of Distribution for these funds. Allocation of 2nd Round Funding from the TDRA for LRGVDC Region is listed below:

The timeline for determination of the Method of Distribution (MOD) and public participation process will be considered by LRGVDC Board of Directors at their regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, November 19th, 2009. Questions on this process should be directed to Ken Jones at knjones@lrgvdc.org or Marcie Oviedo at moviedo@lrgvdc911.org prior to November 19th, 2009.

Disaster Recovery Funding (1st Round Status)
Texas Department of Rural Affairs (TDRA) formally Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA), the lead agency to administer Supplemental Community Development Block Grant funds (CDBG) allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) requested the assistance of Regional Councils of Government to develop a method for distributing these funds. The Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council's Action Plan & Method of Distribution (MOD) was finalized and submitted to TDRA formally ORCA. A Method of Distribution Graphic Representation was developed to clearly describe the process in which these funds will be allocated. TDRA has listed 2008 Supplemental Disaster Recovery Funds awarded to date (Revised 11-10-09).