DEADLINE EXTENDED: Feedback must be received by 4 p.m. on March 31, 2025.
Provide your comments on the draft Action Plan online, by mail or in-person at the Lahaina Resource Center or Kāko‘o Maui Relief & Aid Services Center.
On Dec. 21, 2024, $1.6 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding was appropriated by the U.S. Congress to support recovery efforts from the 2023 Maui wildfires. The funding will be provided to the County of Maui through the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
As grantee, the County of Maui will submit to HUD an Action Plan, which outlines the proposed activities and program allocations the CDBG-DR funds will be used for. In developing its draft Action Plan, the County was guided by the community input gathered over the past 18 months through various community engagement, such as community meetings and the Neighborhood Planning Workshops held for the Lahaina Long-Term Recovery Plan.
The meetings are as follows:
The County wants to make sure we get it right. Our goal is to help Lahaina recover. Your feedback on the draft Action Plan will improve the programs. Community comments are included in the Action Plan that is sent to HUD. Before we submit to HUD, the draft Action Plan will be updated to account for these comments. Click here to submit feedback.
The deadline to provide feedback on the draft Action Plan has been extended. All feedback, including surveys and comments, must be received by 4 p.m. on Monday, March 31, 2025. This includes the online feedback survey and mailed-in surveys. Click here to submit feedback.
Beginning with Phase 1, single-family housing construction is expected to begin at the end of this year.
The County will prioritize facilities and infrastructure that were lost or damaged first. Additionally, the County plans to fund infrastructure that supports additional housing units and economic revitalization.
No. The CDBG-DR funds are only one funding source of many. The County is working diligently to obtain more funds to address the many unmet needs.
Job training, kupuna services, mental health and supportive health care services.
These decisions are tied to the Action Plan being approved, and the County anticipates sharing these details later this summer.
These decisions are tied to the Action Plan being approved, and the County anticipates sharing these details later this summer.
Mauirecovers.org will continue to be updated regularly. We will also have many more community meetings to discuss mitigation and other programs.
HUD wants communities to become more resilient against future disasters.
Yes, CDBG-DR funding may be used in this way and the County will look carefully at these options when making tough decisions on what to include within the final Action Plan.
For questions, please contact the CDBG-DR Program Office at cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov.
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant funds are appropriated by Congress and allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to rebuild disaster-impacted areas and provide crucial seed money to start the long-term recovery process.
Purpose of CDBG-DR funds:
For more information on CDBG-DR, visit : Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grant Funds | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
The special appropriation provides funds to the most impacted and distressed areas for:
Each CDBG-DR activity must address a disaster-related impact (direct or indirect) in a Presidentially declared area for the covered disaster
*To meet a CDBG-DR national objective, all activities must:
CDBG-DR funds primarily benefit LMI (Low-To-Moderate Income) persons and communities, and other vulnerable members of the community who have been directly impacted by the disaster.
What is the household income limit to be considered LMI (Low-To-Moderate Income)?
Who is considered ''vulnerable''?
Broad Categories of Vulnerable Populations for CDBG-DR include:
If your household income exceeds the LMI limit you may not be eligible for the direct benefits provided by CDBG-DR funding. However, there could still be indirect benefits, such as improved infrastructure, community-wide recovery efforts, and other resources that support the overall resilience of the County. Additionally, the County may offer other programs or resources through different funding sources that may be more applicable to households above the LMI limit.
The CDBG-DR Action Plan outlines activities that the County will undertake under its recovery or mitigation program. Detailed funding amounts, sources of other funds, and implementation partners are included. Community input collected through the many community engagement events held by the County since the wildfires – including those that informed the County’s Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina – have been incorporated into the draft, which was released and open for public review/feedback on Feb. 24, 2025. Public hearings on the draft Action Plan will be held on March 8, 11, and 14. The public comment period closes on March 26, 2025.
CDBG-DR funds are required to be used for programs that directly benefit individual survivors, such as rebuild assistance for eligible homeowners, and cannot be directly distributed to survivors.
CDBG-DR funds will be one of several funding sources utilized by projects in the County of Maui’s Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina. For these funds, the County will consider all disaster recovery projects in the Long-Term Recovery Plan that are CDBG-DR eligible.
The County is in the process of creating a required draft Action Plan that will outline how the federal funds will be spent. That plan will be presented to the community for review and feedback in Spring 2025. The County will then make any necessary revisions to the draft and submit a final Action Plan to HUD for approval. Once HUD approves the Action Plan, funds will be released to the County and program implementation can begin.
After appropriation by Congress, HUD will calculate and announce allocations, and publish a Federal Register Notice, which describes the rules, procedures, waivers, and alternative requirements governing the CDBG-DR program.
Once the County is announced as a formal grantee and is provided an allocation amount, the County shall:
With Community input, engagement and comments, the County as the CDBG-DR Grantee will prepare a CDBG-DR Action Plan that will include eligible projects and estimated funding amounts for HUD’s approval.
The County’s Action Plan must include a Citizen Participation Plan which describes how the public will be informed and engaged throughout the grant’s lifecycle.
Prior to approval by HUD, the CDBG-DR Action Plan shall be posted for public comment to provide opportunities to citizens, affected local governments and other interested parties an opportunity to provide comments. All comments on the Action Plan or any substantial amendment, received orally or in writing, will be considered. Approved Action Plan and any amendments will be displayed on the County’s CDBG-DR webpage.
The County of Maui has developed a CDBG-DR Program Office, which is under the Office of Recovery in the Department of Management.
This office will be responsible for:
For more information, email cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov.
For questions, please contact the CDBG-DR Program Office at cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov.
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CPD Universal Notice
3/19/25
DRAFT CDBG-DR Action Plan
2/24/25
DRAFT Admin Action Plan
2/21/25
Allocation Announcement Notice FR-6512-N-01
1/16/25
Universal Notice FR-6489-N-01
1/8/25
For questions, please contact the CDBG-DR Program Office at cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov.
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