Code of Maine Rules › 19 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › 498 - OFFICE OF TOURISM AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 9 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM: 1994 FINAL STATEMENT › Section 498-9-5 - REDISTRIBUTION OF GRANT FUNDS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
This section describes the methods by which any funds not
				  distributed, disencumbered funds, additional funds received from HUD, and
				  program income may be redistributed by the State.
A. ADMINISTRATIVE REDISTRIBUTION OF GRANT
				FUNDS
1. Local Government Grants from the
				State: local governments receiving giants as a result of the 1994 CDBG program
				but unable to have their projects substantially underway (staff hired,
				environmental review complete, program costs obligated) within twelve months of
				the grant award, shall have their grant canceled by the State. Unexpended grant
				funds may be added to any open CDBG contract, used to make additional awards in
				any 1994 CDBG program, or added to the available monies for the 1995
				competition.
Unexpended funds remaining in the grantee's CDBG account at
				  grant closeout, funds remaining in a grantee's award but not drawndown upon
				  grant closeout and funds returned to the State because of disallowed costs may
				  be added to any open CDBG contract, used to make additional awards in any 1994
				  CDBG program or added to the available monies for the 1995 competition.
2. Unallocated State Grants To
				local Governments: Unallocated grant funds resulting from lack of adequate
				program competition or demand in the Housing Assistance, Public
				Facilities/Infrastructure, Public Service, Urgent Need, Development Fund,
				Regional Assistance, Micro-Loan, Economic Development Infrastructure, Phase II
				Planning, General Purpose Planning, Growth Management Planning, Quality Main
				Street Strategy, and Defense Conversion Planning Grant Programs may be added to
				any open CDBG contract, used to make additional awards in any 1994 CDBG program
				or added to the available monies for the 1995 competition.
3. State Grants from HUD: Additional HUD
				allocations to the State of Maine may be added to any open CDBG contract, used
				to make additional awards in any 1994 CDBG program or added to the available
				monies for the 1995 competition.
4.
				Basis for Redistribution: The decision on how to redistribute the types of
				funds described in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above will be made after staff
				evaluation of the following: the total funds available, requests for additional
				funding from current CDBG grantees, any applicants that received scores above
				the 85 point threshold in 1994 competitions but did not receive funding and the
				possibility of holding additional competitions during the 1994 Program.
				Additional competitions will be held only as a last resort, and be limited to
				Housing Assistance, Public Facility/Infrastructure, Public Service, Micro-Loan,
				and Economic Development Infrastructure. In all cases, these additional
				competitions and the subsequent programs developed, will be subject to the
				applicable section(s) of this 1994 Final Statement or amendments thereto.
In the case of funds added to open grant(s), redistribution
				  will give priority to grants needing additional CDBG funds in order to complete
				  the activities described in their application to the State and secondly to
				  grants for additional activities which meet the State and local community
				  development objectives. In no case will the total of the original grant award
				  and any redistributed funds to that grant, exceed the maximum grant award for
				  that program as set forth in this Final Statement.
All staff recommendations regarding redistribution of funds
				  in the 1994 CDBG program will be subject to approval by the Director of the
				  OCD.