North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 19 - RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter L - NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM › Section .0400 - DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS › Section 19L .0407 - GENERAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				  Local governments shall submit applications as prescribed by this Rule in order
				  to be considered for funding. Selection of applications for funding shall be
				  based primarily on information contained in the application; thus applications
				  must contain sufficient information for the Division to rate them against the
				  selection criteria. In addition, the following may be considered: information
				  from any source which regards the eligibility of the applicant or application;
				  the legality or feasibility of proposed activities; the applicant's compliance
				  with application procedures specified in this Subchapter or the accuracy of the
				  information presented in the application; evaluation of proposed projects by
				  on-site review; and category-specific information described in Sections .0500,
				  .0700, .0800, .1200, .1300, and .1700 of this Subchapter. All applicants shall
				  address their projects to one of the following grant categories: Community
				  Revitalization (either Concentrated Needs, or Revitalization Strategies),
				  Housing Development, Urgent Needs, Demonstration, Scattered Site Housing,
				  Infrastructure, and Economic Development. Applicants may apply in more than one
				  grant category, providing the total grant application and award does not exceed
				  the maximum limits described in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Rule .0403 of this
				  Section. Applicants shall submit an application that describes each project in
				  sufficient detail to be rated.
(b)
				  Applications must be received by the Division's administrative offices in
				  Raleigh before 5:00 p.m. on the submission date or sent by mail and postmarked
				  on the submission date.
(c)
				  Applicants must provide citizens with adequate opportunity for meaningful
				  involvement in the development of Community Development Block Grant
				  applications. Specific citizen participation guidelines are described further
				  in Rule .1002 of this Subchapter. If the Division is aware of an applicant's
				  failure to meet these citizen participation requirements, the Division may not
				  rate the application.
(d) The
				  Division may submit all CDBG applications and environmental review records as
				  may be required by the National Environmental Policy Act and the State
				  Environmental Policy Act to the State Clearinghouse of the Department of
				  Administration for review and comments. The Division may require each applicant
				  to submit a written description of how the applicant proposes to address each
				  comment received from the State Clearinghouse.
(e) The applicant shall certify to the
				  Division that it will comply with all applicable federal and state laws,
				  regulations, rules and Executive Orders. Copies of these federal and state
				  requirements are available for public inspection from the Division.
(f) Applicants must comply with the Housing
				  and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended, all applicable federal and
				  state laws, regulations, rules, and Executive Orders.
(g) Application requirements described in
				  this Rule .0407 do not apply to demonstration grants and Urgent Needs grants,
				  except for Paragraphs (a), (d), and (f).
(h) For multi-family rental housing
				  activities, the applicant must state in the application the standards it has
				  adopted for determining affordable rents for such activities.
(i) Applicants that receive CDBG funding for
				  projects may charge the cost of application preparation to prior CDBG programs
				  or to the current program provided that procurement procedures consistent with
				  24 CFR
				  85.36 are followed. No more than three
				  thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) may be charged to the CDBG program for
				  application preparation,
(j)
				  Applicants may apply for a Capacity Building grant in any category except in
				  the Urgent Needs and Demonstration Projects categories.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-10;
					 143B-431;
					 42 U.S.C.A.
					 5304(a);
					 24 C.F.R. 570.483;
Eff. July 1, 1982;
Amended Eff. August 1, 1998; March 1, 1995; June
					 1, 1994; June 1, 1993; June 1, 1992;
Temporary Amendment Eff.
					 January 1, 2001;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2002;
Pursuant
					 to G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. March 6,
					 2018.