Economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the…

On August 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded a $850,000 project grant to Refuge & Restoration under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants Program (CFDA 14.251). This congressionally directed spending award, authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, supports a community development project located in Florissant, Missouri, with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2032.

The specific products and services to be delivered through this award will be determined upon submission of the recipient's required project narrative, which must align with the project description documented in the Congressional Record and Joint Explanatory Statement. As a Community Project Funding grant, the award is intended to address locally identified community development, housing, and infrastructure needs through activities that generate measurable economic development or community development outcomes. The recipient is required to maintain current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) and comply with all applicable federal requirements including financial management, reporting, and record retention provisions under 2 CFR 200.334.

Activities

Economic development initiative, community project funding/congressionally directed spending award projects include a wide variety of activities that result in economic development or community development outcomes. HUD will not know the full scope of the project until the recipient submits the required project narrative and confirms alignment with the language as provided in the congressional record. To find the details of the grant award as written within the congressional record use the following link and path selections to get to the description of the economic development initiative, community project funding grants https://WWW.HUD.GOV/program_offices/comm_planning/EDI-grants, select the fiscal year of interest, scroll down to program laws and regulations, under fiscal year 20XX consolidated appropriations act, 20XX: congressional record (joint explanatory statement).

Expected outcomes

Completion of the project as described in the joint explanatory statement (JES) project description and subsequent approved project narrative.

Intended beneficiaries

The project beneficiaries are the individuals and/or organizations that are awarded grant funds or served by the entities that are awarded grant funds as identified in the JES recipient or project description sections.

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.