To assist with presidentially-declared disaster relief, long-term recovery and mitigation activities

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded the Ohio Department of Development $14.116 million on January 28, 2026, under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program (CFDA 14.233) to support long-term recovery and mitigation in most impacted and distressed areas resulting from qualifying major disasters through January 27, 2032.

The award funds restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation activities in Columbus, Ohio. Eligible activities include housing rehabilitation, reconstruction, or new construction; repairing roads, bridges, water and wastewater facilities; assisting affected business owners; and job training and workforce development. The intended principal beneficiaries are low- and moderate-income households and businesses with urgent needs. Expected outcomes encompass households benefitting from CDBG-DR funding, new housing construction and rehabilitation activities, businesses assisted, jobs created and retained, and rehabilitation or reconstruction of public improvements and facilities.

The Ohio Department of Development, a state administrative agency, serves as the prime recipient and pass-through mechanism for sub-award distribution to community action agencies, nonprofits, local governments, and regional partners statewide. Sub-recipients deliver the full range of recovery activities funded under the grant, with Belmont County Sanitary Sewer District documented as a sub-recipient on prior CDBG-related awards. The award obligates $14.116 million against a period of performance extending six years from award date.

Activities

Restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed (mid), areas resulting from qualifying major disasters.

Expected outcomes

Outcomes range from the following accomplishement examples: households benefitting from cdbg-DR, cdbg-MIT and cdbg-NDR funds, housing unit(s) new construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation activities, businesses assisted, jobs created and/or retained, rehabilitation or reconstruction of a public improvement, or public facilities.

Intended beneficiaries

The intended principal beneficiaries of cdbg-DR, cdbg-MIT and/or cdbg-NDR funds are low- and moderate-income households, which may include low- and moderate-income persons or households, and businesses with urgent needs.

Subrecipient activities

Cdbg-DR, cdbg-MIT and/or cdbg-NDR assistance may fund a broad range of grantee recovery activities, including but not limited to: housing rehabilitation or reconstruction, new housing construction, repairing roads and bridges, repairing water and wastewater facilities, providing assistance to affected business owners, job training and workforce development.