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

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $39.405 million to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce on February 24, 2026, under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program (CFDA 14.233) to support long-term disaster recovery in Oklahoma City.

The recipient will fund housing rehabilitation and reconstruction, new housing construction, infrastructure restoration including roads, bridges, water and wastewater facilities, economic revitalization and business assistance, and job training and workforce development activities in the most impacted and distressed areas. Low- and moderate-income households and businesses with urgent needs are the principal beneficiaries.

The period of performance runs through February 24, 2032. Place of performance is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce administers the award as a pass-through entity, sub-awarding to community action agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other sub-recipients to deliver eligible recovery activities. The program encompasses Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT), and Community Development Block Grant Non-Disaster (CDBG-NDR) funds where applicable. Expected outcomes include households benefiting from disaster recovery funding, housing units reconstructed or rehabilitated, businesses assisted, jobs created or retained, and public improvements or facilities rehabilitated or reconstructed.

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.