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7 <br />can be properly and legally provided to appropriate federal and state entities, including DOC <br />and HUD, without issue or objection by the individual or entity. <br />11. Proiect Savings. The Recipient is obligated to contribute 100 percent of its pledged cash <br />contribution to the CDBG project even if the project experiences a savings after authorized <br />activities are completed. Any project savings accrue to the CDBG program. Substitution of <br />in-kind contributions for cash is not allowed. <br />12. Expenditure of Non-CDBG Funds. The recipient must ensure that non-CDBG funds are <br />expended along with CDBG funds, following the implementation schedule described in the <br />approved application and modified by the Performance Contract (or otherwise with DOC <br />approval), and shall report on non-CDBG expenditures with each Annual Performance <br />Report, consistent with Section .1100 PERFORMANCE of the program regulations <br />(4NCAC 19L) as well as any other applicable reporting requirements. <br />13. Method of Payment. The Department of Commerce uses the Office of State Controller <br />(OSC) to make CDBG payments to units of local government. The Electronic Payment <br />Form from OSC must be completed for funds to be electronically transferred. Arrangements <br />must be made with the Finance Officer in the Division of Community Assistance if a <br />Recipient does not want to use the electronic funds transfer. <br />14. Fair Housing. Recipients of CDBG funds are required to comply with fair housing and non- <br />discrimination laws and regulations. Recipients should consult Section .1001 of the CDBG <br />administrative rules for further information on equal opportunity requirements. Recipients <br />are required to submit a fair housing plan for its jurisdiction. Recipients with 10,000 persons <br />or more will be required to complete an Analysis to Impediments to Fair Housing Choice <br />Study. For each grant year that a CDBG project is active, a Recipient must describe the <br />actions it will take in the areas of enforcement, education and removal of barriers and <br />impediments to affirmatively further fair housing. Guidance for developing a Fair Housing <br />Plan can be found in CI Bulletin 93-4 and the CDBG Implementation Notebook. <br />15. Equal Employment and Procurement Opporhuuty. A Recipient must describe the actions it <br />will take annually while the grant is open in the areas of enforcement, education and removal <br />of barriers and impediments that affirmatively further equal access in employment and <br />procurement. This includes a description of steps to be taken in the areas of advertisement, <br />compliance and complaint tracking. <br />16. Local Economic Benefit Section 3 Re ation). For each year that a CDBG is active, the <br />Recipient must describe a strategy whereby opportunities in employment and procurement <br />arising out of a CDBG assisted project are identified and made available to low-income <br />residents within the CDBG assisted area to the greatest extent feasible. This strategy must <br />include (1) identification of training and technical assistance resources to prepare low- <br />income residents for employment and procurement opportunities, (2) attempts to reach the <br />numerical targets for new hires set forth in the Section 3 regulation, which applies to <br />Recipients receiving $200,000 or more innon-administrative line items expended for <br />construction contracts and (3) education oflow-income residents within the CDBG assisted <br />area about the components and opportunities of the program. <br />In addition, Recipients will be required to coordinate additional activities as it relates to <br />Section 3 with the DOC CDBG Compliance Office. <br />5 <br />