NS Grant #102 & #103 Community Development Block Grant Awards – Economic Recovery Grant and Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Grant

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