2021-026-E Housing-NC Dept of Commerce CDBG-CV grant_Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:6D54E8BA-1794-4F70-B78E-1EA897E6B473 11. Release of Personal, Financial and Identifying Information. To ensure and document compliance with CDBG-CV income requirements as well as other matters,Recipient shall obtain and retain personal,income-related,financial,tax and/or related information from individuals and families that are benefitting from Grant or Program funds. Additionally, Recipient is obligated to provide access to all information relating to the Program to DOC, HUD or some other appropriate federal or state monitoring entity,upon DOC's request. This obligation includes,but is not limited to,the personal,financial, and identifying information of individuals assisted by the Program. As such,Recipient shall obtain any releases or waivers from all individuals or entities necessary to ensure that this information can be properly and legally provided to appropriate federal and state entities,including DOC and HUD,without I issue or objection by the individual or entity. 12. Project 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. 13. Expenditure of Non-CDBG-CV Funds. The recipient must ensure that non-CDBG-CV funds are expended along with CDBG-CV 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.1100 PERFORMANCE of the program regulations(4NCAC 19L)as well as any other applicable reporting requirements. 14. Method of Payment. The Department of Commerce uses the Office of State Controller(OSC) to make CDBG-CV payments to units of local government. The Electronic Payment Form from OSC must be completed for funds to be electronically transferred. 15. Fair Housing. Recipients of CDBG-CV 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. 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 REDD Bulletin 93-4 and by contacting the REDD CDBG Compliance staff. 16. 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. 17. Local Economic Benefit(Section 3 Regulation). For each year that a CDBG-CV is active,the Recipient must describe a strategy whereby opportunities in employment and procurement arising out of a CDBG-CV assisted project are identified and made available to low-income residents within the CDBG-CV 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 5