From Community Advancement and Development; A Division of the West Virginia Development Office:
We would like to remind you of upcoming public hearings that will be conducted in November for the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and FY2020 Annual Action Plan. The public hearings will be held at five locations throughout the state to gather public input for the assessment phase of the Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan process. Information on public hearing notices, updates, and specific locations can be found below:
These meetings are an opportunity to gain highly valued input from the public as part of the State’s housing and community development needs.
Every five years the West Virginia Development Office (WVDO), an agency of the West Virginia Department of Commerce, along with the West Virginia Housing Development Fund (WVHDF) develops a 5-year plan Consolidated Plan to guide the use of federal funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The 2020-2024 plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) within 60 days after the date 2020 allocations are announced, but no later than August 16, 2020 and will guide the expenditure of funds for housing and community development in non-entitlement areas for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the entire state for Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA), the HOME Investment Partnership and Housing Trust Fund (HTF) programs. The 2020 Annual Action Plan which is the first year of the 2020-2024 5-year Consolidated Plan will also be submitted.
The Community Needs Assessment Survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WVCAD until close of business, Monday March 23, 2020.
The 2015-2019 5-Year Consolidated Plan, 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP), 2018 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and the Citizen Participation Plan are available on the West Virginia Community Advancement and Development webpage at https://wvcad.org/resources.
Any questions regarding the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan can be directed to Sherry Risk. Please feel free to share this information or if you know of someone to add to the stakeholder email or mailing list in order to receive updates, public notices and the survey, please email:
Sherry Risk, CDBG Project Manager
West Virginia Development Office
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
Sherry.L.Risk@wv.gov
(304)957-2068
