TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced additional public workshops and webinar to seek input for the use of more than $735 million in federal funds for long-term recovery efforts for Hurricane Michael-impacted communities. These funds are available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG – DR) program.
In Florida, CDBG-DR funds are administered through the Rebuild Florida program. Rebuild Florida connects eligible Floridians with federal disaster recovery funding, prioritizing most-impacted communities and the most vulnerable low-income individuals, including the elderly, those with disabilities and families with young children. Funding provides impacted families with the opportunity to rebuild, repair or replace their damaged homes from disasters, as well as providing communities the ability to prepare for future storms.
To provide more information on the next steps for the state of Florida, community partners and local communities, DEO will host a webinar at 3:00 p.m. (EST) on Friday, February 21, 2020. Click here to register.
This week, DEO will conduct regional public workshops in the following Hurricane Michael-impacted communities:
Bay County
Date: Wednesday, February 19
Time: 10:00a.m. – 11:30a.m. CST
Location: Public Works Building
114 North 22nd Street
Mexico Beach, FL 32410
Jackson County
Date: Wednesday, February 19
Time: 3:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. CST
Location: Chipola College Culture Center
3094 Indian Circle
Marianna, FL 32446
Liberty County
Date: Thursday, February 20
Time: 3:00p.m. – 4:30p.m. EST
Location: Veterans Memorial Civic Center
10405 NW Theo Jacobs Way
Bristol, FL 32321
These workshops will be held in addition to the seven workshops that DEO previously announced.