Accounting Resources
Sub Recipient Accounting Procedures manual and Reimbursement Request Templates are currently being updated. Please call 832-927-4745 or contact Christine Tran (christine.tran@csd.hctx.net) or Akash Nair (Akash.Nair@csd.hctx.net) for immediate assistance in obtaining copies of these sub recipient financial support materials.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is authorized under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. The primary objective of the CDBG program is the development of viable urban communities, principally for low-income persons through the provision of the following:
- Decent housing
- A suitable living environment
- Economic opportunity
CDBG grantees are responsible for assuring that eligible activities meet one of the following three national objectives:
- Directly benefit low-income persons: The project must be located in a Harris County target area or serve an area within Harris County’s service area where at least 51 percent of the residents are low-income persons (Area Benefit), or must provide a direct benefit to Harris county individuals or families, the majority of whom are considered low income based on the median area income figures (Limited Clientele Benefit.)
- Aid in preventing slum or blight: The applicant must supply proof that the area meets the State or local government’s definition of slums and blight.
- Meet an urgent need: The activity provides a remedy to a serious and immediate health or welfare problem, such as a natural disaster; and there are no other funds available, and the problem is of a recent origin.