HUD funds FY 05 allocation
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U.s. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON, D.c. 20410-7000
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OFFICE OF THE ASSffiTANT SECRETARY
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FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
December 21, 2004
The Honorable Terrance M, Duggan
Mayor of Dubuque
50 W. 13th St.
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mayor Duggan:
I am pleased to inform you that the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 budget has been enacted and signed by the President. This letter provides
your FY 2005 allocations for the Office of Community Planning and Development's (CPD)
formula programs: Community Development Block Grants (CDBG); HOME Investment
Partnerships, the American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI); Housing Opportunities for
Persons with AIDS (HOPW A); and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG). These programs provide
funding for housing, community and economic development, and assistance for special
populations across the country.
HUD's budget is included in the "Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY 2005" which
dictates an across-the-board reduction of 0.80 percent. According to the law, the Department is
required to reduce each program contained in the Act by that amount. CPD's formula programs
are not exempt from this cut. The FY 2005 allocations below have already been reduced to
reflect this requirement. Also, the amounts include reallocated funds in the CDBG and HOME
programs. The allocations reflect the level of funding approved for these programs in your
community and replace the planning numbers for FY 2005, which were previously made
available by HUD.
The following amounts represent your FY 2005 allocation(s):
Community Development Block Grant
HOME Investment Partnerships
American Dream Downpayment Initiative
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
Emergency Shelter Grants
$1,398,731
$0
$0
$0
$0
In order to pursue the objectives of performance management, HUD has been part of an
effort led by national public interest groups that also included grantees and the Office of
Management and Budget, to develop a system to measure and standardize outcomes so that
results can be aggregated at the national level. The result is a framework that maintains the
flexibility of the block grants while offering a menu of objectives, outcome measures and
indicators that will be incorporated into the redesign of the Integrated Disbursement and
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Information System (IDIS). This will enable HUD to demonstrate the benefits and success of the
CPD formula grant programs. You will be hearing more about this ftamework in the near future,
as we value your opinions and advice related to its implementation.
HUD has requested that you develop and report on performance measures for your
community reflecting local goals and achievements as part of your Consolidated Annual
Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). To that end, in consultation with grantees like
yourself, HUD has developed the Consolidated Plan Management Process (CPMP) Tool to both
streamline the process and make it more results oriented. We ask that you study the Tool with an
eye toward using it for your future Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan submissions. The
Tool can be found on the CPD website at http://www.hud.gov/cpmp/.
I look forward to continuing our partnership to assist lower income residents in your
community. As always, HUD is available to provide any assistance you require in implementing
your programs. If you or any member of your staff has questions, please contact your local CPD
Division Director.
Sincerely,
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Nelson R. Bregón
General Deputy Assistant Secretary