Event Details
The South Carolina Office of Resilience is hosting a series of town hall meetings to solicit public comment on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program in response to Hurricane Helene.
**Please note that attendance is not limited to residents of this county.
Project:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that the State of South Carolina will receive $150,354,000 in Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to support long-term recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. According to HUD, “These flexible grants help cities, counties, Indian tribes, and States recover from Presidentially declared disasters, especially in low-income areas, subject to availability of supplemental appropriations. Since CDBG-DR assistance may fund a broad range of recovery activities, HUD can help communities and neighborhoods that otherwise might not recover due to limited resources.”
The South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) is seeking public input on the HUD-required Action Plan, which outlines how the funds will be used to address disaster-caused unmet needs. Eligible activities under the draft plan include single-family home rehabilitation, replacement and reconstruction, affordable rental housing rehabilitation, voluntary buyouts, and mitigation projects to lessen the impact of future disasters.
Meeting:
A town hall meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12th, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Greenwood Performing Arts Center (120 Main St, Greenwood, SC 29646). SCOR team members will deliver a presentation of the draft Action Plan at 6:00pm and will welcome comments and questions from attendees.
In advance of the meeting, a link to the Draft Action Plan will be available at scor.sc.gov/helene starting May 16th, 2025 and will remain online through mid-June 2025. Members of the public may review the draft action plan and submit comments in advance at scor.sc.gov/helene or at the address listed below. A summary of all verbal and written public comments will be included in an updated version of the Action Plan submitted to HUD.
Additional public meetings will be held in Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Aiken, and Orangeburg counties, and individuals may attend any meeting no matter which county they live in.
Disaster Case Management:
SCOR’s Disaster Case Management (DCM) team will be present at this meeting to meet with survivors who have disaster-caused unmet needs. DCM is a process involving a partnership between a disaster case manager and a citizen impacted by a disaster to help in the long-term with their disaster-caused needs—whether these are financial, physical, or emotional. Case managers work with individuals to develop and carry out an Individualized Recovery Plan, with a focus on problem solving and connection to resources and services.
