2020-2021 Disasters
Overview
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated $84,980,000 in long-term recovery funds to the State of Tennessee to support recovery and mitigation efforts following severe storms, tornados, and flooding in 2020 (DR-4476-TN, DR-4541-TN) and 2021 (DR-4609-TN). Tennessee received $42,740,000 in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for 2020 disasters and $42,005,000 in CDBG-DR funds for 2021 disasters. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) has been designated as the agency to administer this program and funding in Tennessee.
Areas in Davidson, Putnam, Hamilton, Humphreys counties were identified by HUD as most impacted and distressed (MID) and will receive at least 80% of the overall funding. Based on the available data and unmet recovery needs, TNECD has also identified Bradley, Wilson, Dickson, Hickman, and Houston counties as state-identified MID areas. According to the State of Tennessee Action Plan this is how the funding is allocated across all the MID counties:
2020 Disasters 2021 Disasters
Davidson County: $10,827,467 Humphreys County: $34,000,000
Hamilton County: $10,827,466 Dickson County: $3,000,000
Putnam County: $10,827,466 Hickman County: $1,904,750
Bradley County: $2,120,600 Houston County: $1,000,000
Wilson County: $6,000,000
Action Plan Documents
Initial Public Action Plan
State of Tennessee Draft Action Plan for 2020 and 2021 Disasters (English)
Borrador del Plan de Acción por desastre del Estado de Tennessee de 2020 y 2021 (Spanish)
2021مسودة خطة عمل ولاية تينيسي للكوارث لعامي 2020 و (Arabic)
Amendments
Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs)
To access the the Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs) click on the link below: