Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding, championed by Welch, passed as part of December’s disaster aid package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today welcomed the announcement that Vermont will be allocated $67.84 million in flexible funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funding is allocated through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program and authorized by the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, which Senator Welch supported in late December. This funding will help Vermont’s flood-impacted communities and has been a priority championed by the Senator since the July 2023 floods.
“In the aftermath of Vermont’s brutal floods, I promised we would not abandon families and communities impacted by this disaster. This bipartisan disaster aid package followed through on that promise by providing more than $67 million in flexible disaster recovery funds for communities across Vermont hit hard by extreme weather. This funding will help Vermont take a big step forward and help our flooded communities recover stronger and more resiliently,” said Senator Welch.
In total, the comprehensive disaster aid package provides $12 billion in Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Relief funds to help communities across the country recover from natural disasters with flexible funding.
Senator Welch, alongside the Vermont Congressional Delegation, has advocated for disaster aid funding throughout Vermont’s catastrophic flooding, which devastated communities in July 2023 and again in July 2024. The comprehensive disaster relief bill provides more than $100 billion total in disaster relief, and contains many of Senator Welch’s top priorities for Vermont: Support for FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund (DRF); dedicated help for flood-impacted farmers; flexible spending through the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery fund; and low-interest disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to help businesses and homeowners recover, among other resources.
Read the announcement from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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