State to Host Disaster Recovery Workshops
FloridaCommerce will host community workshops for residents and stakeholders to hear from Floridians about unmet needs after the 2023-2024 storms.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— FloridaCommerce announced it will host a series of community workshops to hear directly from Floridians about their unmet disaster recovery needs following the storms of 2023 and 2024.
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These workshops will provide an overview of the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program and the upcoming State of Florida Action Plan, which will outline a high-level strategy for allocating funds to address long-term, unmet recovery needs in the affected communities.
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Florida will receive more than $925 million in CDBG-DR funding. This funding will support long-term resiliency and mitigation efforts in response to the 2023 and 2024 storms across Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Indian River, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Okeechobee, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, and Wakulla counties.
Additionally, HUD has designated eleven entitlement communities — Broward, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota, and Volusia counties, as well as the cities of Fort Lauderdale and St. Petersburg — to receive direct funding allocations separate from the state’s allotment. These communities will be responsible for designing and administering their own programs to address local unmet needs.
FloridaCommerce will host community workshops in the following counties:
Charlotte County
- Date: Monday, March 3, 2025
- Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. (Stakeholder Workshop: 5:00 p.m., Citizen Workshop: 6:00 p.m.)
- Location: Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners Meeting Room, 18500 Murdock Circle, Room 119, Port Charlotte, Florida 33948
Taylor County
- Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. (Stakeholder Workshop: 5:00 p.m., Citizen Workshop: 6:00 p.m.)
- Location: Perry Woman's Club, 502 N Jefferson Street, Perry, FL 32347
Virtual workshops
- Date: Friday, March 7, 2025
- Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Stakeholder Workshop: 10:30 a.m., Citizen Workshop 11:30 a.m.)
- Stakeholders register here
- Citizens register here
In conjunction with these workshops, FloridaCommerce is also hosting listening sessions in the 47 counties eligible for funding due to the impacts of Hurricanes Idalia, Debby, Helene, and Milton, as well as the North Florida tornadoes. These sessions will allow FloridaCommerce leadership to gain valuable insight from city and county officials on long-term recovery needs in the communities affected by the 2023 and 2024 storms.
For more information, visit floridajobs.org/2023and2024Storms or email 2023and2024Storms@commerce.fl.gov.
Source: FloridaCommerce
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